Patchiness of local species richness and its implication for large-scale diversity patterns: An example from the middle Miocene of the Paratethys

Lethaia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-80

  Zuschin, Martin ^a   Harzhauser, Mathias ^b   Sauermoser, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Evenness; Local diversity; Shell beds; Spatial variability; Tempestites

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAPHONOMY; TEMPESTITE;

EID: 33646336920     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160600578687     Document Type: Article

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