What can we learn about ecology and evolution from the fossil record?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 322-328

  Jackson, Jeremy B C ^a,b   Erwin, Douglas H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745090020     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2006.03.017     Document Type: Review

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