So-called background extinction rate is a sampling artifact

Palaeoworld

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-134

  Boucot, A J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Background extinction rate; Community evolution; Phyletic evolution; Sampling artifacts

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; EXTINCTION RISK; SAMPLING; SUBSPECIES;

EID: 33748756955     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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