Using a theoretical ecospace to quantify the ecological diversity of Paleozoic and modern marine biotas

Paleobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-294

  Novack Gottshall, Philip M ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOTA; EVOLUTION; MICROHABITAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOZOIC; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 34347226643     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/06054.1     Document Type: Article

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