Assessing relative abundances in fossil assemblages

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 253, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 317-322

  Moore, Jason R ^a   Norman, David B ^a   Upchurch, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Diversity; Palaeoecology; Relative abundance; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

EID: 34548523867     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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