Considering the case for biodiversity cycles: Re-examining the evidence for periodicity in the fossil record

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Lieberman, Bruce S ^a   Melott, Adrian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOSSIL; MESOZOIC; NONHUMAN; PALEOZOIC; PERIODICITY; PHANEROZOIC; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MARINE BIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PERIODICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 40749123971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000759     Document Type: Article

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