Hide and go seek: What does presence mean in the fossil record?

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-71

  Burnham, Robyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Paleobotany; Plant evolution; Stratigraphic resolution; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449139631     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/2007002     Document Type: Article

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