Escalation and its role in Jurassic biotic history

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 3-8

  Vermeij, Geerat J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Escalation; Innovation; Jurassic; Mesozoic; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CRETACEOUS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JURASSIC; TRIASSIC;

EID: 44649121492     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.01.023     Document Type: Article

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