Neighbor proximity analysis, a technique for assessing spatial patterns in the fossil record

Palaios

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 396-407

  Leighton, Lindsey R ^a   Schneider, Chris L ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BEDDING PLANE; BRACHIOPOD; FOSSIL RECORD; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRACHIOPODA; ENTOVALVA;

EID: 4544359017     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0396:NPAATF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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