The role of extreme events in evolution

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 340, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 591-594

  Combes, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Extinctions; Extreme events; Pre adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; EVOLUTION; EXTREME EVENT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MASS EXTINCTION; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIABILITY;

EID: 53049110756     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.01.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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