Fidelity of variation in species composition and diversity partitioning by death assemblages: Time-averaging transfers diversity from beta to alpha levels

Paleobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-118

  Tomašových, Adam ^a,b   Kidwell, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DOMINANCE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MOLLUSC; PALEOECOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAPHONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 60949083702     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/08024.1     Document Type: Article

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