Removing bias from diversity curves: The effects of spatially organized biodiversity on sampling-standardization

Paleobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 666-686

  Bush, Andrew M ^a   Markey, Molly J ^a   Marshall, Charles R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIODIVERSITY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; SAMPLING BIAS; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 7544248435     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0666:RBFDCT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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