Probability models for stasis and change in paleocommunity structure

Palaios

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 638-649

  Handley, John C ^a   Sheets, H David ^b   Mitchell, Charles E ^c  

^a XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOECOLOGY; PERSISTENCE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL APPLICATION;

EID: 77749304938     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2008.p08-109r     Document Type: Article

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