Palaeoecological perspectives in dominican amber

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 23-52

  Poinar, George ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dominican amber; Extinctions; Paleosymbiosis; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954785455     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697637     Document Type: Article

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