Conservation paleobiology: Putting the dead to work

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-37

  Dietl, Gregory P ^a   Flessa, Karl W ^b  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBIOLOGY; POLICY APPROACH; VULNERABILITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 78650308734     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.09.010     Document Type: Review

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