Is absence of proof a proof of absence? Comments on commensalism

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 484-488

  Zapalski, Mikolaj K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Commensalism; Fossil record; Mutualism; Null hypothesis in palaeoecology; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952737459     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.01.013     Document Type: Note

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