Plant fossil record and survival analyses

Lethaia

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-82

  Cascales Miñana, Borja ^a   Cleal, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; LONGEVITY; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOBOTANY; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR PLANT;

EID: 83455179356     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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