fossil: Palaeoecological and palaeogeographical analysis tools

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Vavrek, Matthew J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Data analysis; Palaeobiodiversity; Palaeoecology; Software

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DATA SET; FOSSIL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SOFTWARE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84855453801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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