The sensitivity of paleocommunity sampling strategy at different spatiotemporal scales

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 313-314, Issue , 2012, Pages 246-253

  Forcino, Frank L ^a   Richards, Eilidh J ^a   Leighton, Lindsey R ^a   Chojnacki, Nikqueta ^a   Stafford, Emily S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachiopoda; Finis Shale; Ordination; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; GEOLOGICAL TIME; ORDINATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; RESEARCH WORK; SAMPLING; SHALE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 84855840386     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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