Ecological ranking of Phanerozoic biodiversity crises: The Serpukhovian (early carboniferous) crisis had a greater ecological impact than the end-ordovician

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-150

  McGhee, George R ^a   Sheehan, Peter M ^b   Bottjer, David J ^c   Droser, Mary L ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY CRISIS; DIVERSITY LOSS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; EXTINCTION RATES; LATE DEVONIAN; MARINE ORGANISMS; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GLACIATION; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PHANEROZOIC; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84858135119     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32679.1     Document Type: Article

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