Taxon-free methods of palaeoecology

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 269-284

  Andrews, Peter ^a,b   Hixson, Sylvia ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b Blandford Museum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84897431448     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.051.0225     Document Type: Article

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