Preservation is predictable: Quantifying the effect of taphonomic biases on ecological disparity in birds

Paleobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 353-367

  Mitchell, Jonathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIRD; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; PRESERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAPHONOMY;

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EID: 84928235358     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2014.23     Document Type: Article

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