Rarity in mass extinctions and the future of ecosystems

Nature

Volumn 528, Issue 7582, 2015, Pages 345-351

  Hull, Pincelli M ^a   Darroch, Simon A F ^b,c   Erwin, Douglas H ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOSSIL RECORD; GLOBAL CHANGE; MASS EXTINCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN; MASS EXTINCTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84943375608     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature16160     Document Type: Review

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