Ecosystem remodelling among vertebrates at the Permian-Triassic boundary in Russia

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7013, 2004, Pages 97-100

  Benton, M J ^a   Tverdokhlebov, V P ^b   Surkov, M V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FISHERIES; GEOLOGY; SAMPLING; STABILITY;

FISH-EATERS; SPECIMENS; VERTEBRATES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AMPHIBIAN; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; REPTILE; TURNOVER; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORY; ECOSYSTEM; FAUNA; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HERBIVORY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PERMIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAMPLING; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TRIASSIC; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FISHES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; INSECTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPTILES; RUSSIA; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; INSECTA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8544277239     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02950     Document Type: Article

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