Model for macroevolutionary dynamics

Yosef E. Maruvka; Nadav M. Shnerb; David A. Kessler; Robert E. Ricklefs

doi:10.1073/pnas.1220014110

Model for macroevolutionary dynamics

Yosef E. Maruvka, Nadav M. Shnerb, David A. Kessler, Robert E. Ricklefs

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Original language	American English
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume	110
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1220014110
State	Published - Jul 2 2013

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Paleontology

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