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A test for evolutionary equilibrium revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2016

Graham A. Mark
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794
Karl W. Flessa
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721

Extract

Cowen and Stockton (1978) seem to agree with one of our main conclusions (Mark and Flessa 1977, p. 21): “Problems of ecological classification, taxonomic consistency and temporal and geographic scale need resolution before evolutionary equilibrium models can be more than heuristic.” Their discussion points out other difficulties with hypotheses of evolutionary equilibrium and with tests for their validity.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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