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Article: The great opportunity to view stasis with an ecological lens

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2013
Page(s): 1239 – 1245
Author(s): Gregory P. Diet
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DIET, G. P. 2013. The great opportunity to view stasis with an ecological lens. Palaeontology, 56, 6, 1239–1245.

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