A refined modelling approach to assess the influence of sampling on palaeobiodiversity curves: new support for declining Cretaceous dinosaur richness

@article{Lloyd2011ARM,
  title={A refined modelling approach to assess the influence of sampling on palaeobiodiversity curves: new support for declining Cretaceous dinosaur richness},
  author={Graeme T. Lloyd},
  journal={Biology Letters},
  year={2011},
  volume={8},
  pages={123 - 126}
}
  • G. Lloyd
  • Published 23 February 2012
  • Environmental Science, Geography
  • Biology Letters
Modelling has been underdeveloped with respect to constructing palaeobiodiversity curves, but it offers an additional tool for removing sampling from their estimation. Here, an alternative to subsampling approaches, which often require large sample sizes, is explored by the extension and refinement of a pre-existing modelling technique that uses a geological proxy for sampling. Application of the model to the three main clades of dinosaurs suggests that much of their diversity fluctuations… 
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