Knowledge gaps and missing links in understanding mass extinctions: Can mathematical modeling help?

@article{Sudakow2022KnowledgeGA,
  title={Knowledge gaps and missing links in understanding mass extinctions: Can mathematical modeling help?},
  author={Ivan Sudakow and Corinne E. Myers and Sergei V. Petrovskii and Colin D. Sumrall and James D. Witts},
  journal={Physics of life reviews},
  year={2022},
  volume={41},
  pages={
          22-57
        }
}
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