Turnover patterns and species longevity
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Jeffrey K McKee
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Article
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1995
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Two models of faunal turnover patterns were tested against observed frequencies of first and last appearances of large mammals from the late Pliocene and Pleistocene of southern Africa. Simulations based on a constant turnover model with subsequent sampling at fossil sites adequately explained the e