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Article: Autecology and the Filling of Ecospace: Key Metazoan Radiations

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2007
Page(s): 1 – 22
Author(s): Richard K. Bambach, Andrew M. Bush and Douglas H. Erwin
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BAMBACH, R. K., BUSH, A. M., ERWIN, D. H. 2007. Autecology and the Filling of Ecospace: Key Metazoan Radiations. Palaeontology, 50, 1, 1–22.

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