Biotic influences on species duration: interactions between traits in marine molluscs

• Published in: Paleobiology Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 204 - 223
• Main Authors: Crampton, James S, Cooper, Roger, Beu, Alan G, Foote, Michael, Marshall, Bruce A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.03.2010; Paleontological Society; The Paleontological Society
• Subjects: Australasia; biogeography; biologic evolution; Biological taxonomies; Body size; Cenozoic; Coastal plains; Datasets; Endangered & extinct species; Evolution; extinction; feeding; Fossils; Gastropoda; Influence; Invertebrata; invertebrate; Larvae; Marine; marine environment; Mollusca; Mollusks; New Zealand; paleoecology; paleoenvironment; Paleontology; phylogeny; Probability; Ratios; s; sampling; Shellfish; size; speciation; Species; Species extinction; statistical analysis; Statistical methods; New Zealand

We analyze relationships among a range of ecological and biological traits—geographic range size, body size, life mode, larval type, and feeding type—in order to identify those traits that are associated significantly with species duration in New Zealand Cenozoic marine molluscs, during a time of ba...