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| Title: |
Periodic mass extinctions: Product of biosphere growth dynamics? |
| Author: |
McKinney, Michael L. |
| Appeared in: |
Historical biology |
| Paging: | Volume 2 (1989) nr. 4 pages 273-287 |
| Year: |
1989-09 |
| Contents: |
The “rebound effect”; hypothesis states that periodic mass extinctions occur because biosphere diversity must rebound from one calamity before another can occur. Intervening physical catastrophes will have relatively few organisms, or at least extinction-prone organisms, to devastate. Results of simulations provide the first quantitative test of the idea and indicate that it is feasible: a logistically growing system can produce periodic signals when subjected to completely random external perturbations. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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