Reconstructing mammalian communities: a discussion of Shotwell's method of paleoecological analysis
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Paleobiology
- Vol. 4 (1) , 77-81
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0094837300005704
Abstract
Shotwell's method of paleoecological reconstruction attempts to define community membership of mammals represented within paleontological assemblages. Analysis of the measure of community membership upon which the method is based (relative skeletal completeness) shows this measure to be a function of sample size. A method for controlling for the effects of sample size upon measures of relative skeletal completeness is needed. A method is suggested which employs ratios of numbers of individuals to numbers of specimens, and a specific correction of Shotwell's method is proposed.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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