Original paper
Cluster- and classification-strategies in paleoecology
Bayer, U.
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 164 Heft 1-2 (1982), p. 12 - 17
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published: Dec 22, 1982
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/164/1982/12
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Abstract
Paleoecological associations are the result of biological and sedimentological processes. If the influence of physical factors on associations is known, then a special association can be used to reconstruct the original physical background. At least we have the problem of proper classification of associations and/or species within a paleoecological framework. A classification will be useful if it reflects clusters of faunistic composition, which do not overlap, or where the area of overlap is so small that in most cases a decision on the membership of a sample will be possible.
Keywords
paleoecological associations • clusters