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The ecology of extant organisms can be studied in great detail, and the patterns emerging often show complex and unexpected interactions. Clearly the wealth of detail available for paleontologists is not equally impressive, but what paleontology has instead is the time perspective. This difference between ecological and paleontological studies may be illustrated with the following provocative calculation.
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Järvinen, O. et al. (1986). The Neontologico-Paleontological Interface of Community Evolution: How Do the Pieces in the Kaleidoscopic Biosphere Move?. In: Raup, D.M., Jablonski, D. (eds) Patterns and Processes in the History of Life. Dahlem Workshop Reports, vol 36. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70831-2_18
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