Opening dialogue between the recent and the long ago

Louys, Julien; Bishop, Laura; Wilkinson, David M

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Opening dialogue between the recent and the long ago

Authors

Louys, Julien

Bishop, Laura

Wilkinson, David M

Abstract

Douglas Erwin's call for palaeontologists to move towards a better understanding of diversity (Nature 462, 282–283; 2009) should be extended. Palaeoecologists should move beyond purely descriptive objectives and towards a better understanding of ecosystem evolution.