Are We Asking The Right Question?

Other| August 01, 2004 Are We Asking The Right Question? LINDSEY R. LEIGHTON LINDSEY R. LEIGHTON Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information LINDSEY R. LEIGHTON Publisher: SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-5323 Print ISSN: 0883-1351 Society for Sedimentary Geology PALAIOS (2004) 19 (4): 313–315. https://doi.org/10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0313:AWATRQ>2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation LINDSEY R. LEIGHTON; Are We Asking The Right Question?. PALAIOS 2004;; 19 (4): 313–315. doi: https://doi.org/10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0313:AWATRQ>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyPALAIOS Search Advanced Search Last year, during a discussion with several paleontologists, I mentioned a statement by Hubbell (2001), the gist of which was that although the planet is facing a shocking biodiversity crisis, we are still struggling to discern the most basic facts about biodiversity, specifically, which factors control biodiversity. At this point, someone asked, “But understanding which factors control biodiversity—isn't that an ecological question?” To which my reply is, “Yes, it is. Why isn't it also a paleoecological question? Indeed, why isn't it the paleoecological question?” Wilson (2003) has estimated that within forty years, the extinction rate will be 100 species... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.