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  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard K. Bambach is a researcher affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their work primarily features in the field of paleontology, with a consistent publication record in the Journal of Paleontology. They have contributed to various issues and volumes of the journal, particularly between 2021 and 2022.

Their recent published papers in 2021 include:

  • JPA volume 95 S85 Cover and Back matter (2021), Journal of Paleontology
  • JPA volume 95 S84 Cover and Back matter (2021), Journal of Paleontology
  • JPA volume 95 S86 Cover and Back matter (2021), Journal of Paleontology
  • JPA volume 95 issue 5 Cover and Back matter (2021), Journal of Paleontology
  • JPA volume 95 issue 6 Cover and Back matter (2021), Journal of Paleontology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Bambach include:

  • A. J. Boucot
  • Rodney Feldman
  • Carrie E. Schweitzer
  • Norman E. Gary
  • Palmer William

Bambach's publication activity is notably concentrated in the Journal of Paleontology, which has hosted at least eleven of their works, indicating an engagement with specialized paleontological research and communication.

In recognition of professional achievements, Richard K. Bambach was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Paleozoic Base Maps

    Christopher R. Scotese;Richard K. Bambach;Colleen Barton;Rob Van der Voo

  • Comparative Earth History and Late Permian Mass Extinction

    Andrew Knoll;Richard Bambach;Donald E. Canfield;John P. Grotzinger

  • Paleophysiology and End-Permian Mass Extinction

    Andrew H. Knoll;Richard K. Bambach;Jonathan L. Payne;Sara Pruss

  • Effects of sampling standardization on estimates of Phanerozoic marine diversification

    J. Alroy;C. R. Marshall;R. K. Bambach;K. Bezusko

  • Origination, Extinction, and Mass Depletions of Marine Diversity

    Richard K. Bambach;Andrew H. Knoll;Steve C. Wang

  • PHANEROZOIC BIODIVERSITY MASS EXTINCTIONS

    Richard K. Bambach

  • Phanerozoic marine diversity and the fossil record

    J. John Sepkoski;Richard K. Bambach;David M. Raup;James W. Valentine

  • Species richness in marine benthic habitats through the Phanerozoic

    Richard K. Bambach

  • Seafood through time; changes in biomass, energetics, and productivity in the marine ecosystem

    Richard K. Bambach

  • Ecospace Utilization and Guilds in Marine Communities through the Phanerozoic

    R. K. Bambach

  • THE COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF LOWER SILURIAN MARINE COMMUNITIES

    Alfred M. Ziegler;L. Robin M. Cocks;Richard K. Bambach

  • AUTECOLOGY AND THE FILLING OF ECOSPACE: KEY METAZOAN RADIATIONS

    Richard K. Bambach;Andrew M. Bush;Douglas H. Erwin

  • Anatomical and ecological constraints on Phanerozoic animal diversity in the marine realm

    Richard K. Bambach;Andrew H. Knoll;J. John Sepkoski

  • Energetics in the global marinefauna: A connection between terrestrial diversification and change in the marine biosphere

    Richard K. Bambach

  • Changes in theoretical ecospace utilization in marine fossil assemblages between the mid-Paleozoic and late Cenozoic

    Andrew M. Bush;Richard K. Bambach;Gwen M. Daley

  • Did Alpha Diversity Increase during the Phanerozoic? Lifting the Veils of Taphonomic, Latitudinal, and Environmental Biases

    Andrew M. Bush;Richard K. Bambach

  • The Role of Storm Processes in Generating Shell Beds in Paleozoic Shelf Environments

    R. D. Kreisa;R. K. Bambach

  • Late Middle to Late Ordovician seismites of Kentucky, southwest Ohio and Virginia: Sedimentary recorders of earthquakes in the Appalachian basin

    Mike C. Pope;J. Fred Read;Richard Bambach;Hans J. Hofmann

  • Directionality in the history of life: diffusion from the left wall or repeated scaling of the right?

    Andrew H. Knoll;Richard K. Bambach

  • Paleoecologic Megatrends in Marine Metazoa

    Andrew M. Bush;Richard K. Bambach

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew H. Knoll
Andrew H. Knoll Harvard University
Michał Kowalewski
Michał Kowalewski Florida Museum of Natural History
J. John Sepkoski
J. John Sepkoski University of Chicago
Douglas H. Erwin
Douglas H. Erwin National Museum of Natural History
Conrad C. Labandeira
Conrad C. Labandeira Smithsonian Institution
John M. McArthur
John M. McArthur University College London
David M. Raup
David M. Raup University of Chicago
Steven M. Holland
Steven M. Holland University of Georgia
Donald E. Canfield
Donald E. Canfield University of Southern Denmark
Jere H. Lipps
Jere H. Lipps University of California, Berkeley

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