The sustainability of resources used by native Americans on four Caribbean Islands

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 112-126

  Wing, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Food webs; Island biogeography; Leeward Islands; Mean trophic levels; Overexploitation; Virgin Islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000662247     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.550     Document Type: Article

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