Late Holocene human-induced modifications to a central Polynesian island ecosystem

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 5296-5300

  Kirch, Patrick V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

archaeology; global change; island biogeography; Pacific islands; palynology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FAUNA; FLORA; GEOLOGY; POLYNESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHICKENS; ECOSYSTEM; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYNESIA; SWINE; TIME;

EID: 0029992841     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.11.5296     Document Type: Article

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