The irish quaternary fauna project

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-159

  Woodman, Peter ^a   McCarthy, Margaret ^a   Monaghan, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b National Museum of Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; FAUNAL REMAINS; MAMMAL; MAMMAL FAUNA; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY FAUNA;

IRELAND;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0030618920     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(96)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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