The role of seabirds in Hawaiian subsistence: Implications for interpreting avian extinction and extirpation in Polynesia

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-50

  Moniz, Jadelyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian Extinction and Extirpation; Hawai'i; Polynesia; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION PROCESS; HISTORICAL STUDY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SUBSISTENCE STRATEGY;

PACIFIC, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

EID: 0031405131     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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