Tropical Islands as Paleoecological Laboratories: Gauging the Consequences of Human Arrival

Human Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 437-457

  Burney, David A ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinctions; Human impacts; Islands; Paleoecology; Palynology

Indexed keywords

HAWAIIA;

EXTINCTION; HUMAN IMPACT; PALAEOLOGY; TROPICAL ISLAND;

EID: 0031429021     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021823610090     Document Type: Article

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