Impact of early Polynesian occupation on the land snail fauna of Henderson Island, Pitcairn group (South Pacific)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1367, 1998, Pages 347-368

  Preece, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endemic land snails; Fossil land snails; Henderson Island; Land snail extinctions; Pitcairn Islands; Polynesian impact

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; ENDEMIC SNAIL; EXTINCTION; HABITAT DESTRUCTION; LAND SNAIL; SNAIL FAUNA;

HENDERSON ISLAND; PACIFIC; PITCAIRN ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; ELASMIAS; GASTROCOPTA; GASTROCOPTA PEDICULUS; GASTROPODA; HIONA; LAMELLIDEA OBLONGA; LAMILLIDEA; LAMILLIDEA OBLONGA; MINIDONTA; MINIDONTA MACROMPHALUS; ORCULA; OROBOPHANA; OROBOPHANA CARINACOSTA; PACIFICELLA; PACIFICELLA VARIABILIS; PEDICULUS; PHILONESIA; PHILONESIA PYRAMIDALIS; PHILONESIA WEISLERI; PLEUROPOMA; PLEUROPOMA HENDERSONI; PUPISOMA; PUPISOMA ORCULA; STYLOMMATOPHORA; TORNATELLIDES; TORNATELLIDES OBLONGUS; UPUISOMA ORCULA;

EID: 0032576884     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0214     Document Type: Article

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