Pleistocene extinction of Genyornis newtoni: Human impact on Australian megafauna

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5399, 1999, Pages 205-208

  Miller, Gifford H ^a   Magee, John W ^b   Johnson, Beverly J ^a,d   Fogel, Marilyn L ^c   Spooner, Nigel A ^b   McCulloch, Malcolm T ^b   Ayliffe, Linda K ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Lab Sci Climatet l'E   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; MASS EXTINCTION; PLEISTOCENE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAUNA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES; GENYORNIS; GENYORNIS NEWTONI; METATHERIA;

EID: 0033534411     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5399.205     Document Type: Article

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