Two late-Glacial avifaunas from eastern North Island, New Zealand - Te Aute Swamp and Wheturau Quarry

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-25

  Worthy, Trevor H ^a  

^a Palaeotaunal Surveys   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; PALEOECOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0034094503     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9517607     Document Type: Article

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