Human-environment relationships in the Pacific Islands around A.D. 1300

Environment and History

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-22

  Nunn, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Climate change; Human settlement environment interaction; Pacific Island

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 0035052457     PISSN: 09673407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096734001129342388     Document Type: Article

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