Ecological crises or marginal disruptions: The effects of the first humans on Pacific Islands

New Zealand Geographer

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 11-20

  Nunn, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY;

PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 0035669714     PISSN: 00288144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2001.tb01605.x     Document Type: Article

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