European Quaternary refugia: A factor in large carnivore extinction?

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 789-795

  O'regan, Hannah J ^a   Turner, Alan ^a   Wilkinson, David M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Felid; Inbreeding; Island populations; Pleistocene; Refugium

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; EXTINCTION; GLACIATION; INBREEDING; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; QUATERNARY; REFUGIUM;

EUROPE;

CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA;

EID: 0036956277     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.693     Document Type: Article

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