Self-organised instability and megafaunal extinctions in Australia

Oikos

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 235-

  Forster, Michael A ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; FAUNA; INSTABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0142134174     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12557.x     Document Type: Review

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