Anthropology: Ecosystem collapse in pleistocene Australia and a human role in megafaunal extinction

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5732, 2005, Pages 287-290

  Miller, Gifford H ^a   Fogel, Marilyn L ^b   Magee, John W ^c   Gagan, Michael K ^c   Clarke, Simon J ^d   Johnson, Beverly J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD PRODUCTS; NUTRITION; OCEAN HABITATS;

DESERT SCRUBS; FOOD SOURCES; GRASSLANDS; HUMAN COLONIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON 13; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; CLIMATE; DIETARY INTAKE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; EGG SHELL; EMU; FOOD; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; NONHUMAN; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TREE; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOLOGY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENT; FIRE; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; PLANT; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; BIRDS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; DROMAIIDAE; DURAPATITE; ECOSYSTEM; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENT; FIRES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MARSUPIALIA; PLANTS; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

EID: 22044455616     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1111288     Document Type: Article

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