Is this picture worth a thousand words? An analysis of Harry Burrell's photograph of a thylacine with a chicken

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Freeman, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal representation; Extinct animals; Human animal relations; Photography; Thylacine

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; DIET; EXTINCTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SAMPLING BIAS;

ANIMALIA; THYLACINUS CYNOCEPHALUS;

EID: 24144473629     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/az.2005.001     Document Type: Article

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