Prehistoric introduction and extinction of animals in Mangareva, Southeast Polynesia

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-41

  Green, R C ^a   Weisler, Marshall I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal introductions; Extinction; Faunal analysis; Mangareva; Polynesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645314686     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2004.tb00555.x     Document Type: Article

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