Limited effect of the Quaternary's largest super-eruption (Toba) on land mammals from Southeast Asia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 25-28, 2007, Pages 3108-3117

  Louys, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION; PLEISTOCENE SITES;

MAMMALS;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; REFUGIUM; SURVIVAL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; LAKE TOBA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 36849002406     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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