The pigs of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific: New evidence for taxonomic status and human-mediated dispersal

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-74

  Dobney, Keith ^a   Cucchi, Thomas ^a,b   Larson, Greger ^a,c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DISPERSAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PIG; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

GABAZA; SUIDAE; SUS; SUS CELEBENSIS; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 41549160645     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2008.0009     Document Type: Article

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