Human impacts and adaptations in the Caribbean Islands: An historical ecology approach

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-45

  Fitzpatrick, Scott M ^a   Keegan, William F ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Environment; Prehistoric adaptations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; PREHISTORIC;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SLOTHS;

EID: 42149094345     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691007000096     Document Type: Article

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