The first evidence for the past presence of the tiger Panthera tigris (L.) on the island of Palawan, Philippines: Extinction in an island population

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 123-127

  Piper, Philip J ^a   Ochoa, Janine ^a   Lewis, Helen ^b   Paz, Victor ^a   Ronquillo, Wilfredo P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Archaeozoology; Island biogeography; Palaeoecology; Panthera tigris; Philippines

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EXTINCTION; FELID; HOLOCENE; ISLAND; LAST GLACIATION; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PREY AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; BALI; BHUTAN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIA; INDONESIA; JAVA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MALAYSIA; NEPAL; PALAWAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN TAGALOG; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; WEST MALAYSIA;

CERVIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 45049084359     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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