Late Quaternary distribution and biogeography of the southern Lake Eyre basin (SLEB) megafauna, South Australia

Boreas

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-38

  Webb, Steve ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FAUNA; PALEONTOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE BASIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; DIPROTODON; GENYORNIS;

EID: 62649150731     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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