Raptor and owl bone from Niah Caves, Sarawak: Identifications and morphological variation in the humerus and tarsometatarsus of selected raptors

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 476-490

  Stimpson, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathawk; Borneo; Brahminy kite; Changeable hawk eagle; Haliastur indus; Ictinaetus malaysensis; Indian black eagle; Machieramphus alcinus; Niah Caves; Owls; Raptors; Spizaetus cirrhatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349639862     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1047     Document Type: Article

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