On the use of paleoecological evidence to assess the role of humans in the origin of the Gran Sabana (Venezuela)

Human Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 783-785

  Rull, Valentí ^a  

^a INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; PALEOECOLOGY; SAVANNA;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; GRAN SABANA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 72249098385     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-009-9285-7     Document Type: Article

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