The terminal pleistocene extinctions in North America, hypermorphic evolution, and the dynamic equilibrium model

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-63

  Wolverton, Steve ^a   Lyman, R Lee ^b   Kennedy, James H ^a   La Point, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic equilibrium model; hypermorphy; megafaunal extinctions; overkill hypothesis; Pleistocene extinctions

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954301983     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-29.1.28     Document Type: Article

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