Role of mass-kill hunting strategies in the extirpation of Persian gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) in the northern Levant

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 7345-7350

  Bar Oz, Guy ^a   Zeder, Melinda ^b   Hole, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; GAZELLA SUBGUTTUROSA; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; SYRIA;

ANIMALIA; GAZELLA; GAZELLA SUBGUTTUROSA; UNGULATA;

EID: 79956313238     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017647108     Document Type: Article

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