Revisiting the late Pleistocene mammal extinction record at Tight Entrance Cave, southwestern Australia

Quaternary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-400

  Faith, J Tyler ^a   O'Connell, James F ^b  

^a THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cimate change; Fire; Megafauna; Overkill; Quaternary extinctions; Sahul

Indexed keywords

CIMATE CHANGE; MEGAFAUNA; OVERKILL; QUATERNARY EXTINCTIONS; SAHUL;

CAVES; FIRES; VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

MAMMALS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTINCTION; FAUNA; FIRE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SMALL MAMMAL;

AUSTRALIA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 82455212268     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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