Late-holocene bats of mé auré cave, new caledonia: Evidence of human consumption and a new species record from the recent past

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-90

  Hand, Suzanne J ^a   Grant Mackie, Jack A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

bats; cave deposit; extirpation; humans; late Holocene; New Caledonia; tropical Pacific

Indexed keywords

BAT; CAVE DEPOSIT; COLONIZATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HOT SPOT; INSECTIVORE; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; RAPTOR; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH; VERTEBRATE;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

EID: 84055200528     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611409783     Document Type: Article

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