New records for prehistoric introduction of Neotropical mammals to the West Indies: Evidence from Carriacou, Lesser Antilles

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 476-487

  Giovas, Christina M ^a   Lefebvre, Michelle J ^b   Fitzpatrick, Scott M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carriacou; Cavia; Dasyprocta; Dasypus; Didelphis; Species introduction; Tayassu Pecari; Translocation; West Indies; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; DISPERSAL; HOME RANGE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMAL; MOBILITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW RECORD; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSLOCATION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CARRIACOU; GRENADA [WINDWARD ISLANDS]; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

AGOUTI; ARMADILLO; CAVIA; CAVIA SP.; DASYPROCTA; DASYPUS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84857120278     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02630.x     Document Type: Article

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