The impact of the dingo on the thylacine in Holocene Australia

World Archaeology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-134

  Fillios, Melanie ^a   Crowther, Mathew S ^a   Letnic, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

archaeology; Australia; dingo; ecology; Extinctions; thylacine

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTINCTION; FAUNA; HOLOCENE; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PREDATOR;

AUSTRALIA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LUPUS; THYLACINUS CYNOCEPHALUS;

EID: 84858134112     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2012.646112     Document Type: Article

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