Remains of Holocene giant pandas from Jiangdong Mountain (Yunnan, China) and their relevance to the evolution of quaternary environments in south-western China

Historical Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 527-536

  Jablonski, Nina G ^a   Xueping, J ^b   Hong, Liu ^c   Zheng, L ^d   Flynn, Lawrence J ^e   Zhicai, L ^f  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yunnan Cultural Relics and Archaeology Institute   (China)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Tengchong Museum   (China)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Baoshan Cultural Bureau Baoshan Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Ailuropoda melanoleuca; biodiversity; deforestation; Gaoligong Mountains; Hengduan Mountains; Holocene

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAVE; DEFORESTATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HABITAT USE; HOLOCENE; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SINKHOLE; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON;

CHINA; GAOLIGONG MOUNTAINS; SALWEEN RIVER; SICHUAN BASIN; YUNNAN;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; BOS GAURUS; DICERORHINUS SUMATRENSIS; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84866436960     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2011.640400     Document Type: Article

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