Madagascar: A history of arrivals,what happened, and will happen next

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 495-517

  Dewar, Robert E ^a   Richard, Alison F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; ecology; extinction; genetics; Indian Ocean; trade

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; EXTINCTION; GENETICS; PALEOCLIMATE;

INDIAN OCEAN; MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84868211078     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-092611-145758     Document Type: Review

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