A 48,000year record of swiftlets (Aves: Apodidae) in North-western Borneo: Morphometric identifications and palaeoenvironmental implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 374, Issue , 2013, Pages 132-143

  Stimpson, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apodidae; Birds' nest; Borneo; Niah; Pleistocene; Swiftlets

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIME SERIES;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; NIAH; SARAWAK;

AERODRAMUS MAXIMUS; AERODRAMUS SALANGANA; APODIDAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; COLLOCALIA ESCULENTA;

EID: 84875065583     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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