The future of mammals in Southeast Asia: Conservation insights from the fossil record

Paleontology in Ecology and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 227-238

  Louys, Julien ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Giant panda; Malayan tapir; Paleo distribution; Pleistocene; Tiger; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879130268     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25038-5_11     Document Type: Chapter

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