Rapid megafaunal extinction following human arrival throughout the New World

Quaternary International

Volumn 308-309, Issue , 2013, Pages 273-277

  Johnson, Chris N ^a   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^b   Cooper, Alan ^b   Gillespie, Richard ^c,d   Brook, Barry W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHRONOLOGY; COEXISTENCE; EXTINCTION; FAUNA; FOSSIL; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 84884351219     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.06.022     Document Type: Article

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