Insistence on narrative reviews or preference for overkill hypothesis? Re-analyses show no evidence against Lima-Ribeiro and Diniz-Filho's conclusions

Quaternary International

Volumn 308-309, Issue , 2013, Pages 278-281

  Lima Ribeiro, Matheus S ^a   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; FAUNA;

EID: 84884353853     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.06.021     Document Type: Article

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