Paleontology to policy: The quaternary history of Southeast Asian tapirs (Tapiridae) in relation to large mammal species turnover, with a proposal for conservation of Malayan tapir by reintroduction to Borneo

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-120

  Cranbrook, Earl of ^a   Piper, Philip J ^b,c  

^a Great Glemham House   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Archaeological Studies Program   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Extinction; Large mammals; Pleistocene; Reintroduction; Tapir

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884739978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2012.00319.x     Document Type: Review

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