Late Pleistocene and Holocene mammal extinctions on continental Africa

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 105-121

  Faith, J Tyler ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Megafauna; Overkill; Paleoecology; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTINCTION; HOLOCENE; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84888108494     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.10.009     Document Type: Review

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