The arrival of elephants on the island of Cyprus and their subsequent accumulation in fossil sites

Elephants: Ecology, Behavior and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 49-75

  Hadjisterkotis, Eleftherios ^a,b  

^a MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

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