Domesticated animals and biodiversity: Early agriculture at the gates of Europe and long-term ecological consequences

Anthropocene

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-68

  McClure, Sarah B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Domesticated animals; Europe; Holocene

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84907596400     PISSN: 22133054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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