The Aftermath of Megafaunal Extinction: Ecosystem Transformation in Pleistocene Australia

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2012-03-23

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science, History

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  DOI 10.1126/science.1214261PMID 22442481
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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