Ecology and community dynamics of Kubo people in the tropical lowlands of Papua New Guinea

Peter D. Dwyer; Monica Minnegal

doi:10.1007/bf00889695

Ecology and community dynamics of Kubo people in the tropical lowlands of Papua New Guinea

Human Ecology ◽

10.1007/bf00889695 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 21-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Peter D. Dwyer ◽

Monica Minnegal

Keyword(s):

Papua New Guinea ◽

Community Dynamics ◽

New Guinea ◽

Tropical Lowlands

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Human Pleistocene adaptations in the tropical island Pacific: recent evidence from New Ireland, a Greater Australian outlier

Antiquity ◽

10.1017/s0003598x00076547 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 63 (240) ◽

pp. 548-561 ◽

Cited By ~ 75

Author(s):

Jim Allen ◽

Chris Gosden ◽

J. Peter White

Keyword(s):

Papua New Guinea ◽

Late Pleistocene ◽

Western Australia ◽

New South ◽

New Guinea ◽

Tropical Island ◽

Sea Levels ◽

South Wales ◽

Tropical Lowlands ◽

New Britain

The late Pleistocene colonization of Greater Australia by humans by c. 40,0130 b.p. is now generally accepted. This landmass, which comprised at periods of lower sea levels Tasmania, Australia and Papua New Guinea, has now produced sites with rich and diverse sequences extending towards or now mainly beyond 30,000 b.p., in the present arid country of western New South Wales (Barbetti & Allen 1972), in southwest Western Australia (Pearce & Barbetti 1981), in the Papua New Guinea Highlands (Gillieson & Mountain 1983), and recently even in Tasmania (Cosgrove 1989).Prior to 1985, with the exception of an 11,000 b.p. date for occupation in Misisjl Cave on New Britain (Specht et al. 1981), the tropical lowlands of Papua New Guinea and its attendant nearer Melanesian island chain had remained a blank on the region’s map of Pleistocene human expansion.

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The effect of early weaning of Brahman cross calves on calf growth and reproductive performance of the dam

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture ◽

10.1071/ea9750456 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 15 (75) ◽

pp. 456 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

JH Schottler ◽

WT Williams

Keyword(s):

Papua New Guinea ◽

Reproductive Performance ◽

New Guinea ◽

Calving Interval ◽

Early Weaning ◽

Calf Growth ◽

Pasture Quality ◽

Tropical Lowlands

It is shown, for a herd of Brahman cross cattle in the humid tropical lowlands of Papua New Guinea, that reducing the age of weaning from seven to four months advances the date of subsequent calving by ca 39 days. The calving interval is nevertheless always considerably shorter than that recorded from similar equatorial climates elsewhere. The 4-month calves showed an unexpected sensitivity to pasture quality, the nature of which requires further investigation.

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