Browsing by Author "Worthy, Trevor H."
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The effect of climate and environmental change on the megafaunal moa of New Zealand in the absence of humans
(Elsevier, 2012)New Zealand offers a unique opportunity to investigate the response of extinct megafaunal ecosystems to major changes in climate and habitat prior to human settlement. Prior to this point (late 13th Century AD) New Zealand ... -
The evolutionary history of the extinct ratite moa and New Zealand Neogene paleogeography
(The National Academy of Sciences, 2009)The ratite moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) were a speciose group of massive graviportal avian herbivores that dominated the New Zealand (NZ) ecosystem until their extinction ≈600 years ago. The phylogeny and evolutionary ... -
Faunal extinction and human habitation in New Caledonia: Initial results and implications of new research at the Pindai Caves
(New Zealand Archaeological Association, 2010)Archaeological and palaeontological investigations occurred in 2003 at the Pindai Caves in New Caledonia, where remains of prehistoric settlement exist in conjunction with the richest fossil deposits found to date on Grand ... -
High-resolution coproecology: Using coprolites to reconstruct the habits and habitats of New Zealand’s extinct upland Moa (Megalapteryx didinus)
(Public Library of Science, 2012)Knowledge about the diet and ecology of extinct herbivores has important implications for understanding the evolution of plant defence structures, establishing the influences of herbivory on past plant community structure ... -
A megafauna’s microfauna: Gastrointestinal parasites of New Zealand’s extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes)
(Public Library of Science, 2013)We perform the first multidisciplinary study of parasites from an extinct megafaunal clade using coprolites from the New Zealand moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes). Ancient DNA and microscopic analyses of 84 coprolites deposited ...
