The diet and ecology of Hawaii's extinct flightless waterfowl: Evidence from coprolites

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-297

  James, Helen F ^a,b   Burney, David A ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caecum; Cyanea; Extinction; Folivory; Islands; Moa nalos; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

COPROLITE; DIET; EXTINCT BIRD; FLIGHTLESS BIRD; HERBIVORE;

HAWAII; USA;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILICOPHYTA; GALLIFORMES; HAWAIIA; LOBELIA; PALAEOGNATHAE; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); THAMBETOCHEN CHAULIODOUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030665903     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0158     Document Type: Article

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