Late holocene extinction of the new zealand owlet‐nightjar aegotheles novaezealandiae

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 653-667

  Holdaway, Richard N ^a   Jones, Martin D ^b   Athfield, Nancy R Beavan ^c  

^a PALAECOL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aegotheles novaezealandiae; Extinction; Human impact; New Zealand owlet nightjar; Predation; Rattus exulans

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIRD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PREDATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

AEGOTHELES; AEGOTHELES NOVAEZEALANDIAE; AVES; RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036961105     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2002.9517714     Document Type: Article

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