Prehistoric bird extinctions and human hunting

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1490, 2002, Pages 517-521

  Duncan, Richard P ^a   Blackburn, Tim M ^a   Worthy, Trevor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Extinction; Flightlessness; Habitat loss; Hunting; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EXTINCTION; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING;

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 53149104010     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1918     Document Type: Article

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