Resolving lost herbivore community structure using coprolites of four sympatric moa species (Aves: Dinornithiformes)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 16910-16915

  Wood, Jamie R ^a   Wilmshurst, Janet M ^a   Richardson, Sarah J ^a   Rawlence, Nicolas J ^b,d   Wagstaff, Steven J ^a   Worthy, Trevor H ^c,e   Cooper, Alan ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT USE; HERBIVORE; MACROFOSSIL; MOA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRIC DATING; RUBIACEAE; SYMPATRY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; HERBIVORY; NEW ZEALAND; PALAEOGNATHAE;

EID: 84885778023     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1307700110     Document Type: Article

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