Extinction and recolonization of coastal megafauna following human arrival in New Zealand

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1786, 2014, Pages

  Collins, Catherine J ^a   Rawlence, Nicolas J ^a   Prost, Stefan ^a,b,c   Anderson, Christian N K ^d   Knapp, Michael ^a,e   Scofield, R Paul ^f   Robertson, Bruce C ^a   Smith, Ian ^a   Matisoo Smith, Elizabeth A ^a   Louise Chilvers, B ^g   Waters, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

^g DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

aDNA; Extinction; New Zealand; Phocarctos hookeri; Priority effects

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARCHIPELAGO; CLADISTICS; DEMOGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MASS EXTINCTION; PHYLOGENY; PINNIPED; RANGE EXPANSION; RECOLONIZATION; SEABIRD;

NEW ZEALAND; POLYNESIA;

EID: 84900553468     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0097     Document Type: Article

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