A high-precision chronology for the rapid extinction of New Zealand moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 126-135

  Perry, George L W ^a,b   Wheeler, Andrew B ^a   Wood, Jamie R ^c   Wilmshurst, Janet M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Holocene; Human impacts; Island faunas; Prehistory; Radiocarbon; Sightings models

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HOLOCENES; HUMAN IMPACT; ISLAND FAUNAS; PREHISTORY; RADIOCARBON;

BIRDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIRD; COPROLITE; EXTINCTION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PRECISION; PREHISTORIC; RODENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; DINORNITHIFORMES; RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS;

EID: 84918502320     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.09.025     Document Type: Article

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