Highly skewed sex ratios and biased fossil deposition of moa: ancient DNA provides new insight on New Zealand’s extinct megafauna
Ancient DNA was isolated from the bones of 267 individuals of the extinct New Zealand moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) from two late Holocene deposits [Pyramid Valley (PV) and Bell Hill Vineyard (BHV)]located 5.7 km apart in North Canterbury, South Island. The two sites’ combined fossil record cover the...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Pergamon
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15537 |