Search Results - "South Island"
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Floods and Railways in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand
Published 2019“…Details the effects and consequences of the great flood that started on the east coast of the South Island on 28 Jun 1879 and greatly affected the entire South Island railway system. …”
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The evolutionary history of the extinct ratite moa and New Zealand Neogene paleogeography
Published 2009“…We also present an important new geological/paleogeographical model of late Cenozoic NZ, which suggests that terrestrial biota on the North and South Island landmasseswere isolated for most of the past 20–30 Ma. …”
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An extremely low-density human population exterminated New Zealand moa
Published 2014“…Here we show that the Polynesian population of New Zealand would not have exceeded 2,000 individuals before extinction of moa populations in the habitable areas of the eastern South Island. During a brief (<150 years) period and at population densities that never exceeded ~0.01 km-2, Polynesians exterminated viable populations of moa by hunting and removal of habitat. …”
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Molecular and morphological analyses of avian eggshell excavated from a late thirteenth century earth oven
Published 2011“…Using ancient DNA (aDNA) extracted from eggshell of the extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) wedetermined the species composition and number of eggs found in a late thirteenth century earth ovenfeature at Wairau Bar (South Island, New Zealand) e one of New Zealand’s most significant archaeologicalsites. …”
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Ancient DNA microsatellite analyses of the extinct New Zealand giant moa (Dinornis robustus) identify relatives within a single fossil site.
Published 2015“…By analysing ancient DNA (aDNA) from 74 14C-dated individuals of the extinct South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) of New Zealand, we identified four dyads of closely related adult females. …”
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A refined paleotemperature calibration for New Zealand limnic environments using differentiation of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (brGDGT) sources
Published 2016“…The refined calibration function is applied to a ~16 000-year lake sediment sequence from northern South Island, New Zealand, and yields temperature reconstructions that are consistent with independently derived climate trends from the same sequence.…”
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Highly skewed sex ratios and biased fossil deposition of moa: ancient DNA provides new insight on New Zealand’s extinct megafauna
Published 2010“…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 last 3000 years of pre-human New Zealand and mitochondrial DNA confirmed that four species (Dinornis robustus, Euryapteryx curtus, Emeus crassus, and Pachyornis elephantopus) were sympatric in the region. …”
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Compound-specific isotope analysis of diesel fuels in a forensic investigation
Published 2015“…The results from this analysis were put into context by comparing the data with the δ13C and δ2H of alkanes in commercial diesel samples obtained from various locations in the South Island of New Zealand. Based on the isotopic character of the alkanes, it is suggested that diesel fuels involved in the diesel theft case were distinguishable. …”
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Ancient DNA analyses of early archaeological sites in New Zealand reveal extreme exploitation of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) at all life stages
Published 2012“…Combining moa assemblage data, based on DNA identification of eggshell and bone,with morphological identification of bone (literature and museum catalogued specimens), we presentthe most comprehensive audit of moa to date from several significant 13the15th century AD archaeologicaldeposits across the east coast of the South Island. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was amplifiedfrom 251 of 323 (78%) eggshell fragments and 22 of 27 (88%) bone samples, and the analyses revealed thepresence of four moa species: Anomalopteryx didiformis; Dinornis robustus; Emeus crassus and Euryapteryxcurtus. …”
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Australasian asphaltite strandings: Their origin reviewed in light of the effects of weathering and biodegradation on their biomarker and isotopic profiles
Published 2014“…For any individual asphaltite specimen, this will depend on the proximity of the seafloor seep to the stranding site, an important consideration when attempting to locate their point of origin.This study investigates the hydrocarbon biomarker signatures and n-alkane δ13C profiles of asphaltite specimens from stranding sites on the Eyre Peninsula (n = 2), Kangaroo Island (n = 4) and the Limestone Coast (n = 3), South Australia, and the south island of New Zealand (n = 2). Sub-samples of the interior and weathered surface of each specimen were analysed. …”
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Profiling the Dead: Generating Microsatellite Data from Fossil Bones of Extinct Megafauna—Protocols, Problems, and Prospects
Published 2011“…From the ‘shotgun’ reads, .60 primer pairs were designed and tested on DNA from bones of the South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus). Six polymorphic loci were characterised and used to assess measures of genetic diversity. …”
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