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. 2000 Mar 24;287(5461):2250-4.
doi: 10.1126/science.287.5461.2250.

Rapid extinction of the moas (Aves: Dinornithiformes): model, test, and implications

R N Holdaway  1 , C Jacomb
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Rapid extinction of the moas (Aves: Dinornithiformes): model, test, and implications

R N Holdaway et al. Science. .

Abstract

A Leslie matrix population model supported by carbon-14 dating of early occupation layers lacking moa remains suggests that human hunting and habitat destruction drove the 11 species of moa to extinction less than 100 years after Polynesian settlement of New Zealand. The rapid extinction contrasts with models that envisage several centuries of exploitation.

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  • Less is moa.
    Anderson A. Anderson A. Science. 2000 Sep 1;289(5484):1472-4. doi: 10.1126/science.289.5484.1472. Science. 2000. PMID: 10991732 No abstract available.

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