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New Paper: The extinction of the Giant Moa was not caused by climate change

A new paper titled ‘The effect of climate and environmental change on the megafaunal moa of New Zealand in the absence of humans‘ investigates using ancient DNA to assess the effect of climate and environmental changes on the now extinct Giant Moa. The researchers discovered that climate and environmental changes did not have a signifcant […]

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New Paper: High-Resolution Coproecology: Using Coprolites to Reconstruct the Habits and Habitats of New Zealand’s Extinct Upland Moa (Megalapteryx didinus)

A new paper involving Environment Institute members Nicolas Rawlence and Alan Cooper as well as Jamie Wood, Janet Wilmshurst, Steven Wagstaff (all of Landcare Research, New Zealand) and Trevor Worthy (University of New South Wales) has been published in PLoS ONE. The paper titled ‘High-Resolution Coproecology: Using Coprolites to Reconstruct the Habits and Habitats of […]

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