Alan Cooper

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 New Zealand’s Extinct Upland Moa (Megalapteryx didinus)‘ investigates the diet and ecology of extinct herbivores and its important implications for understanding the evolution of plant defence structures, establishing the influences of herbivory on past plant community structure and composition, and identifying pollination and seed dispersal syndromes.

Download the paper to read about their findings