HOLOCENE POPULATIONS OF SHAGS LEUCOCARBO SPP IN THE FAR NORTH, NEW-ZEALAND

Authors
WORTHY TH
Citation
Th. Worthy, HOLOCENE POPULATIONS OF SHAGS LEUCOCARBO SPP IN THE FAR NORTH, NEW-ZEALAND, New Zealand journal of zoology, 23(1), 1996, pp. 89-95
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
New Zealand journal of zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03014223
Volume
23
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
89 - 95
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-4223(1996)23:1<89:HPOSLS>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Fossil bones of the king shag, Leucocarbo carunculatus, are reported f rom the late Holocene dune deposits of Tokerau Beach, Doubtless Bay, N orthland, in the North Island of New Zealand. These fossils indicate t hat the present distribution is a relict one, and that the species' ra nge contracted after Polynesian colonists arrived in New Zealand.