Rapid extinction of the moas (Aves : Dinorinthiformes): Model, test, and implications

Authors
Holdaway, RN Jacomb, C
Citation
Rn. Holdaway et C. Jacomb, Rapid extinction of the moas (Aves : Dinorinthiformes): Model, test, and implications, SCIENCE, 287(5461), 2000, pp. 2250-2254
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary,Multidisciplinary,Multidisciplinary
Journal title
SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00368075 → ACNP
Volume
287
Issue
5461
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2250 - 2254
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-8075(20000324)287:5461<2250:REOTM(>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A Leslie matrix population model supported by carbon-14 dating of early occ upation Layers Lacking moa remains suggests that human hunting and habitat destruction drove the 11 species of moa to extinction Less than 100 years a fter Polynesian settlement of New Zealand. The rapid extinction contrasts w ith models that envisage several centuries of exploitation.