dc.contributor.author |
Holdaway, R.N. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Jones, M.D. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Athfield, N.R.B. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2009-08-25T05:59:34Z |
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dc.date.available |
2009-08-25T05:59:34Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2002 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 32 (4), 653-667. 2002 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0303-6758 |
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dc.identifier.other |
eid=2-s2.0-0036961105 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/4821 |
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dc.description |
An open access copy of this article is available from the publishers website. |
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dc.description.abstract |
The New Zealand owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles novaezealandiae) was a small (c. 150 g), almost flightless endemic bird that was widely distributed before human settlement. It was extinct before European settlement and has not so far been found definitely in a Polynesian cultural context. A series of accelerator mass spectrometry 14C ages on gelatin from owlet-nightjar bones from non-cultural deposits was analysed using Bayesian statistics. The results indicate that the owlet-nightjar may have begun to decline before Polynesian settlement. Such a decline would be consistent with the effects of predation by a new predator-most probably the Pacific rat Rattus exulans. |
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dc.publisher |
Royal Society Of New Zealand |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0303-6758/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.source.uri |
http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/publications/journals/nzjr/2002/033 |
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dc.title |
Late Holocene extinction of the New Zealand owlet-nightjar Aegotheles novaezealandiae |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.subject.marsden |
Fields of Research::210000 Science-General |
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pubs.issue |
4 |
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pubs.begin-page |
653 |
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pubs.volume |
32 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: Royal Society of New Zealand |
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pubs.end-page |
667 |
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