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Claims that introduced deer perform the same ecological function as ancient moa are outdated and wrong. Deer destroy forests, and large-scale culling is still the best solution.
DNA from ancient eastern moa bones is unlocking the secrets of their survival during the last ice age, and providing lessons for today’s threatened species.
Evolution towards flightlessness has been much more common through history than scientists once thought.
Tracing extinctions that happened centuries ago is difficult. But in New Zealand, the last place to be settled some 750 years ago, ancestral Māori oral traditions retain clues about lost species.
Scientists long assumed that the extinct moa played an important role as a disperser of large seeds. But a new study finds that New Zealand’s largest herbivore only dispersed the tiniest seeds.
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Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago
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PhD Candidate in Ecology, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Computational Biology, Massey University
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Conservation biologist, University of Otago
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Associate Professor, University of Waikato
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Professor of Invasion Biology, UCL
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Marie Curie Postdoc Fellow, Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, UCL
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Researcher, Department of Zoology, University of Otago
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Otago
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waikato
