The post-Pleistocene decline of takahe (Notornis mantelli): A reply
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Vol. 18 (1) , 112-118
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.1988.10421699
Abstract
The decline and or extinction of herbivorous mammals and birds since the Pleistocene has been a global event (Diamond, 1984; Grayson, 1984; Marshall, 1984). Two differing viewpoints have been advanced to explain the phenomenon: (1) climate and vegetational changes in the late Pleistocene and early Holocene, and (2) ecological changes induced by man.Keywords
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