They were the largest terrestrial animals and dominant herbivores in New Zealand's forest, shrubland, and subalpine ecosystems until the arrival of the Māori, and were hunted only by …

Over the past 100 years, periodic discoveries of preserved moa gizzard content and coprolites (ancient preserved dung) have gradually begun to shed light on the diets of moa and their …

Diet of the Moa. These birds died off well before researchers could study their behavior. However, we can gain some information about their diets from their fossilized remains. Researchers …

Scientists can carefully examine the pollen, seeds, DNA and plant microfossils in coprolites to determine what kind of food fuelled the nine moa species that roamed the country.

2022年3月28日 · The Moa, also known as the Giant Moa, was a genus of large-size birds that were endemic to the island nation of New Zealand several centuries back. These flightless …

The moa (Dinornithiformes) are large to gigantic extinct terrestrial birds of New Zealand. Knowledge about niche partitioning, feeding mode and preference among moa species is …

2020年2月7日 · Over the past 100 years, periodic discoveries of preserved moa gizzard content and coprolites (ancient preserved dung) have gradually begun to shed light on the diets of …

2013年10月3日 · Scientists from Australia and New Zealand have analyzed more than fifty fossilized feces of the South Island Giant Moa, Upland Moa, Heavy-footed Moa and Little Bush …

the existing direct evidence for moa diet, thereby providing the most up-to-date synthesis of the diets of different moa species. We also compare these diets to examine how niche partitioning …

We found evidence for limited overlap in biomecha-nical performance between the extant emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) and extinct upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) based on …