
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Horrocks, Mark 
A1  - D'Costa, Donna 
A1  - Wallace, Rod 
A1  - Gardner, Rhys 
A1  - Kondo, Renzo 
T1  - Plant remains in coprolites: diet of a subalpine moa (Dinornithiformes) from southern New Zealand
JF  - Emu
JO  - EMU
Y1  - 2004
VL  - 104
IS  - 2
SP  - 149
EP  - 156
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MU03019 
N2  - Analysis of plant macrofossils and pollen in putative coprolites (2538 &#177; 95 14C years ago) of Megalapteryx didinus, a southern subalpine species of the extinct moa, indicates that this bird browsed branchlets of forest trees (mainly Nothofagus), and grazed on tussockland and lake edge herbs (Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Isoetes). The data provide the first direct evidence of diet of an upland moa. 
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