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An avian seed dispersal paradox: New Zealand's extinct megafaunal birds did not disperse large seeds

Often the mutualistic roles of extinct species are inferred based on plausible assumptions, but sometimes palaeoecological evidence can overturn such inferences. We present an example from New Zealand, where it has been widely assumed that some of the largest-seeded plants were dispersed by the gian...

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Published in:Proc Biol Sci
Main Authors: Carpenter, Joanna K., Wood, Jamie R., Wilmshurst, Janet M., Kelly, Dave
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936733/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29669903
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0352
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