Species distribution modeling (SDM: statistical and/or mechanistic approaches to the
assessment of range determinants and prediction of species occurrence) offers new …

A comprehensive review of the hundreds of bird species that have become extinct over the
last 1,000 years of habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction. Extinct Birds has …

We present a protocol to prepare extracted DNA for sequencing on the Illumina sequencing
platform that has been optimized for ancient and degraded DNA. Our approach, the Santa …

Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

The evolution of the ratite birds has been widely attributed to vicariant speciation, driven by
the Cretaceous breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana. The early isolation of Africa and …

Birds are renowned for their exceptional vision and the way that this enables them to survive
and navigate the world in such a unique way. However, it is now recognised that avian …

Recent biological analyses suggest that reductions in dispersal ability have been key drivers
of diversification across numerous lineages. We synthesise emerging data to highlight …

Palaeoenvironmental DNA (PalEnDNA) is defined as ancient DNA (aDNA) originating from
disseminated genetic material within palaeoenvironmental samples. Sources of PalEnDNA …

Molecular dating of phylogenetic trees is a growing discipline using sequence data to co‐
estimate the timing of evolutionary events and rates of molecular evolution. All molecular …

The extinction of New Zealand's moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) followed the arrival of humans
in the late 13th century and was the final event of the prehistoric Late Quaternary megafauna …