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Rapid Extinction of the Moas (Aves: Dinornithiformes): Model, Test, and Implications by Holdaway, R. N., Jacomb, C.

“…A Leslie matrix population model supported by carbon-14 dating of early occupation layers lacking moa remains suggests that human hunting and habitat…”
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Cortical growth marks reveal extended juvenile development in New Zealand moa by Turvey, Samuel T, Holdaway, Richard N, Green, Owen R

“…Cyclical growth marks in cortical bone, deposited before attainment of adult body size, reflect osteogenetic changes caused by annual rhythms and are a general…”
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Ancient DNA provides new insights into the evolutionary history of New Zealand's extinct giant eagle by Bunce, Michael, Szulkin, Marta, Lerner, Heather R L, Barnes, Ian, Shapiro, Beth, Cooper, Alan, Holdaway, Richard N

“…Prior to human settlement 700 years ago New Zealand had no terrestrial mammals--apart from three species of bats--instead, approximately 250 avian species…”
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Avian assimilation and dispersal of carbon and nitrogen brought ashore by breeding Westland petrels (Procellaria westlandica): a stable isotope study by Hawke, D. J., Holdaway, R. N.

“…Only a small proportion of the marine nutrients brought ashore by breeding colonial seabirds is retained in colony soils. However, means by which these marine…”
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Arrival of rats in New Zealand by Holdaway, R. N

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A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact by Holdaway, Richard N., Worthy, Trevor H., Tennyson, Alan J. D.

“…We present an annotated working list of the bird species breeding in New Zealand during the late Pleistocene and Holocene, up to the time of human contact. New…”
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A spatio-temporal model for the invasion of the New Zealand archipelago by the Pacific rat Rattus exulans by Holdaway, Richard N.

“…New Zealand is at the southern limits of the human-extended geographic range of the Pacific rat Rattus exulans On the two main islands, radiocarbon dates on…”
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A molecular characterization of a newly discovered megafaunal fossil site in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand by Allentoft, ME, Scofield, RP, Oskam, CL, Hale, ML, Holdaway, RN, Bunce, M

“…In January 2008 an assemblage of large fossil bones was unearthed in a field near Waikari, North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. We describe this new…”
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Postnatal ontogeny, population structure, and extinction of the giant moa Dinornis by Turvey, Samuel T., Holdaway, Richard N.

“…Recent reinterpretation of the giant moa Dinornis as consisting of two sexually dimorphic allospecies permits thorough site‐by‐site investigation of the…”
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Incorporation of marine-derived nutrients from petrel breeding colonies into stream food webs by Harding, Jon S., Hawke, David J., Holdaway, Richard N., Winterbourn, Michael J.

“…Summary 1. Stable isotope ratios of aquatic invertebrates, aquatic mosses and leaves of riparian plants were used to determine whether marine‐derived nutrients…”
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Establishment and extinction of a population of South Georgian diving petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) at Mason Bay, Stewart Island, New Zealand, during the late Holocene by Holdaway, Richard N., Jones, Martin D., Athfield, Nancy R. Beavan

“…A population of South Georgian diving petrels (Pelecanoides georgicus) (c. 130 g) became extinct at Mason Bay, on the west coast of Stewart Island, before…”
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Late Holocene extinction of Finsch's duck (Chenonetta finschi), an endemic, possibly flightless, New Zealand duck by Holdaway, Richard N., Jones, Martin D., Athfield, Nancy R. Beavan

“…Finsch's duck (Chenonetta finschi), an extinct, possibly flightless New Zealand endemic, was widely distributed and apparently abundant immediately before…”
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NEW ZEALAND'S PRE-HUMAN AVIFAUNA AND ITS VULNERABILITY by HOLDAWAY, R.N.

“…In the past 1000 years New Zealand has experienced a major 'extinction event', losing 40-50% of the avifauna, at least 50% of the frog fauna, and unknown…”
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Description of the first complete skeleton of the extinct New Zealand goose Cnemiornis calcitrans (Aves: Anatidae), and a reassessment of the relationships of Cnemiornis by Worthy, T. H., Holdaway, R. N., Sorenson, M. D., Cooper, A. C.

“…The discovery of the first essentially complete Cnemiornis calcitrans skeleton is reported. This has facilitated a description of features of the skeleton not…”
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Late Holocene extinction of the New Zealand owlet-nightjar Aegotheles novaezealandiae by Holdaway, Richard N., Jones, Martin D., Athfield, Nancy R. Beavan

“…The New Zealand owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles novaezealandiae) was a small (c. 150 g), almost flightless endemic bird that was widely distributed before human…”
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A reappraisal of the late Quaternary fossil vertebrates of Pyramid Valley Swamp, North Canterbury, New Zealand by Holdaway, R. N., Worthy, T. H.

“…The late Quaternary fossil vertebrate fauna from deposits at Pyramid Valley, North Canterbury, New Zealand is reassessed. The faunal composition as contained…”
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Scraps from an owl's table - predator activity as a significant taphonomic process newly recognised from New Zealand Quaternary deposits by Worthy, T.H., Holdaway, R.N.

“…A fossil bone deposit from a cliff flanking the Tiropahi River, Westland, South Island, New Zealand, was dated at 17,340 ± 140 radiocarbon years BP. The…”
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