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List of works by Jamie Wood

A high-precision chronology for the rapid extinction of New Zealand moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes)

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A high-resolution chronology of rapid forest transitions following polynesian arrival in New Zealand

scientific article

A lost link between a flightless parrot and a parasitic plant and the potential role of coprolites in conservation paleobiology

scientific article

A megafauna's microfauna: gastrointestinal parasites of New Zealand's extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes)

scientific article published in 2013

A multimethod dating study of ancient permafrost, Batagay megaslump, east Siberia

scientific article published in 2021

A new extinct species of Polynesian sandpiper (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae: Prosobonia) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group, and the phylogenetic relationships of Prosobonia

journal article from 'Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society' published in 2020

A new method to extract and purify DNA from allophanic soils and paleosols, and potential for paleoenvironmental reconstruction and other applications

scholarly article

A partial cpDNA trnL sequence from the extinct legume Streblorrhiza speciosa confirms its placement in the tribe Coluteae (Fabaceae)

scientific article published in 2018

A protocol for subsampling Late Quaternary coprolites for multi-proxy analysis

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A refined model of body mass and population density in flightless birds reconciles extreme bimodal population estimates for extinct moa

scientific article published in 2019

A sub-centennial-scale optically stimulated luminescence chronostratigraphy and late Holocene flood history from a temperate river confluence

scientific article

Accumulation rates or percentages? How to quantify Sporormiella and other coprophilous fungal spores to detect late Quaternary megafaunal extinction events

scholarly article

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

scientific article published in April 2018

An extinct nestorid parrot (Aves, Psittaciformes, Nestoridae) from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand

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Ancient DNA of crested penguins: Testing for temporal genetic shifts in the world's most diverse penguin clade

Ancient DNA of crested penguins: Testing for temporal genetic shifts in the world’s most diverse penguin clade

scholarly article by Theresa L. Cole published in February 2019

Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution

scientific article (publication date: 23 May 2014)

Ancient DNA reveals that the ‘extinct’ Hunter Island penguin (Tasidyptes hunteri) is not a distinct taxon

scientific article published in 2017

Ancient and modern scats record broken ecological interactions and a decline in dietary breadth of the critically endangered kākāpō parrot (Strigops habroptilus)

article published in March 2023

Ancient mitochondrial genome reveals unsuspected taxonomic affinity of the extinct Chatham duck (Pachyanas chathamica) and resolves divergence times for New Zealand and sub-Antarctic brown teals

scientific article published on 28 August 2013

Ancient mitochondrial genomes clarify the evolutionary history of New Zealand's enigmatic acanthisittid wrens.

scientific article

Ancient parasite DNA from late Quaternary Atacama Desert rodent middens

scientific article published in 2019

Ancient plant DNA in lake sediments.

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Assessing the ecological value of small testate amoebae (<45 μm) in New Zealand peatlands

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Biases in the metabarcoding of plant pathogens using rust fungi as a model system

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Bone stable isotopes indicate a high trophic position for New Zealand’s extinct South Island adzebill (Aptornis defossor) (Gruiformes: Aptornithidae)

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Changes in New Zealand forest plant communities following the prehistoric extinction of avian megaherbivores

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Comparing the effects of asynchronous herbivores on New Zealand montane vegetation communities

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Coprolites reveal ecological interactions lost with the extinction of New Zealand birds.

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

DNA content and distribution in ancient feathers and potential to reconstruct the plumage of extinct avian taxa

scientific article (publication date: 7 October 2009)

DNA metabarcoding as a tool for invertebrate community monitoring: a case study comparison with conventional techniques

Dietary interpretations for extinct megafauna using coprolites, intestinal contents and stable isotopes: Complimentary or contradictory?

scholarly article

Early Holocene plant remains from the Cromwell Gorge, Central Otago, New Zealand

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Ecological dynamics of moa extinctions reveal convergent refugia that today harbour flightless birds

scientific article published on 24 July 2024

Environmental and plant community drivers of plant pathogen composition and richness

scientific article published on 15 October 2021

Geographic and ecological segregation in an extinct guild of flightless birds: New Zealand’s moa

scientific article published in 2021

High-resolution coproecology: using coprolites to reconstruct the habits and habitats of New Zealand's extinct upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus)

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

History-writing and education in Late Antique and early medieval Iberia

article published in 2020

Hybridisation in the last remaining individuals of the extinct Fiordland population of Brown Teal (Anas chlorotis) 1

scholarly article published in Records of the Canterbury Museum

Identification of late Holocene kōwhai ( Sophora , Leguminosae) seeds from Central Otago dry rock shelters using nuclear DNA markers

scientific article published on 18 August 2022

Integrating permanent plot and palaeoecological data to determine subalpine post‐fire succession, recovery and convergence over 128 years

scientific article published in 2020

Land use is a determinant of plant pathogen alpha- but not beta-diversity

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

Land use, but not distance, drives fungal beta diversity

scientific article published in 2021

Late Quaternary terrestrial vertebrate coprolites from New Zealand

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Legacy of avian-dominated plant–herbivore systems in New Zealand

journal article

Looking Back for the Future: Local Knowledge and Palaeoecology Inform Biocultural Restoration of Coastal Ecosystems in New Zealand

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Methods for the extraction, storage, amplification and sequencing of DNA from environmental samples

Microscopic and ancient DNA profiling of Polynesian dog (kurī) coprolites from northern New Zealand

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Mid-Holocene coprolites from southern New Zealand provide new insights into the diet and ecology of the extinct little bush moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis)

scientific article

Mitogenomes uncover extinct penguin taxa and reveal island formation as a key driver of speciation

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) nesting material from rockshelters in the semi‐arid interior of South Island, New Zealand

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Morphological, behavioural, and genetic evidence supports reinstatement of full species status for the grey-faced petrel,Pterodroma macroptera gouldi(Procellariiformes: Procellariidae)

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Morphology and biology of the flower-visiting water scavenger beetle genus Rygmodus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

Multiscale climate change impacts on plant diversity in the Atacama Desert

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Next-generation paleornithology: Technological and methodological advances allow new insights into the evolutionary and ecological histories of living birds

scientific article published in 2015

No single driver of biodiversity: divergent responses of multiple taxa across land use types

scientific article published on 17 November 2017

Novel interactions between non-native mammals and fungi facilitate establishment of invasive pines

scientific article published in 2014

Origin and timing of New Zealand's earliest domestic chickens: Polynesian commensals or European introductions?

scientific article

Palaeoecological signatures of vegetation change induced by herbivory regime shifts on subantarctic Enderby Island

scholarly article

Phylogenetic relationships and terrestrial adaptations of the extinct laughing owl, Sceloglaux albifacies (Aves: Strigidae)

scholarly article by Jamie R. Wood et al published August 2016 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Plant pathogen responses to Late Pleistocene and Holocene climate change in the central Atacama Desert, Chile

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Plastid DNA from the extinct Trilepidea adamsii confirms its close relationship to Alepis and Peraxilla (Loranthaceae)

article published in 2022

Plastid DNA sequence data of the extinct Logania depressa (Loganiaceae) from New Zealand confirm its generic placement

scientific article published on 11 July 2022

Rarity is a more reliable indicator of land-use impacts on soil invertebrate communities than other diversity metrics

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

Reconstructing colonization dynamics to establish how human activities transformed island biodiversity

Resolving lost herbivore community structure using coprolites of four sympatric moa species (Aves: Dinornithiformes)

scientific article (publication date: 15 October 2013)

Resource diversity and provenance underpin spatial patterns in functional diversity across native and exotic species.

scientific article

Scale and complexity implications of making New Zealand predator-free by 2050

scientific article published on 27 August 2019

Soil microbial community structure explains the resistance of respiration to a dry-rewet cycle, but not soil functioning under static conditions

scientific article published in 2015

Sporormiella as a proxy for non-mammalian herbivores in island ecosystems

scholarly article

Temperature, Wind, Cloud, and the Postglacial Tree Line History of Sub-Antarctic Campbell Island

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The ancient DNA revolution: the latest era in unearthing New Zealand’s faunal history

scientific article published in 2017

The effect of climate and environmental change on the megafaunal moa of New Zealand in the absence of humans

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The origin and phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand ravens

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The rail-cutter: a simple, cheap and compact system for opening sediment cores in the lab and field

scholarly article

The testate amoebae of New Zealand: A checklist, identification key and assessment of biogeographic patterns

scholarly article published in 2021

Use of pollen and ancient DNA as conservation baselines for offshore islands in New Zealand

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Using ancient DNA to study the origins and dispersal of ancestral Polynesian chickens across the Pacific

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Using palaeoecology to determine baseline ecological requirements and interaction networks for de-extinction candidate species

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Vertical distribution of prokaryotes communities and predicted metabolic pathways in New Zealand wetlands, and potential for environmental DNA indicators of wetland condition

scientific article published on 06 January 2021

Wetland soil moisture complicates the use of Sporormiella to trace past herbivore populations

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