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List of works by Jamie R. Wood

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

scientific article (publication date: 23 May 2014)

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

scientific article

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)

Ancient plant DNA in lake sediments.

scientific article

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

scientific article published in 2013

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

scientific article (publication date: 15 October 2013)

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

scientific article

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

scientific article

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

article

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

scientific article (publication date: 7 October 2009)

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

scientific article published in 2014

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

article

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 August 28, 2013

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

scholarly article

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

scientific article

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

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The origin and phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand ravens

scientific article

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

scientific article

Late Quaternary terrestrial vertebrate coprolites from New Zealand

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

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

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

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

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

article

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

scholarly article

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

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

scholarly article

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

scientific article published in 2017

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

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

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

article

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

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

scholarly article

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

scientific article published in April 2018

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

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

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

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

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

article

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

Multiscale climate change impacts on plant diversity in the Atacama Desert

article

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

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

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

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

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

scholarly article published in 2021

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

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

article

Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins

scientific article published on 19 July 2022

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

article published in 2020

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

scientific article published on 27 August 2019

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

article published in 2022

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

scholarly article