Research Interests
Research interests include extinction biology, stable isotopic analysis of species and ecosystems, and applying information on pre-human systems to restoration and management of ecosystems.
Recent Publications
- Westbury MV., De Cahsan B., Shepherd LD., Holdaway RN., Duchene DA. and Lorenzen ED. (2022) Genomic insights into the evolutionary relationships and demographic history of kiwi. PLoS ONE 17(10 October) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266430.
- Holdaway RN., Sagar PM. and Briskie JV. (2021) Individual long-distance migrant Chrysococcyx cuckoos repeat carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios after moulting in non-breeding range on successive migrations. Notornis 68(1): 65-71.
- Holdaway R. and Rowe RJ. (2020) Palaeoecological reconstructions depend on accurate species identification: examples from South Island, New Zealand, Pachyornis (Aves: Dinornithiformes). Notornis 67: 494-502.
- Holdaway RN., Duffy B. and Kennedy B. (2019) Reply to ‘Wiggle-match radiocarbon dating of the Taupo eruption’. Nature Communications 10(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12491-0.
- Makiola A., Dickie IA., Holdaway RJ., Wood JR., Orwin KH. and Glare TR. (2019) Land use is a determinant of plant pathogen alpha- but not beta-diversity. Molecular Ecology 28(16): 3786-3798. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15177.