Richard Holdaway (biologist)

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Richard Noel Holdaway is a New Zealand ornithologist. [1] With a doctorate in avian palaeobiology and systematics [2] [3] and a BSc in neurophysiology and ornithology, he has studied birds for three decades primarily in New Zealand. [4] In 2003 he received (together with Trevor Worthy) [5] the 2003 D. L. Serventy Medal [6] [7] Holdaway is director (and owner) [8] of Palaecol Research Ltd in Christchurch, New Zealand. [9] He was recognized for his findings (together with Chris Jacomb) [10] on the extinction of the New Zealand terrestrial megafauna by the University of Otago. [11] His work has also appeared in the New Zealand Journal of Zoology , [12] Nature Communications , [13] the US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health and Royal Society Publishing [14] among others. [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Richard Holdaway". The University of Canterbury. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Richard N Holdaway". The Conversation. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Holdaway, Richard (1991). Systematics and palaeobiology of Haast's eagle (Harpagornis moorei Haast, 1872) (Aves: Accipitridae) (Doctoral thesis). UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/6893. hdl:10092/6074.
  4. ↑ "Richard N Holdaway". Google Scholar. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  5. ↑ Gsell, Anna Clarissa (May 2012). The ecology and anatomy of scent in the critically endangered kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) (Thesis). S2CID   80672854.
  6. ↑ Southern Bird No. 18 June 2004 Outstanding contributions to Australasian ornithology.
  7. ↑ "Awards - List of Recipients" (PDF). Birds New Zealand. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  8. ↑ Allentoft, Morten E.; Oskam, Charlotte; Houston, Jayne; Hale, Marie L.; Gilbert, M. Thomas P; Rasmussen, Morten; Spencer, Peter; Jacomb, Christopher; Willerslev, Eske; Holdaway, Richard N. & Bunce, Michael (January 31, 2011). "Profiling the Dead: Generating Microsatellite Data from Fossil Bones of Extinct Megafauna—Protocols, Problems, and Prospects". PLOS ONE. 6 (1) e16670. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...616670A. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016670 . PMC   3031614 . PMID   21304955.
  9. ↑ "Professor Richard N Holdaway". Palaecol Research.
  10. ↑ "Study shows that the Moa was killed off by settlers". The New Zealand Herald. 8 November 2014. ISSN   1170-0777 . Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "New Zealand's moa were exterminated by an extremely low-density human population". University of Otago. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  12. ↑ Holdaway, R. N.; Worthy, T.H. & Tennyson, A. J. D. (2001). "A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 28 (2): 119–187. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2001.9518262 .
  13. ↑ Holdaway, Richard N.; Allentoft, Morten E.; Jacomb, Christopher; Oskam, Charlotte L.; Beavan, Nancy R. & Bunce, Michael (7 November 2014). "An extremely low-density human population exterminated New Zealand moa". Nature Communications. 5: 5436. Bibcode:2014NatCo...5.5436H. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6436 . ISSN   2041-1723. PMID   25378020.
  14. ↑ Horton, Travis W.; Holdaway, Richard N.; Zerbini, Alexandre N.; Hauser, Nan; Garrigue, Claire; Andriolo, Artur & Clapham, Phillip J. (23 October 2011). "Straight as an arrow: humpback whales swim constant course tracks during long-distance migration". Biology Letters. 7 (5): 674–679. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0279. PMC   3169072 . PMID   21508023.
  15. ↑ "New Zealand's moa were exterminated by an extremely low-density human population". ScienceDaily. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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