Richard Holdaway (biologist)

Richard Noel Holdaway is ornithologist in New Zealand.[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)" (PDF). Semantics Scholar. 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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