Dr Jamie Wood
Senior lecturer
School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
I am a terrestrial ecologist, specialising in the fields of molecular ecology and palaeoecology. I apply evolutionary and environmental genomics approaches in combination with complimentary analyses (e.g. palynology, macrofossils, radiocarbon dating, stable isotope analyses) to study the composition and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems over the past 50,000 years.
My specific research interests are:
• Climate and environmental change
• Ecological impacts associated with initial human settlement
• Systematics, phylogenetic relationships and ecology of threatened and extinct animal species
• Ecological consequences of lost or broken interactions between species
• Application of ancient eDNA to vegetation restoration and conservation management
• Development of eDNA-based tools for biodiversity surveys and monitoring
One of my key research contributions has been pioneering the use of coprolites (ancient dung) to study the ecology of extinct and threatened animal species. This work has drawn heavily upon eDNA approaches for identifying depositing species, and for reconstructing the diets and parasite faunas of these species. Current research projects include the metagenomic and dietary metabarcoding analyses of prehistoric Pacific rat coprolites from New Zealand, and metagenomic analysis of ancient Adélie penguin guano deposits from the Victoria Land coast, Antarctica.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2022 - ongoing Senior lecturer (Environmental genomics) University of Adelaide 2009 - 2022 Senior scientist Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2008 University of Otago New Zealand PhD 2004 University of Otago New Zealand BSc Hons (Geology) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2022 Heenan, P. B., Smissen, R. D., Cole, T. L., & Wood, J. R. (2022). Plastid DNA sequence data of the extinct Logania depressa (Loganiaceae) from New Zealand confirm its generic placement. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 9 pages.
Scopus1 WoS12022 Cole, T. L., Zhou, C., Fang, M., Pan, H., Ksepka, D. T., Fiddaman, S. R., . . . Zhang, G. (2022). Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins.. Nat Commun, 13(1), 13 pages.
Scopus2 WoS12022 Heenan, P. B., Shepherd, L. D., Teele, B., & Wood, J. R. (2022). Identification of late Holocene kōwhai (<i>Sophora</i>, Leguminosae) seeds from Central Otago dry rock shelters using nuclear DNA markers. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1-9.
2022 Heenan, P. B., Smissen, R. D., Cole, T. L., & Wood, J. R. (2022). Plastid DNA from the extinct Trilepidea adamsii confirms its close relationship to Alepis and Peraxilla (Loranthaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany, 8 pages.
2022 Tosto-Mancuso, J. M., Putrino, D., Wood, J., Tabacof, L., Breyman, E., Nasr, L., . . . Kellner, C. P. (2022). Remote Patient Monitoring of Blood Pressure Is Feasible Poststroke and Can Facilitate Triage of Care. Telemedicine Reports, 3(1), 149-155.
2022 Makiola, A., Holdaway, R. J., Wood, J. R., Orwin, K. H., Glare, T. R., & Dickie, I. A. (2022). Environmental and plant community drivers of plant pathogen composition and richness. New Phytologist, 233(1), 496-504.
Scopus1 WoS12021 De Pietri, V. L., Worthy, T. H., Scofield, R. P., Cole, T. L., Wood, J. R., Mitchell, K. J., . . . Wragg, G. M. (2021). A new extinct species of Polynesian sandpiper (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae: Prosobonia) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group, and the phylogenetic relationships of Prosobonia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 192(4), 1045-1070.
Scopus5 WoS22021 Lomolino, M. V., Tomlinson, S., Wood, J., Wilmshurst, J., & Fordham, D. A. (2021). Geographic and ecological segregation in an extinct guild of flightless birds: New Zealand’s moa. Frontiers of Biogeography, 13(4), 1-13.
Scopus22021 Wood, J. R., Burge, O. R., Bolstridge, N., Bonner, K., Clarkson, B., Cole, T. L., . . . Wilmshurst, J. M. (2021). Vertical distribution of prokaryotes communities and predicted metabolic pathways in New Zealand wetlands, and potential for environmental DNA indicators of wetland condition. PLoS ONE, 16(1 January), 1-20.
Scopus2 WoS12021 Scofield, R. P., Wood, J. R., de Nascimento, L., Robertson, H. A., Colbourne, R. M., De Pietri, V. L., . . . Weir, J. T. (2021). Identification of the type locality of the South Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis : A nomenclatural framework for the Southern Tokoeka and an insight into the movements of sealers in the early 19th century. Conservation Genetics, 22(4), 645-652.
Scopus1 WoS12021 Carpenter, J. K., Innes, J. G., Wood, J. R., & Lyver, P. O. (2021). Good predators: The roles of weka (gallirallus australis) in new zealand’s past and present ecosystems. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 45(1), 1-14.
Scopus4 WoS42021 Marion, Z. H., Orwin, K. H., Wood, J. R., Holdaway, R. J., & Dickie, I. A. (2021). Land use, but not distance, drives fungal beta diversity. Ecology, 102(11), 1-9.
Scopus32021 Perry, G. L. W., Wilmshurst, J. M., & Wood, J. R. (2021). Reconstructing ecological functions provided by extinct fauna using allometrically informed simulation models: An in silico framework for ‘movement palaeoecology’. Functional Ecology, 35(11), 2575-2592.
2021 McKeown, M. M., Mitchell, E. A. D., Amesbury, M. J., Blandenier, Q., Charman, D., Duckert, C., . . . Wilmshurst, J. M. (2021). The testate amoebae of New Zealand: A checklist, identification key and assessment of biogeographic patterns. European Journal of Protistology, 81, 125789-1-125789-20.
Scopus52021 Wood, J. R., Vermeulen, M. J., Bolstridge, N., Briden, S., Cole, T. L., Rivera-Perez, J., . . . Wilmshurst, J. M. (2021). Mid-Holocene coprolites from southern New Zealand provide new insights into the diet and ecology of the extinct little bush moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis). Quaternary Science Reviews, 263, 106992-1-106992-12.
Scopus4 WoS32020 Burge, O. R., Bellingham, P. J., Arnst, E. A., Bonner, K. I., Burrows, L. E., Richardson, S. J., . . . Wilmshurst, J. M. (2020). Integrating permanent plot and palaeoecological data to determine subalpine post-fire succession, recovery and convergence over 128 years. Journal of Vegetation Science, 31(5), 755-767.
Scopus1 WoS22020 Dopheide, A., Makiola, A., Orwin, K. H., Holdaway, R. J., Wood, J. R., & Dickie, I. A. (2020). Rarity is a more reliable indicator of land-use impacts on soil invertebrate communities than other diversity metrics. eLife, 9, 1-41.
Scopus10 WoS9 Europe PMC22020 Wood, J. R., Richardson, S. J., McGlone, M. S., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2020). The diets of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes). New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 44(1), 21 pages.
Scopus18 WoS152020 Latham, A. D. M., Latham, M. C., Wilmshurst, J. M., Forsyth, D. M., Gormley, A. M., Pech, R. P., . . . Wood, J. R. (2020). A refined model of body mass and population density in flightless birds reconciles extreme bimodal population estimates for extinct moa. Ecography, 43(3), 353-364.
Scopus6 WoS52019 Peltzer, D. A., Bellingham, P. J., Dickie, I. A., Houliston, G., Hulme, P. E., Lyver, P. O. B., . . . Wood, J. (2019). Scale and complexity implications of making New Zealand predator-free by 2050. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 49(3), 412-439.
Scopus18 WoS202019 Makiola, A., Dickie, I. A., Holdaway, R. J., Wood, J. R., Orwin, K. H., Lee, C. K., & Glare, T. R. (2019). Biases in the metabarcoding of plant pathogens using rust fungi as a model system. MicrobiologyOpen, 8(7), 11 pages.
Scopus10 WoS9 Europe PMC22019 Wood, J. R., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2019). Comparing the effects of asynchronous herbivores on New Zealand montane vegetation communities. PLoS ONE, 14(4), 16 pages.
Scopus4 WoS42019 Díaz, F. P., Latorre, C., Carrasco-Puga, G., Wood, J. R., Wilmshurst, J. M., Soto, D. C., . . . Gutiérrez, R. A. (2019). Multiscale climate change impacts on plant diversity in the Atacama Desert. Global Change Biology, 25(5), 1733-1745.
Scopus25 WoS21 Europe PMC42019 Watts, C., Dopheide, A., Holdaway, R., Davis, C., Wood, J., Thornburrow, D., & Dickie, I. A. (2019). DNA metabarcoding as a tool for invertebrate community monitoring: a case study comparison with conventional techniques. Austral Entomology, 58(3), 675-686.
Scopus26 WoS242019 Cole, T. L., Ksepka, D. T., Mitchell, K. J., Tennyson, A. J. D., Thomas, D. B., Pan, H., . . . Waters, J. M. (2019). Mitogenomes uncover extinct penguin taxa and reveal island formation as a key driver of speciation. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36(4), 784-797.
Scopus27 WoS28 Europe PMC122019 McGlone, M. S., Wilmshurst, J. M., Richardson, S. J., Turney, C. S. M., & Wood, J. R. (2019). Temperature,wind, cloud, and the postglacial tree line history of sub-antarctic Campbell Island. Forests, 10(11), 19 pages.
Scopus4 WoS42019 Wood, J. R., Díaz, F. P., Latorre, C., Wilmshurst, J. M., Burge, O. R., González, F., & Gutiérrez, R. A. (2019). Ancient parasite DNA from late Quaternary Atacama Desert rodent middens. Quaternary Science Reviews, 226, 12 pages.
Scopus5 WoS52019 Makiola, A., Dickie, I. A., Holdaway, R. J., Wood, J. R., Orwin, K. H., & Glare, T. R. (2019). Land use is a determinant of plant pathogen alpha- but not beta-diversity. Molecular Ecology, 28(16), 3786-3798.
Scopus24 WoS25 Europe PMC72019 McGlone, M. S., & Wood, J. R. (2019). Early holocene plant remains from the Cromwell Gorge, Central Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 43(1), 8 pages.
Scopus3 WoS32019 McKeown, M. M., Wilmshurst, J. M., Duckert, C., Wood, J. R., & Mitchell, E. A. D. (2019). Assessing the ecological value of small testate amoebae (<45 μm) in New Zealand peatlands. European Journal of Protistology, 68, 1-16.
Scopus8 WoS82019 Gaynor, M., Sawyer, A., Jenkins, S., & Wood, J. (2019). Variable agreement between wearable heart rate monitors during exercise in cystic fibrosis. ERJ Open Research, 5(4), 00006-2019.
Scopus52019 Lian, R., Cavalheri, V., Wood, J., Jenkins, S., Straker, L. M., & Hill, K. (2019). Higher levels of education are associated with full-time work in adults with cystic fibrosis. Respiratory Care, 64(9), 1116-1122.
Scopus52018 Lear, G., Dickie, I., Banks, J., Boyer, S., Buckley, H. L., Buckley, T. R., . . . Holdaway, R. (2018). Methods for the extraction, storage, amplification and sequencing of dna from environmental samples. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 42(1), 51 pages.
Scopus75 WoS682018 Wood, J. R., Díaz, F. P., Latorre, C., Wilmshurst, J. M., Burge, O. R., & Gutiérrez, R. A. (2018). Plant pathogen responses to Late Pleistocene and Holocene climate change in the central Atacama Desert, Chile. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 8 pages.
Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC12018 Cole, T. L., Waters, J. M., Shepherd, L. D., Rawlence, N. J., Joseph, L., & Wood, J. R. (2018). Ancient DNA reveals that the 'extinct' Hunter Island penguin (Tasidyptes hunteri) is not a distinct taxon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 182(2), 459-464.
Scopus9 WoS92018 Carpenter, J. K., Wood, J. R., Wilmshurst, J. M., & Kelly, D. (2018). An avian seed dispersal paradox: New zealand’s extinct megafaunal birds did not disperse large seeds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1877), 10 pages.
Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC12018 Wood, J. R. (2018). DNA barcoding of ancient parasites. Parasitology, 145(5), 646-655.
Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC32018 Orwin, K. H., Dickie, I. A., Holdaway, R., & Wood, J. R. (2018). A comparison of the ability of PLFA and 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding to resolve soil community change and predict ecosystem functions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 117, 27-35.
Scopus71 WoS64 Europe PMC32018 Heenan, P. B., Wood, J. R., & Cole, T. L. (2018). A partial cpDNA trnL sequence from the extinct legume Streblorrhiza speciosa confirms its placement in the tribe Coluteae (Fabaceae). Phytotaxa, 374(1), 87-91.
Scopus3 WoS22018 Wood, J. R., Wilmshurst, J. M., & McGlone, M. S. (2018). Two new holocene vegetation records from the margins of the canterbury plains, south island, new zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 42(2), 240-247.
2018 Minoshima, Y. N., Seidel, M., Wood, J. R., Leschen, R. A. B., Gunter, N. L., & Fikáček, M. (2018). Morphology and biology of the flower-visiting water scavenger beetle genus Rygmodus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Entomological Science, 21(4), 363-384.
Scopus12 WoS122018 Méndez, V., Wood, J. R., & Butler, S. J. (2018). Resource diversity and provenance underpin spatial patterns in functional diversity across native and exotic species. Ecology and Evolution, 8(9), 4409-4421.
Scopus1 WoS12018 Zale, R., Huang, Y. T., Bigler, C., Wood, J. R., Dalén, L., Wang, X. R., . . . Klaminder, J. (2018). Growth of plants on the Late Weichselian ice-sheet during Greenland interstadial-1?. Quaternary Science Reviews, 185, 222-229.
Scopus8 WoS72018 Cole, T. L., & Wood, J. R. (2018). The ancient DNA revolution: the latest era in unearthing New Zealand’s faunal history. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 45(2), 91-120.
Scopus7 WoS72018 Boast, A., Weyrich, L., Wood, J., Metcalf, J., Knight, R., & Cooper, A. (2018). Coprolites reveal ecological interactions lost with the extinction of New Zealand birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(7), 1546-1551.
Scopus32 WoS32 Europe PMC142018 Cole, T. L., Rawlence, N. J., Dussex, N., Ellenberg, U., Houston, D. M., Mattern, T., . . . Waters, J. M. (2018). Ancient DNA of crested penguins: Testing for temporal genetic shifts in the world's most diverse penguin clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 131, 72-79.
Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC32017 Holdaway, R. J., Wood, J. R., Dickie, I. A., Orwin, K. H., Bellingham, P. J., Richardson, S. J., . . . Buckley, T. R. (2017). Using DNA metabarcoding to assess New Zealand’s terrestrial biodiversity. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 41(2), 251-262.
Scopus16 WoS142017 Turney, C. S. M., Wilmshurst, J. M., Jones, R. T., Wood, J. R., Palmer, J. G., Hogg, A. G., . . . Thomas, Z. (2017). Reconstructing atmospheric circulation over southern New Zealand: Establishment of modern westerly airflow 5500 years ago and implications for Southern Hemisphere Holocene climate change. Quaternary Science Reviews, 159, 77-87.
Scopus16 WoS162017 Wood, J. R., Holdaway, R. J., Orwin, K. H., Morse, C., Bonner, K. I., Davis, C., . . . Dickie, I. A. (2017). No single driver of biodiversity: Divergent responses of multiple taxa across land use types. Ecosphere, 8(11), 17 pages.
Scopus23 WoS152017 Wood, J. R., Perry, G. L. W., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2017). Using palaeoecology to determine baseline ecological requirements and interaction networks for de-extinction candidate species. Functional Ecology, 31(5), 1012-1020.
Scopus13 WoS14 Europe PMC42017 Wood, J. R., Alcover, J. A., Blackburn, T. M., Bover, P., Duncan, R. P., Hume, J. P., . . . Wilmshurst, J. M. (2017). Island extinctions: Processes, patterns, and potential for ecosystem restoration. Environmental Conservation, 44(4), 348-358.
Scopus66 WoS642017 Parducci, L., Bennett, K. D., Ficetola, G. F., Alsos, I. G., Suyama, Y., Wood, J. R., & Pedersen, M. W. (2017). Ancient plant DNA in lake sediments. New Phytologist, 214(3), 924-942.
Scopus128 WoS112 Europe PMC372017 Wood, J. R., Paul Scofield, R., Hamel, J., Lalas, C., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2017). Short communication: Bone stable isotopes indicate a high trophic position for new zealand’s extinct south island adzebill (Aptornis defossor) (Gruiformes: Aptornithidae). New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 41(2), 240-244.
Scopus72017 Wood, J. R., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2017). Changes in New Zealand forest plant communities following the prehistoric extinction of avian megaherbivores. Journal of Vegetation Science, 28(1), 160-171.
Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC22017 Wood, J., Mitchell, K., Scofield, R., De Pietri, V., Rawlence, N., & Cooper, A. (2017). Phylogenetic relationships and terrestrial adaptations of the extinct laughing owl, Sceloglaux albifacies (Aves: Strigidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 179(4), 907-918.
Scopus16 WoS162017 Scofield, R. P., Mitchell, K. J., Wood, J. R., De Pietri, V. L., Jarvie, S., Llamas, B., & Cooper, A. (2017). The origin and phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand ravens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106, 136-143.
Scopus17 WoS18 Europe PMC52017 Wood, J. R., Scofield, R. P., Hamel, J., Lalas, C., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2017). Bone stable isotopes indicate a high trophic position for New Zealand's extinct South Island adzebill (Aptornis defossor) (Gruiformes: Aptornithidae). NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 41(2), 240-244.
WoS82017 Koenig, E., Singh, B., & Wood, J. (2017). Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation for an individual with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and a lower respiratory infection. Respirology Case Reports, 5(2), e00210.
Scopus12017 Wood, J., Jenkins, S., Mulrennan, S., & Hill, K. (2017). The impact of cystic fibrosis on work attendance and performance in adults living in rural and remote Western Australia. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 16(2), e1-e2.
Scopus32016 Huang, Y., Lowe, D., Zhang, H., Cursons, R., Young, J., Churchman, G., . . . Cooper, A. (2016). A new method to extract and purify DNA from allophanic soils and paleosols, and potential for paleoenvironmental reconstruction and other applications. Geoderma, 274, 114-125.
Scopus11 WoS102016 Mitchell, K., Wood, J., Llamas, B., McLenachan, P., Kardailsky, O., Scofield, R., . . . Cooper, A. (2016). Ancient mitochondrial genomes clarify the evolutionary history of New Zealand's enigmatic acanthisittid wrens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 102, 295-304.
Scopus21 WoS20 Europe PMC92016 Wood, J., Herrera, M., Scofield, R., & Wilmshurst, J. (2016). Origin and timing of New Zealand’s earliest domestic chickens: Polynesian commensals or European introductions?. Royal Society Open Science, 3(8), 160258-1-160258-11.
Scopus3 WoS32016 Wood, J. R., Lawrence, H. A., Scofield, R. P., Taylor, G. A., Lyver, P. O. B., & Gleeson, D. M. (2016). Morphological, behavioural, and genetic evidence supports reinstatement of full species status for the grey-faced petrel, Pterodroma macroptera gouldi (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 179(1), 201-216.
Scopus13 WoS92016 Rawlence, N. J., Wood, J. R., Bocherens, H., & Rogers, K. M. (2016). Dietary interpretations for extinct megafauna using coprolites, intestinal contents and stable isotopes: Complimentary or contradictory?. Quaternary Science Reviews, 142, 173-178.
Scopus17 WoS172016 Wood, J. R., Crown, A., Cole, T. L., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2016). Microscopic and ancient DNA profiling of Polynesian dog (kurī) coprolites from northern New Zealand. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 6, 496-505.
Scopus182016 Wood, J. R., Wilmshurst, J. M., Turney, C. S. M., & Fogwill, C. J. (2016). Palaeoecological signatures of vegetation change induced by herbivory regime shifts on subantarctic Enderby Island. Quaternary Science Reviews, 134, 51-58.
Scopus5 WoS62016 Orwin, K. H., Dickie, I. A., Wood, J. R., Bonner, K. I., & Holdaway, R. J. (2016). Soil microbial community structure explains the resistance of respiration to a dry–rewet cycle, but not soil functioning under static conditions. Functional Ecology, 30(8), 1430-1439.
Scopus48 WoS462016 Wood, J. R. (2016). Spatial distribution of late Holocene bird bones in the Mason Bay dune system, Stewart Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 46(2), 103-116.
Scopus3 WoS32016 Wood, J. R., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2016). A protocol for subsampling Late Quaternary coprolites for multi-proxy analysis. Quaternary Science Reviews, 138, 1-5.
Scopus26 WoS252015 Wood, J. R., Dickie, I. A., Moeller, H. V., Peltzer, D. A., Bonner, K. I., Rattray, G., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2015). Novel interactions between non-native mammals and fungi facilitate establishment of invasive pines. Journal of Ecology, 103(1), 121-129.
Scopus62 WoS58 Europe PMC142015 Wood, J. R., & De Pietri, V. L. (2015). Next-generation paleornithology: Technological and methodological advances allow new insights into the evolutionary and ecological histories of living birds. Auk, 132(2), 486-506.
Scopus11 WoS112015 Rogers, G. N. D., Bonner, K. I., Wood, J. R., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2015). The rail-cutter: a simple, cheap and compact system for opening sediment cores in the lab and field. Journal of Paleolimnology, 53(4), 433-436.
2015 Lyver, P. O. B., Wilmshurst, J. M., Wood, J. R., Jones, C. J., Fromont, M., Bellingham, P. J., . . . Moller, H. (2015). Looking back for the future: Local knowledge and palaeoecology inform biocultural restoration of coastal ecosystems in New Zealand. Human Ecology, 43(5), 681-695.
Scopus16 WoS152014 McWethy, D. B., Wilmshurst, J. M., Whitlock, C., Wood, J. R., & McGlone, M. S. (2014). A High-resolution chronology of rapid forest transitions following Polynesian arrival in New Zealand. PLoS ONE, 9(11), 9 pages.
Scopus57 WoS58 Europe PMC72014 Perry, G. L. W., Wheeler, A. B., Wood, J. R., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2014). A high-precision chronology for the rapid extinction of New Zealand moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes). Quaternary Science Reviews, 105, 126-135.
Scopus63 WoS602014 Wood, J. R., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2014). Late Quaternary terrestrial vertebrate coprolites from New Zealand. Quaternary Science Reviews, 98, 33-44.
Scopus22 WoS202014 Thomson, V., Lebrasseur, O., Austin, J., Hunt, T., Burney, D., Denham, T., . . . Cooper, A. (2014). Using ancient DNA to study the origins and dispersal of ancestral Polynesian chickens across the Pacific. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(13), 4826-4831.
Scopus92 WoS91 Europe PMC302014 Mitchell, K., Llamas, B., Soubrier, J., Rawlence, N., Worthy, T., Wood, J., . . . Cooper, A. (2014). Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution. Science, 344(6186), 898-900.
Scopus185 WoS174 Europe PMC842014 Wood, J., Mitchell, K., Scofield, R., Tennyson, A., Fidler, A., Wilmshurst, J., . . . Cooper, A. (2014). An extinct nestorid parrot (Aves, Psittaciformes, Nestoridae) from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 172(1), 185-199.
Scopus17 WoS172014 Thomson, V. A., Lebrasseur, O., Austin, J. J., Hunt, T. L., Burney, D. A., Denham, T., . . . Cooper, A. (2014). Reply to Beavan, Bryant, and Storey and Matisoo-Smith: Ancestral polynesian "d" haplotypes reflect authentic pacific chicken lineages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(35), E3585-E3586.
Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC22014 Rawlence, N., Lowe, D., Wood, J., Young, J., Churchman, G., Huang, Y., & Cooper, A. (2014). Using palaeoenvironmental DNA to reconstruct past environments: progress and prospects. Journal of Quaternary Science, 29(7), 610-626.
Scopus68 WoS632014 Mitchell, K., Wood, J., Scofield, R., Llamas, B., & Cooper, A. (2014). 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. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 70(1), 420-428.
Scopus38 WoS38 Europe PMC152014 Tennyson, A. J. D., Easton, L. J., & Wood, J. R. (2014). Kea (Nestor notabilis) - Another North Island human-caused extinction. Notornis, 61(3), 174-176.
Scopus62014 Wilmshurst, J. M., Moar, N. T., Wood, J. R., Bellingham, P. J., Findlater, A. M., Robinson, J. J., & Stone, C. (2014). Use of Pollen and Ancient DNA as Conservation Baselines for Offshore Islands in New Zealand. Conservation Biology, 28(1), 202-212.
Scopus64 WoS62 Europe PMC142013 Wood, J. R., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2013). Age of North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) bones found on the forest floor in the Ruahine Range. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 43(4), 250-255.
2013 Wood, J. R., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2013). Accumulation rates or percentages? How to quantify Sporormiella and other coprophilous fungal spores to detect late Quaternary megafaunal extinction events. Quaternary Science Reviews, 77, 1-3.
Scopus32 WoS292013 Rawlence, N., Wood, J., Scofield, R., Fraser, C., & Tennyson, A. (2013). Soft-tissue specimens from pre-European extinct birds of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 43(3), 154-181.
Scopus6 WoS52013 Wood, J. R., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2013). Pollen analysis of coprolites reveals dietary details of heavy-footed moa (Pachyornis elephantopus) and coastal moa (Euryapteryx curtus) from central Otago. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 37(1), 151-155.
Scopus11 WoS102013 Wood, J., Wilmshurst, J., Richardson, S., Rawlence, N., Wagstaff, S., Worthy, T., & Cooper, A. (2013). Resolving lost herbivore community structure using coprolites of four sympatric moa species (Aves: Dinornithiformes). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(42), 16910-16915.
Scopus59 WoS53 Europe PMC142013 Wood, J., Wilmshurst, J., Rawlence, N., Bonner, K., Worthy, T., Kinsella, J., & Cooper, A. (2013). A megafauna's microfauna: gastrointestinal parasites of New Zealand's extinct Moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes). PLoS One, 8(2), 1-9.
Scopus54 WoS53 Europe PMC172012 Wood, J., Wilmshurst, J., Worthy, T., Holzapfel, A., & Cooper, A. (2012). A lost link between a flightless parrot and a parasitic plant and the potential role of coprolites in conservation paleobiology. Conservation Biology, 26(6), 1091-1099.
Scopus28 WoS30 Europe PMC72012 Rawlence, N., Metcalf, J., Wood, J., Worthy, T., Austin, J., & Cooper, A. (2012). The effect of climate and environmental change on the megafaunal moa of New Zealand in the absence of humans. Quaternary Science Reviews, 50, 141-153.
Scopus40 WoS402012 Wood, J., Wilmshurst, J., Wagstaff, S., Worthy, T., Rawlence, N., & Cooper, A. (2012). High-resolution coproecology: using coprolites to reconstruct the habits and habitats of New Zealand's extinct upland Moa (Megalapteryx didinus). PLoS One, 7(6), 1-13.
Scopus70 WoS69 Europe PMC172012 Wood, J., Wilmshurst, J., Worthy, T., & Cooper, A. (2012). First coprolite evidence for the diet of Anomalopteryx didiformis, an extinct forest ratite from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 36(2), 164-170.
Scopus21 WoS212012 Wood, J. R., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2012). Wetland soil moisture complicates the use of Sporormiella to trace past herbivore populations. Journal of Quaternary Science, 27(3), 254-259.
Scopus43 WoS402011 Rawlence, N., Scofield, R., Wood, J., Wilmshurst, J., Moar, N., & Worthy, T. (2011). New palaeontological data from the excavation of the Late Glacial Glencrieff miring bone deposit, North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 41(3), 217-236.
Scopus11 WoS122011 Wood, J., Wilmshurst, J., Worthy, T., & Cooper, A. (2011). Sporormiella as a proxy for non-mammalian herbivores in island ecosystems. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(7-8), 915-920.
Scopus46 WoS452011 Wood, J. R., Wilmshurst, J. M., & Rawlence, N. J. (2011). Radiocarbon-dated faunal remains correlate very large rock avalanche deposit with prehistoric Alpine Fault rupture. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 54(4), 431-434.
Scopus10 WoS72010 Wood, J. R., & Garden, C. J. (2010). Seasonal variation in duck populations on the Waihopai River, Invercargill, New Zealand. Notornis, 57(2), 57-62. 2010 Lee, W. G., Wood, J. R., & Rogers, G. M. (2010). Legacy of avian-dominated plant-herbivore systems in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 34(1), 28-47.
Scopus74 WoS642009 Wood, J. R. (2009). Two late quaternary avifaunal assemblages from the Dunback district, eastern Otago, South Island, New Zealand. Notornis, 56(3), 154-157.
Scopus32009 Rawlence, N., Wood, J., Armstrong, K., & Cooper, A. (2009). DNA content and distribution in ancient feathers and potential to reconstruct the plumage of extinct avian taxa. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 276(1672), 3395-3402.
Scopus42 WoS35 Europe PMC92008 Wood, J., Rawlence, N., Rogers, G., Austin, J., Worthy, T., & Cooper, A. (2008). Coprolite deposits reveal the diet and ecology of the extinct New Zealand megaherbivore moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes). Quaternary Science Reviews, 27(27-28 Sp Iss), 2593-2602.
Scopus90 WoS862008 Wood, J. R., & Walker, S. (2008). Macrofossil evidence for pre-settlement vegetation of Central Otago's basin floors and gorges. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 46(2), 239-255.
Scopus17 WoS182008 Wood, J. R. (2008). Moa (aves: Dinornithiformes) nesting material from rockshelters in the semi‐arid interior of south island, new zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 38(3), 115-129.
Scopus20 WoS202008 Wood, J. R., & Briden, S. (2008). South Georgian diving petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) bones from a Maori midden on Otago Peninsula, New Zealand. Notornis, 55(1), 46-47.
Scopus102006 Wood, J. R. (2006). Subfossil kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) remains from near Gibraltar Rock, Cromwell Gorge, Central Otago, New Zealand. Notornis, 53(1), 191-193.
Scopus82004 Wood, J. (2004). Annual and monthly patterns in recoveries of beach-wrecked Procellariiformes from Southland, New Zealand 1990-2000. Notornis, 51(2), 103-112.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2012 McGlone, M., Wood, J., & Bartlein, P. J. (2012). Environmental change in the temperate forested regions. In The SAGE Handbook of Environmental Change: Volume 2 (pp. 188-214). SAGE Publications Ltd.
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- 2020-23, New Zealand’s truffle-like fungi: ghosts of mutualisms past? Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund (PI).
- 2021-23, Past ecology of culturally significant rock art sites at Opihi, Canterbury. New Zealand Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund (AI).
- 2017-20, Using ancient dung to reconstruct the transformation of prehistoric island ecosystems by invasive rats. Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund (AI).
- 2016-18, WAAM: Wetland DNA Assessment and Monitoring tool. New Zealand Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment Smart Ideas Fund (PI).
- 2014-16, Next-Generation DNA Biodiversity Assessment: Phase 2. New Zealand Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment Smart Ideas Fund: (PI).
- 2013-14, Next-Generation DNA Biodiversity Assessment: Phase 1. New Zealand Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment Smart Ideas Fund (AI).
- 2013, National Geographic Committee for Research and Exploration grant (PI).
- 2013, Quaternary Vegetation of New Zealand database. New Zealand Department of Conservation Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information System Fund (PI).
- 2012-15, Investigating the prehistoric Moriori settlement on Rēkohu (Chatham Islands). Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund (AI).
- 2009-12, New Zealand's megaherbivores: resolving their ecological role and the impact of their extinction on the flora. Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund (PI).
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Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2014 - 2016 External Supervisor Ancient DNA of New Zealand's extinct avifauna: Using next-generation sequencing (NGS) to research the paleoecology of the megaherbivore moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) and the phylogenetics of the enigmatic gruiform Aptornis (Aves: Aptornithidae) Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Alexander Peter Boast
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