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.
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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.
HONOURS:
I am available to supervise Bachelor of Science (Honours) research projects in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, in areas including ancient DNA and environmental DNA. Please email me to discuss. Some potential current project ideas include:
- Effect of conservation management on parasite faunas of the greater bilby
- Using eDNA to reconstruct microbial communities and function in restored wetlands
- Using soil eDNA from beneath shelter plants to monitor small animal diversity
- Testing the suitability of long-term soil archives for monitoring biodiversity change using eDNA
- Reconstructing past genetic diversity of Adelie penguins in the Ross Sea using ancient guano eDNA
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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 2024 McKeown, M. M., Burge, O. R., Richardson, S. J., Wood, J. R., Mitchell, E. A. D., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2024). Biomonitoring tool for New Zealand peatlands: Testate amoebae and vascular plants as promising bioindicators. Journal of Environmental Management, 354, 120243-1-120243-15.
2024 Tomlinson, S., Lomolino, M. V., Anderson, A., Austin, J. J., Brown, S. C., Haythorne, S., . . . Fordham, D. A. (2024). Reconstructing colonization dynamics to establish how human activities transformed island biodiversity. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 5261-1-5261-13.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12024 Tomlinson, S., Lomolino, M. V., Wood, J. R., Anderson, A., Brown, S. C., Haythorne, S., . . . Fordham, D. A. (2024). Ecological dynamics of moa extinctions reveal convergent refugia that today harbour flightless birds. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8(8), 1472-1481.
2024 Brunton-Martin, A., Wood, J., & Gaskett, A. C. (2024). Evidence for adaptation of colourful truffle-like fungi for birds in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 18908.
2023 Wood, J. (2023). Post-settlement extinction rates for the New Zealand avifauna. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 47(1), 4 pages.
Scopus22023 Boast, A. P., Wood, J. R., Bolstridge, N., Perry, G. L. W., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2023). Ancient and modern scats record broken ecological interactions and a decline in dietary breadth of the critically endangered kākāpō parrot (Strigops habroptilus). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 20 pages.
Scopus32023 Burge, O. R., Richardson, S. J., Wood, J. R., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2023). A guide to assess distance from ecological baselines and change over time in palaeoecological records. Holocene, 33(8), 905-917.
Scopus32023 Williams, J. W., Spanbauer, T. L., Heintzman, P. D., Blois, J., Capo, E., Goring, S. J., . . . Wood, J. (2023). Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 38(10), 946-960.
Scopus7 WoS1 Europe PMC22023 Heenan, P. B., Smissen, R. D., Cole, T. L., & Wood, J. R. (2023). Plastid DNA sequence data of the extinct Logania depressa (Loganiaceae) from New Zealand confirm its generic placement. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 61(2-3), 191-199.
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.
Scopus23 WoS8 Europe PMC122022 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, 63(1), 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, 63(1), 8 pages.
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.
Scopus15 WoS7 Europe PMC62021 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.
Scopus10 WoS62021 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.
Scopus52021 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.
Scopus3 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 WoS22021 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.
Scopus13 WoS92021 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.
Scopus6 Europe PMC12021 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.
Scopus22021 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.
Scopus7 Europe PMC12021 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.
Scopus5 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.
Scopus2 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.
Scopus22 WoS12 Europe PMC72020 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.
Scopus24 WoS162020 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.
Scopus12 WoS62019 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.
Scopus40 WoS282019 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.
Scopus16 WoS12 Europe PMC42019 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.
Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC22019 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.
Scopus52 WoS23 Europe PMC122019 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.
Scopus43 WoS322019 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.
Scopus34 WoS35 Europe PMC182019 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.
Scopus8 WoS62019 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.
Scopus9 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.
Scopus43 WoS35 Europe PMC132019 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.
Scopus5 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.
Scopus14 WoS10 Europe PMC12019 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.
Scopus62019 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.
Scopus8 Europe PMC32019 Campbell, D. G. (2019). Dickens, Cholera and Big Data. DICKENS QUARTERLY, 36(3), 224-240.
WoS12018 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.
Scopus138 WoS972018 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.
Scopus15 WoS8 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.
Scopus10 WoS11 Europe PMC12018 Wood, J. R. (2018). DNA barcoding of ancient parasites. Parasitology, 145(5), 646-655.
Scopus14 WoS11 Europe PMC62018 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.
Scopus114 WoS89 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.
Scopus16 WoS132018 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.
Scopus13 WoS82018 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.
Scopus9 WoS92018 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.
Scopus50 WoS39 Europe PMC212018 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.
Scopus8 WoS5 Europe PMC42017 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.
Scopus29 WoS172017 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.
Scopus21 WoS182017 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.
Scopus30 WoS202017 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.
Scopus16 WoS15 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.
Scopus118 WoS872017 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.
Scopus197 WoS138 Europe PMC592017 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.
Scopus112017 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.
Scopus10 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.
Scopus20 WoS182017 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.
Scopus18 WoS18 Europe PMC62017 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.
WoS102017 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.
Scopus52017 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.
Scopus42016 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.
Scopus14 WoS112016 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.
Scopus23 WoS22 Europe PMC122016 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.
Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC12016 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.
Scopus17 WoS122016 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.
Scopus19 WoS182016 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.
Scopus23 WoS212016 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.
Scopus8 WoS72016 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.
Scopus61 WoS522016 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.
Scopus4 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.
Scopus37 WoS322015 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.
Scopus69 WoS65 Europe PMC132015 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.
Scopus13 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.
Scopus12015 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.
Scopus22 WoS182014 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.
Scopus69 WoS67 Europe PMC122014 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.
Scopus82 WoS622014 Wood, J. R., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2014). Late Quaternary terrestrial vertebrate coprolites from New Zealand. Quaternary Science Reviews, 98, 33-44.
Scopus23 WoS212014 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.
Scopus106 WoS94 Europe PMC392014 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.
Scopus214 WoS189 Europe PMC962014 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.
Scopus18 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. J., Lowe, D. J., Wood, J. R., Young, J. M., Churchman, G. J., Huang, Y. T., & Cooper, A. (2014). Using palaeoenvironmental DNA to reconstruct past environments: progress and prospects. Journal of Quaternary Science, 29(7), 610-626.
Scopus93 WoS712014 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.
Scopus44 WoS41 Europe PMC192014 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.
Scopus82014 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.
Scopus73 WoS63 Europe PMC172013 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.
Scopus37 WoS332013 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.
Scopus7 WoS62013 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.
Scopus12 WoS112013 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.
Scopus66 WoS55 Europe PMC182013 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.
Scopus69 WoS59 Europe PMC222012 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.
Scopus33 WoS30 Europe PMC92012 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.
Scopus45 WoS442012 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.
Scopus78 WoS73 Europe PMC192012 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.
Scopus22 WoS202012 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.
Scopus47 WoS432011 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.
Scopus47 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.
Scopus11 WoS82010 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.
Scopus79 WoS682009 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.
Scopus44 WoS36 Europe PMC102008 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.
Scopus95 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.
Scopus112006 Wood, J. R. (2006). Subfossil kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) remains from near Gibraltar Rock, Cromwell Gorge, Central Otago, New Zealand. Notornis, 53(1), 191-193.
Scopus92004 Wood, J. (2004). Annual and monthly patterns in recoveries of beach-wrecked Procellariiformes from Southland, New Zealand 1990-2000. Notornis, 51(2), 103-112.
Scopus1- Rawlence, N. J., Verry, A. J. F., Cole, T. L., Shepherd, L. D., Tennyson, A. J. D., Williams, M., . . . Mitchell, K. J. (n.d.). Ancient mitogenomes reveal evidence for the Late Miocene dispersal of mergansers to the Southern Hemisphere. ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 10 pages.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2019 Parducci, L., Nota, K., & Wood, J. (2019). Reconstructing past vegetation communities using ancient dna from lake sediments. In C. Lindqvist, & O. Rajora (Eds.), Paleogenomics: Genome-Scale Analysis of Ancient DNA. Springer. 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.
DOI Scopus52009 Walker, S., Cieraad, E., Monks, A., Burrows, L., Wood, J., Price, R., . . . Lee, B. (2009). Long-term dynamics and rehabilitaion of woody ecosystems in dryland South Island, New Zealand. In R. Hobbs, & K. Suding (Eds.), New models for ecosystem dynamics and restoration. Island Press. -
Preprint
Year Citation 2023 Tomlinson, S., Lomolino, M., Haythorne, S., Anderson, A., Austin, J., Brown, S., . . . Fordham, D. (2023). Reconstructing colonization dynamics to establish how human activities transformed island biodiversity.
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- 2023-2026, Preventing extinctions of threatened mammals with DNA in sediment archives. ARC Linkage Project (CI).
- 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).
BIOLOGY I (Organisms); Lecturing (evolution and animal biology), designing and running workshops (2022, 2023, 2024).
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF RESEARCH II: Discipline coordination, project supervision, teaching, report and presentation assessment (2023, 2024).
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF RESEARCH III: Discipline coordination, project supervision, report assessment (2024).
MOLECULAR METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION III: Lecturing (environmental DNA), designing and running workshops and practicals, report assessment (2024)
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Principal Supervisor Reconstructing pre-European mammalian and plant diversity in central and western NSW to inform conservation management Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Thomas Robert Harvey 2023 Principal Supervisor Using sedimentary DNA from caves to reconstruct past plant and animal communities in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Siobhan Esther Evans -
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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Board Memberships
Date Role Board name Institution name Country 2020 - ongoing Advisory Board Member Advisory Board Sedimentary Ancient DNA Scientific Society Australia -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2020 - ongoing Associate Editor New Zealand Journal of Ecology New Zealand Ecological Society New Zealand -
Offices Held
Date Office Name Institution Country 2024 - ongoing Associate Investigator ARC Centre for Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures Australia 2022 - ongoing Associate Investigator ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage Australia -
Review, Assessment, Editorial and Advice
Date Title Type Institution Country 2021 - ongoing College of Assessors Grant Assessment Ministry of Business, Innovation and Education New Zealand
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