Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

• 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.

• Makiola A., Dickie IA., Holdaway RJ., Wood JR., Orwin KH., Lee CK. and Glare TR. (2019) Biases in the metabarcoding of plant pathogens using rust fungi as a model system. MicrobiologyOpen 8(7) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.780.

• Watts C., Dopheide A., Holdaway R., Davis C., Wood J., Thornburrow D. and Dickie IA. (2019) DNA metabarcoding as a tool for invertebrate community monitoring: a case study comparison with conventional techniques. Austral Entomology 58(3): 675-686. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12384.

• Coomes DA., Šafka D., Shepherd J., Dalponte M. and Holdaway R. (2018) Airborne laser scanning of natural forests in New Zealand reveals the influences of wind on forest carbon. Forest Ecosystems 5(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40663-017-0119-6.

• Dickie IA., Boyer S., Buckley HL., Duncan RP., Gardner PP., Hogg ID., Holdaway RJ., Lear G., Makiola A. and Morales SE. (2018) Towards robust and repeatable sampling methods in eDNA-based studies. Molecular Ecology Resources 18(5): 940-952. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12907.

• Holdaway RN., Duffy B. and Kennedy B. (2018) Evidence for magmatic carbon bias in ¹⁴C dating of the Taupo and other major eruptions. Nature Communications 9(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06357-0.

• Orwin KH., Dickie IA., Holdaway R. and Wood JR. (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. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.10.036.

• Hawke DJ., Cranney OR., Horton TW., Bury SJ., Brown JCS. and Holdaway RN. (2017) Foliar and soil N and δ¹⁵N as restoration metrics at Pūtaringamotu Riccarton Bush, Christchurch city. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 47(4): 319-335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2017.1281319.

• Holdaway RJ., Wood JR., Dickie IA., Orwin KH., Bellingham PJ., Richardson SJ., Lyver PO., Timoti P. and Buckley TR. (2017) Using DNA metabarcoding to assess New Zealand’s terrestrial biodiversity. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 41(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.41.28.

• Horton TW., Hauser N., Zerbini AN., Francis MP., Domeier ML., Andriolo A., Costa DP., Robinson PW., Duffy CAJ. and Nasby-Lucas N. (2017) Route fidelity during marine megafauna migration. Frontiers in Marine Science 4(DEC) 422: 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00422.

• Wood JR., Holdaway RJ., Orwin KH., Morse C., Bonner KI., Davis C., Bolstridge N. and Dickie IA. (2017) No single driver of biodiversity: Divergent responses of multiple taxa across land use types. Ecosphere 8(11) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1997.

• Orwin KH., Dickie IA., Wood JR., Bonner KI. and Holdaway RJ. (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. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12610.

• Allentoft ME., Heller R., Holdaway RN. and Bunce M. (2015) Ancient DNA microsatellite analyses of the extinct New Zealand giant moa (Dinornis robustus) identify relatives within a single fossil site. Heredity 115: 481-487. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2015.48.

• Falster DS., Duursma RA., Ishihara MI., Barneche DR., FitzJohn RG., Vårhammar A., Aiba M., Ando M., Anten N. and Aspinwall MJ. (2015) BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants. Ecology 96(5): 1445. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1889.1.

• Hale ML., Harrow G., Bradfield P., Cubrinovska I. and Holdaway RN. (2015) Genetic similarity of Hutton's shearwaters (Puffinus huttoni) from two relict breeding populations. Notornis 62(3): 130-134.

• Allentoft ME., Heller R., Oskam CL., Lorenzen ED., Hale ML., Gilbert MTP., Jacomb C., Holdaway RN. and Bunce M. (2014) Extinct New Zealand megafauna were not in decline before human colonization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111(13): 4922-4927. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1314972111.

• Coomes DA., Flores O., Holdaway R., Jucker T., Lines ER. and Vanderwel MC. (2014) Wood production response to climate change will depend critically on forest composition and structure. Global Change Biology 20(12): 3632-3645. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12622.

• Holdaway RN. (2014) A solid grip on the moa extinction. Australasian Science Jul/Aug: 33-35.

• Holdaway RN., Allentoft ME., Jacomb C., Oskam CL., Beavan NR. and Bunce M. (2014) An extremely low-density human population exterminated New Zealand moa. Nature Communications 5(5436) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6436.

• Horton TW., Bierregaard RO., Zawar-Reza P., Holdaway RN. and Sagar P. (2014) Juvenile Osprey Navigation During Trans-Oceanic Migration. PLOS ONE 9(12) e114557: 1-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114557.

• Jacomb C., Holdaway RN., Allentoft ME., Bunce M., Oskam CL., Walter R. and Brooks E. (2014) High-precision dating and ancient DNA profiling of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) eggshell documents a complex feature at Wairau Bar and refines the chronology of New Zealand settlement by Polynesians. Journal of Archaeological Science 50: 24-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.05.023.

• Brassey CA., Holdaway RN., Packham AG., Anné J., Manning PL. and Sellers WI. (2013) More than one way of being a Moa: Differences in leg bone robustness map divergent evolutionary trajectories in Dinornithidae and Emeidae (Dinornithiformes). PLoS ONE 8(12) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082668.

• Holdaway RN., Williams M. and Hawke DJ. (2013) A comparison of the pre-human and present isotopic niches of brown teal (Anas chlorotis): implications for conservation. Notornis 60(3): 233-244.

• Allentoft ME., Collins M., Harker D., Haile J., Oskam CL., Hale ML., Campos PF., Samaniego JA., Gilbert MTP. and Willerslev E. (2012) The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279(1748): 4724-4733. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.1745.

• Allentoft ME., Scofield RP., Oskam C., Hale ML., Holdaway RN. and Bunce M. (2012) A molecular characterisation of a newly discovered megafaunal fossil site in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 42(4): 241-256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2011.574821.

• Oskam CL., Allentoft ME., Walter R., Scofield RP., Haile J., Holdaway RN., Bunce M. and Jacomb C. (2012) Ancient DNA analyses of early archaeological sites in New Zealand reveal extreme exploitation of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) at all life stages. Quaternary Science Reviews 52: 41-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.07.007.

• Williams MJ., Holdaway RN. and Rogers KM. (2012) Feeding environments of New Zealand's extinct merganser revealed by stable isotope analyses. Wildfowl 62: 190-203.

• Allentoft ME., Oskam C., Houston J., Hale ML., Gilbert MTP., Rasmussen M., Spencer P., Jacomb C., Willerslev E. and Holdaway RN. (2011) Profiling the Dead: Generating Microsatellite Data from Fossil Bones of Extinct Megafauna-Protocols, Problems, and Prospects. PLoS ONE 6(1) e16670 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016670.

• Holdaway RJ., Richardson SJ., Dickie IA., Peltzer DA. and Coomes DA. (2011) Species- and community-level patterns in fine root traits along a 120000-year soil chronosequence in temperate rain forest. Journal of Ecology 99(4): 954-963. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01821.x.

• Holdaway RN., Hawke DJ., Bunce M. and Allentoft ME. (2011) Identification of an optimal sampling position for stable isotopic analysis of bone collagen of extinct moa (Aves: Emeidae). Notornis 58(1): 1-7.

• Horton TW., Holdaway RN., Zerbini AN., Hauser N., Garrigue C., Andriolo A. and Clapham PJ. (2011) Straight as an arrow: humpback whales swim constant course tracks during long-distance migration. Biology Letters 7(5): 674-679. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0279.

• Oskam CL., Jacomb C., Allentoft ME., Walter R., Paul Scofield R., Haile J., Holdaway RN. and Bunce M. (2011) Molecular and morphological analyses of avian eggshell excavated from a late thirteenth century earth oven. Journal of Archaeological Science 38(10): 2589-2595. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.05.006.

• Allen MS. and Holdaway RN. (2010) Archaeological avifauna of Harataonga, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand: implications for avian palaeontology, Maori prehistory, and archaeofaunal recovery techniques. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 40(1): 11-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03036751003641719.

• Allentoft ME., Bunce M., Scofield RP., Hale ML. and Holdaway RN. (2010) Highly skewed sex ratios and biased fossil deposition of moa: ancient DNA provides new insight on New Zealand's extinct megafauna. Quaternary Science Reviews 29(5-6): 753-762. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.11.022.

• Holdaway RN. (2010) Letter to the editor. Notornis 57(2): 110-111.

• Holdaway RN. and Christian M. (2010) Stopping the fourth wave: Conservation and restoration of the Norfolk Island ecosystem. The State of Australia's Birds 2010: Islands and Birds 20(4): 30-35.

• Holdaway RN., Thorneycroft JM., McClelland P. and Bunce M. (2010) Former presence of a parakeet (Cyanoramphus sp.) on Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic, with notes on the island's fossil sites and fossil record. Notornis 57(1): 8-18.

• Oskam CL., Haile J., McLay E., Rigby P., Allentoft ME., Olsen ME., Bengtsson C., Miller GH., Schwenninger JL. and Jacomb C. (2010) Fossil avian eggshell preserves ancient DNA. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277(1690): 1991-2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.2019.

• Steeves TE., Holdaway RN., Hale ML., McLay E., McAllan IAW., Christian M., Hauber ME. and Bunce M. (2010) Merging ancient and modern DNA: Extinct seabird taxon rediscovered in the North Tasman Sea. Biology Letters 6(1): 94-97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0478.

• Allentoft ME., Schuster SC., Holdaway RN., Hale ML., McLay E., Oskam C., Gilbert MTP., Spencer P., Willerslev E. and Bunce M. (2009) Identification of microsatellites from an extinct moa species using high throughput (454) sequence data. BioTechniques 46(3): 195-200. http://dx.doi.org/10.2144/000113086.

• Bunce M., Worthy TH., Phillips MJ., Holdaway RN., Willerslev E., Haile J., Shapiro B., Scofield RP., Drummond A. and Kamp PJJ. (2009) The evolutionary history of the extinct ratite moa and New Zealand Neogene paleogeography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(49): 20646-20651. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0906660106.

• Hawke DJ. and Holdaway RN. (2009) Nutrient sources for forest birds captured within an undisturbed petrel colony, and management implications. Emu 109: 163-169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MU08035.

• Thomsen PF., Elias S., Gilbert MTP., Haile J., Munch K., Kuzmina S., Froese DG., Sher A., Holdaway RN. and Willerslev E. (2009) Non-destructive sampling of ancient insect DNA. PLoS ONE 4(4) e5048.

• Blakely TJ., Jellyman PG., Holdaway RJ., Young L., Burrows B., Duncan P., Thirkettle D., Simpson J., Ewers RM. and Didham RK. (2008) The abundance, distribution and structural characteristics of tree-holes in Nothofagus forest, New Zealand. Austral Ecology 33(8): 963-974. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01867.x.

• Hay J., Kelly D. and Holdaway RJ. (2008) Causes and consequences of frequent flowering on edges in the mast-seeding genus Chionochloa (Poaceae). New Zealand Journal of Ecology 32(1): 80-91.

• Haile J., Holdaway RN., Oliver K., Bunce M., Gilbert MTP., Nielsen R., Munch K., Ho SYW., Shapiro B. and Willerslev E. (2007) Ancient DNA chronology within sediment deposits: are palaeobiological reconstructions possible and is DNA leaching a factor? Molecular biology and evolution 24(4): 982-989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msm016.

• Holdaway RN., Hawke DJ., Hyatt OM. and Wood GC. (2007) Stable isotopic (δ15N, δ13C) analysis of wood in trees growing in past and present colonies of burrow-nesting seabirds in New Zealand. I. δ15N in two species of conifer (Podocarpaceae) from a mainland colony of Westland petrels (Procellaria westlandica), Punakaiki, South Island. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 37(2): 75-84.

• Harrow G., Hawke DJ. and Holdaway RN. (2006) Surface soil chemistry at an alpine procellariid breeding colony in New Zealand, and comparison with a lowland site. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 33(2): 165-174. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2006.9518441.

• Holdaway RJ. and Sparrow AD. (2006) Assembly rules operating along a primary riverbed-grassland successional sequence. Journal of Ecology 94(6): 1092-1102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01170.x.

• Bunce M., Szulkin M., Lerner HRL., Barnes I., Shapiro B., Cooper A. and Holdaway RN. (2005) Ancient DNA provides new insights into the evolutionary history of New Zealand's extinct giant eagle. PLoS Biology 3: 44-46.

• Hawke DJ. and Holdaway RN. (2005) Avian assimilation and dispersal of carbon and nitrogen brought ashore by breeding Westland petrels (Procellaria westlandica): a stable isotope study. Journal of Zoology 266(4): 419-426.

• Turvey ST. and Holdaway RN. (2005) Postnatal ontogeny, population structure and extinction of the giant moa Dinornis. Journal of Morphology 265(1): 70-86.

• Turvey ST., Green OR. and Holdaway RN. (2005) Cortical growth marks reveal extended juvenile development in New Zealand moa. Nature 435: 940-943.

• Winn JM. and Holdaway RN. (2005) Egg predation by South Island kaka (Nestor meridionalis). Notornis 52(2): 106-108.

• Harding JS., Hawke DJ., Holdaway RN. and Winterbourn MJ. (2004) Erratum: Incorporation of marine-derived nutrients from petrel breeding colonies into stream food webs (Freshwater Biology (2004) 49 (576-586)). Freshwater Biology 49(9): 1241. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01253.x.

• Harding JS., Hawke DJ., Holdaway RN. and Winterbourn MJ. (2004) Incorporation of marine-derived nutrients from petrel breeding colonies into stream food webs. Freshwater Biology 49(5): 576-586.

• Hawke DJ. and Holdaway RN. (2003) Mainland petrel breeding as a driver of terrestrial ecosystem processes. ConScience (Department of Conservation) 47: 6-7.

• Holdaway RN., Jones MD. and Beavan Athfield NR. (2003) Establishment and extinction of a population of South Georgian diving petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) at Mason Bay, Stewart Island, New Zealand, during the late Holocene. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33(3): 601-622.

• Holdaway RN., Jones MD. and Beavan Athfield NR. (2002) Late Holocene extinction of Finsch’s duck (Chenonetta finschi), an endemic, possibly flightless, New Zealand duck. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 32(4): 629-651.

• Holdaway RN., Jones MD. and Beavan Athfield NR. (2002) Late Holocene extinction of the New Zealand owlet-nightjar Aegotheles novaezealandiae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 32(4): 653-667.

• Holdaway RN., Roberts RG., Beavan-Athfield NR., Olley JM. and Worthy TH. (2002) Optical dating of quartz sediments and accelerator mass spectrometry 14C dating of bone gelatin and moa eggshell: a comparison of age estimates for non-archaeological deposits in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 32(3): 463-505.

• Worthy TH., Holdaway RN., Alloway BV., Jones J., Winn J. and Turner D. (2002) A rich Pleistocene-Holocene avifaunal sequence from Te Waka #1: terrestrial fossil vertebrate faunas from inland Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand, Part 2. Tuhinga (Records of the Museum of New Zealand) 13: 1-38.

• Holdaway RN. and Anderson AJ. (2001) The avifauna of the Emily Bay archaeological site, Norfolk Island, South-west Pacific: a preliminary account. Records of the Australian Museum Special issue(Supplement 27): 87-102.

• Holdaway RN. and Worthy TH. (2001) Publication of supplementary data for 14C AMS ages. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 31(2): 453-456.

• Holdaway RN., Worthy TH. and Tennyson AJD. (2001) A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 28: 119-187.

• Anderson A., Holdaway RN. and Jacomb C. (2000) Less is Moa [2] (multiple letters). Science 289(5484): 1472-1474. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.289.5484.1472.

• Holdaway RN. and Jacomb C. (2000) Erratum: Less is moa (Science (September 1) (1472)). Science 290(5489): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.290.5489.53.

• Holdaway RN. and Jacomb C. (2000) Less is moa - Response. SCIENCE 289(5484): 1473-1474.

• Holdaway RN. and Jacomb C. (2000) Rapid extinction of the Moas (Aves: Dinornithiformes): Model, test, and implications. Science 287(5461): 2250-2254.

• Worthy TH. and Holdaway RN. (2000) Terrestrial fossil vertebrate faunas from inland Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand. Part 1. Records of the Canterbury Museum 14: 89-154.

• Hawke DJ., Holdaway RN., Causer JE. and Ogden S. (1999) Soil indicators of pre-European seabird breeding in New Zealand at sites identified by predator deposits. Australian Journal of Soil Research 37(1): 103-113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/S98050.

• Holdaway RN. (1999) A spatio-temporal model for the invasion of the New Zealand archipelago by the Pacific rat Rattus exulans. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 29(2): 91-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1999.9517586.

• Holdaway RN. and Beavan NR. (1999) Reliable ¹⁴C AMS dates on bird and Pacific rat Rattus exulans bone gelatin, from a CaCO3‐rich deposit. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 29(3): 185-211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1999.9517592.

• Holdaway RN. and Worthy TH. (1997) A reappraisal of the late quaternary fossil vertebrates of pyramid valley swamp, North Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 24(1): 69-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1997.9518107.

• Worthy TH., Holdaway RN., Sorenson MD. and Cooper AC. (1997) Description of the first complete skeleton of the extinct New Zealand goose Cnemiornis calcitrans (Aves: Anatidae), and a reassessment of the relationships of Cnemiornis. Journal of Zoology 243(4): 695-718. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb01971.x.

• Holdaway RN. (1996) Arrival of rats in New Zealand. Nature 384(6606): 225-226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/384225b0.

• Holdaway RN. and Worthy TH. (1996) Diet and biology of the laughing owl Sceloglaux albifacies (Aves: Strigidae) on Takaka Hill, Nelson, New Zealand. Journal of Zoology 239(3): 545-572. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05942.x.

• Worthy TH. and Holdaway RN. (1996) Quaternary fossil faunas, overlapping taphonomies, and palaeofaunal reconstruction in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 26(3): 275-361. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1996.9517514.

• Worthy TH. and Holdaway RN. (1996) Taphonomy of two Holocene microvertebrate deposits, Takaka Hill, Nelson, New Zealand, and identification of the avian predator responsible. Historical Biology 12(1): 1-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912969609386551.

• Holdaway RN. (1995) A fossil record of the black stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae Gould, 1841. New Zealand Natural Sciences 22: 69-74.

• Worthy TH. and Holdaway RN. (1995) Quaternary fossil faunas from caves on mt cookson, north canterbury, south island, new zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 25(3): 333-370. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1995.9517494.

• Holdaway RN. (1994) Chatham Islands ornithology: a tribute to Sir Charles A. Fleming KEB, DSc, FRS, FRSNZ, 1916-1987. Notornis 41(Suppl.).

• Holdaway RN. and Worthy TH. (1994) A new fossil species of shearwater puffinus from the late quaternary of the south island, new zealand, and notes on the biogeography and evolution of the puffinus gavia superspecies. Emu 94(3): 201-215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MU9940201.

• Worthy TH. and Holdaway RN. (1994) Quaternary fossil faunas from caves in takaka valley and on takaka hill, northwest nelson, south island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 24(3): 297-391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1994.9517474.

• Worthy TH. and Holdaway RN. (1994) Scraps from an owl’s table — predator activity as a significant taphonomic process newly recognised from New Zealand quaternary deposits. Alcheringa 18(3): 229-245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115519408619497.

• Worthy TH. and Holdaway RN. (1993) Quaternary fossil faunas from caves in the punakaiki area, west coast, south island, new zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 23(3): 147-254. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03036758.1993.10721222.

• Holdaway RN. (1990) Changes in the diversity of new zealand forest birds. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17(3): 309-321. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1990.10422938.

• Duncan K. and Holdaway R. (1989) Footprint pressures and locomotion of moas and ungulates and their effects on the New Zealand indigenous biota through trampling. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 12(Suppl.): 97-101.

• Holdaway RN. (1989) New Zealand's pre-human avifauna and its vulnerability. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 12(Suppl.): 11-25.

Authored Books

• Christian ML., Holdaway RN., Smith JL. and Coyne PD. (2012) A Comparative Atlas of Bird Distribution in the Norfolk Island Group: South West Pacific Ocean. Burnt Pine: Christian, M.L., Holdaway, R.N., Smith, J.L., Coyne, P.D. 96pp.

• Worthy TH. and Holdaway RN. (2002) The Lost World of the Moa: Prehistoric Life of New Zealand. Bloomington/Christchurch: Indiana University Press/Canterbury University Press. 718pp.

Chapters

• Jones C., Montelle C., Pratt A., Pickles K., Rack U., Holdaway RN., Pelser PB. and Sykes WR. (2011) Exploration & Discovery. In Jones C; Matthews B; Clement J (Ed.), Treasures of the University of Canterbury Library Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.

• Holdaway RN. (2005) Birds. In Jones MB; Marsden ID (Ed.), Life in the estuary: illustrated guide and ecology: 128-160. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Nobes DC., Johnston AG., Holdaway RN. and Horton TW. (2012) Ground penetrating radar imaging of the late Quaternary Pyramid Valley lake deposit, North Canterbury, New Zealand: Correlation with paleoclimatic records and the stratigraphic sequence. In : 591-594. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2012.6254932.

Conference Contributions - Other

• Sauvageot R., Holdaway RN. and McFarlane D. (2005) Fluorine relative dating and taphonomy of moa bone from Pyramid Valley, New Zealand. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Geological Society of America Meeting, 16 Oct 2005.

• Holdaway RN., Beavan Athfield N., Hall PT. and Rodgers KL. (2004) Evidence for a precipitation signal in levels of enrichment of 15N in two New Zealand birds. Wellington, New Zealand: 4th International Conference on applications of stable isotope techniques to ecological studies, 19 Apr 2004.

• Holdaway RN. (2003) Causes and effects of the New Zealand late Quaternary extinctions. Reno, NV, USA: XVI INQUA Congress, 23 Jul 2003.

• Holdaway RN., Beavan Athfield NR. and Roberts RG. (2003) OSL and 14C ages on Pacific rat bones from New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: 18th International Radiocarbon Conference, 1 Sep 2003.

• Holdaway R. and Holdaway RN. (2002) ARPASAT - Archaeological and Palaeontological surveys using satellite technology. Buenos Aires, Argentina: 29th International Symposium on remote sensing of the environment, 8 Apr 2002.

• Holdaway RN., Hawke DJ. and Worthy TH. (2002) Palaeobiological perspectives on Westland birds. Hokitika, New Zealand: Ornithological Society of New Zealand Annual Conference, 1 Jun 2002.

• Jacomb C. and Holdaway RN. (2002) Faunal extinctions and settlement models in New Zealand. Noumea and Kone, New Caledonia: International Conference for the 50th anniversary of the first Lapita excavation (July 1952), 31 Jul 2002.

• Holdaway RN. and Worthy TH. (2001) Diets of extinct birds in New Zealand - preliminary results using stable isotopes. Auckland, New Zealand: 7th Australasian Archaeometry Conference, 5 Feb 2001.

Reports

• Winn JM. and Holdaway RN. (2004) A preliminary survey of Quaternary heritage sites on Campbell Island, September 2004.Commissioned by Department of Conservation, Southland Conservancy.

Research Groups