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Rogan M. Colbourne, John Innes, Jamie R. Wood, V. L. De Pietri, L. de Nascimento, Jason T. Weir, RP Scofield, Hugh A. Robertson
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Conservation Genetics. 22:645-652
New Zealand’s iconic, flightless and endangered species of kiwi (Apterygidae) are at risk of extinction on the mainland due to predation by introduced mammals. In order to provide effective conservation management a robust understanding of genetic
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Papers in Palaeontology. 7:217-233
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Ibis. 161:79-90
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 46:181-199
The Chionoidea are a small, southern hemispheric shorebird clade that today includes the Magellanic Plover (Pluvianellidae) and two species of sheathbills (Chionidae). Here we describe the first fossil remains attributable to this group. The two newl
Autor:
RP Scofield, Ajd Tennyson, Martyn Kennedy, Geoffrey K. Chambers, P Boussès, Nicolas J. Rawlence
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 45:197-211
Cyanoramphus parakeets are a key biogeographic element of the Pacific. Many of these parakeets are, however, endangered, with ongoing conservation management hampered by the unresolved taxonomic status of some populations. We used modern and ancient
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 44:163-169
Historical museum skins are an important genetic resource for taxonomic, phylogeographic and conservation genetic research. However, their utility can be compromised by errors in specimen labels concerning taxonomic identity, collection locality and
Autor:
G Mayr, RP Scofield
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 44:48-56
A new avian taxon from the early Paleocene Waipara Greensand in Canterbury, New Zealand, is described. The holotype of Australornis lovei, gen. et sp. nov. includes wing and pectoral girdle bones, which exhibit distinctive morphologies. Notable featu
Autor:
Afroditi Kardamaki, Jonathan M. Waters, RP Scofield, Luke J. Easton, Alan J. D. Tennyson, Nicolas J. Rawlence
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Evolutionary Applications. 11:376-377
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 43:211-230
The first pre-Quaternary anurans from New Zealand are reported from the Early Miocene (19–16 Ma) St Bathans Fauna based on 10 fossil bones. Four bones representing two new species differing in size are described in Leiopelma: Leiopelmatidae, and ar
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Paleontological Journal. 47:1331-1343
Herons (Aves: Ardeidae) are rare in the fossil record globally. Fossil taxa referred to Ardeinae and Nycticoracini are known from as early as the early Oligocene and ardeids undetermined to subfamily include some as old as the early Eocene. In Austra