Richard Noel Holdaway is a New Zealand ornithologist.[1] With a doctorate in avian palaeobiology and systematics[2][3] and a BSc in neurophysiology and ornithology, he has studied birds for three decades primarily in New Zealand.[4] In 2003 he received (together with Trevor Worthy)[5] the 2003 D. L. Serventy Medal[6][7] Holdaway is director (and owner)[8] of Palaecol Research Ltd in Christchurch, New Zealand.[9] He was recognized for his findings (together with Chris Jacomb)[10] on the extinction of the New Zealand terrestrial megafauna by the University of Otago.[11] His work has also appeared in the New Zealand Journal of Zoology,[12] Nature Communications,[13] the US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health and Royal Society Publishing[14] among others.[15]

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  1. ^ "Richard Holdaway". The University of Canterbury. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Richard N Holdaway". The Conversation. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. ^ Holdaway, Richard (1991). Systematics and palaeobiology of Haast's eagle (Harpagornis moorei Haast, 1872) (Aves: Accipitridae) (Doctoral thesis). UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/6893. hdl:10092/6074.
  4. ^ "Richard N Holdaway". Google Scholar. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  5. ^ Gsell, Anna Clarissa (May 2012). "The ecology and anatomy of scent in the critically endangered kakapo (Strigops habroptilus)". S2CID 80672854. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Southern Bird No. 18 June 2004 Outstanding contributions to Australasian ornithology.
  7. ^ "Awards - List of Recipients" (PDF). Birds New Zealand. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  8. ^ Allentoft, Morten E.; Oskam, Charlotte; Houston, Jayne; Hale, Marie L.; Gilbert, M. Thomas P; Rasmussen, Morten; Spencer, Peter; Jacomb, Christopher; Willerslev, Eske; Holdaway, Richard N. & Bunce, Michael (January 31, 2011). "Profiling the Dead: Generating Microsatellite Data from Fossil Bones of Extinct Megafauna—Protocols, Problems, and Prospects". PLOS ONE. 6 (1): e16670. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...616670A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016670. PMC 3031614. PMID 21304955.
  9. ^ "Professor Richard N Holdaway". Palaecol Research.
  10. ^ "Study shows that the Moa was killed off by settlers". The New Zealand Herald. 8 November 2014. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  11. ^ "New Zealand's moa were exterminated by an extremely low-density human population". University of Otago. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  12. ^ Holdaway, R. N.; Worthy, T.H. & Tennyson, A. J. D. (2001). "A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 28 (2): 119–187. doi:10.1080/03014223.2001.9518262.
  13. ^ Holdaway, Richard N.; Allentoft, Morten E.; Jacomb, Christopher; Oskam, Charlotte L.; Beavan, Nancy R. & Bunce, Michael (7 November 2014). "An extremely low-density human population exterminated New Zealand moa". Nature Communications. 5: 5436. Bibcode:2014NatCo...5.5436H. doi:10.1038/ncomms6436. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 25378020.
  14. ^ Horton, Travis W.; Holdaway, Richard N.; Zerbini, Alexandre N.; Hauser, Nan; Garrigue, Claire; Andriolo, Artur & Clapham, Phillip J. (23 October 2011). "Straight as an arrow: humpback whales swim constant course tracks during long-distance migration". Biology Letters. 7 (5): 674–679. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0279. PMC 3169072. PMID 21508023.
  15. ^ "New Zealand's moa were exterminated by an extremely low-density human population". ScienceDaily. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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