| Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution K Mitchell, B Llamas, J Soubrier, N Rawlence, T Worthy, J Wood, M Lee, ... Science 344 (6186), 898-900, 2014 | 231 | 2014 |
| Ancient plant DNA in lake sediments L Parducci, KD Bennett, GF Ficetola, IG Alsos, Y Suyama, JR Wood, ... New Phytologist 214 (3), 924-942, 2017 | 118 | 2017 |
| Using ancient DNA to study the origins and dispersal of ancestral Polynesian chickens across the Pacific VA Thomson, O Lebrasseur, JJ Austin, TL Hunt, DA Burney, T Denham, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (13), 4826-4831, 2014 | 115 | 2014 |
| Coprolite deposits reveal the diet and ecology of the extinct New Zealand megaherbivore moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes) JR Wood, NJ Rawlence, GM Rogers, JJ Austin, TH Worthy, A Cooper Quaternary Science Reviews 27 (27-28), 2593-2602, 2008 | 111 | 2008 |
| Legacy of avian-dominated plant-herbivore systems in New Zealand WG Lee, JR Wood, GM Rogers New Zealand Journal of Ecology 34 (1), 28-47, 2010 | 84 | 2010 |
| A high-precision chronology for the rapid extinction of New Zealand moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes) GLW Perry, AB Wheeler, JR Wood, JM Wilmshurst Quaternary Science Reviews 105, 126-135, 2014 | 81 | 2014 |
| Using palaeoenvironmental DNA to reconstruct past environments: progress and prospects NJ Rawlence, DJ Lowe, JR Wood, JM Young, GJ Churchman, ... Journal of Quaternary Science 29 (7), 610-626, 2014 | 78 | 2014 |
| High-resolution coproecology: using coprolites to reconstruct the habits and habitats of New Zealand’s extinct upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) JR Wood, JM Wilmshurst, SJ Wagstaff, TH Worthy, NJ Rawlence, ... PloS one 7 (6), e40025, 2012 | 77 | 2012 |
| Methods for the extraction, storage, amplification and sequencing of DNA from environmental samples G Lear, I Dickie, J Banks, S Boyer, HL Buckley, TR Buckley, ... New Zealand Journal of Ecology 42 (1), 10-50A, 2018 | 74 | 2018 |
| Novel interactions between non‐native mammals and fungi facilitate establishment of invasive pines JR Wood, IA Dickie, HV Moeller, DA Peltzer, KI Bonner, G Rattray, ... Journal of Ecology 103 (1), 121-129, 2015 | 71 | 2015 |
| Use of pollen and ancient DNA as conservation baselines for offshore islands in New Zealand JM Wilmshurst, NT Moar, JR Wood, PJ Bellingham, AM Findlater, ... Conservation Biology 28 (1), 202-212, 2014 | 69 | 2014 |
| A high-resolution chronology of rapid forest transitions following Polynesian arrival in New Zealand DB McWethy, JM Wilmshurst, C Whitlock, JR Wood, MS McGlone PLoS One 9 (11), e111328, 2014 | 67 | 2014 |
| DNA content and distribution in ancient feathers and potential to reconstruct the plumage of extinct avian taxa NJ Rawlence, JR Wood, KN Armstrong, A Cooper Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 (1672), 3395-3402, 2009 | 58 | 2009 |
| Island extinctions: patterns, processes, and potential for ecosystem restoration JR Wood, JA Alcover, TM Blackburn, P Bover, RP Duncan, JP Hume, ... Environmental Conservation, 2017 | 56* | 2017 |
| Resolving lost herbivore community structure using coprolites of four sympatric moa species (Aves: Dinornithiformes) JR Wood, JM Wilmshurst, SJ Richardson, NJ Rawlence, SJ Wagstaff, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (42), 16910-16915, 2013 | 56 | 2013 |
| A megafauna’s microfauna: gastrointestinal parasites of New Zealand’s extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) JR Wood, JM Wilmshurst, NJ Rawlence, KI Bonner, TH Worthy, ... PloS one 8 (2), e57315, 2013 | 55 | 2013 |
| Sporormiella as a proxy for non-mammalian herbivores in island ecosystems JR Wood, JM Wilmshurst, TH Worthy, A Cooper Quaternary Science Reviews 30 (7), 915-920, 2011 | 53 | 2011 |
| A comparison of the ability of PLFA and 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding to resolve soil community change and predict ecosystem functions KH Orwin, IA Dickie, R Holdaway, JR Wood Soil Biology and Biochemistry 117, 27-35, 2018 | 51 | 2018 |
| Ancient mitochondrial genome reveals unsuspected taxonomic affinity of the extinct Chatham duck (Pachyanas chathamica) and resolves divergence times for New Zealand and sub … KJ Mitchell, JR Wood, RP Scofield, B Llamas, A Cooper Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 70, 420-428, 2014 | 48 | 2014 |
| Wetland soil moisture complicates the use of Sporormiella to trace past herbivore populations JR Wood, JM Wilmshurst Journal of Quaternary Science 27 (3), 254-259, 2012 | 41 | 2012 |
