Richard Holdaway (biologist) explained

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]

Notes and References

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

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