| 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 | 333 | 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 | 290 | 2017 |
| 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 | 228 | 2018 |
| Island extinctions: patterns, processes, and potential for ecosystem restoration JR Wood, JA Alcover, TM Blackburn, P Bover, RP Duncan, JP Hume, ... Environmental Conservation, 2017 | 163* | 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 | 157 | 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 | 154 | 2014 |
| 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 | 145 | 2018 |
| 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 | 144 | 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 | 144 | 2008 |
| 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 | 111 | 2012 |
| 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 | 108 | 2014 |
| 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 | 108* | 2010 |
| 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 | 107 | 2014 |
| 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 | 104 | 2015 |
| 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 | 101 | 2013 |
| 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 | 86 | 2013 |
| Coprolites reveal ecological interactions lost with the extinction of New Zealand birds AP Boast, LS Weyrich, JR Wood, JL Metcalf, R Knight, A Cooper Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (7), 1546-1551, 2018 | 84 | 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 | 74 | 2014 |
| Multiscale climate change impacts on plant diversity in the Atacama Desert FP Díaz, C Latorre, G Carrasco‐Puga, JR Wood, JM Wilmshurst, DC Soto, ... Global Change Biology 25 (5), 1733-1745, 2019 | 71 | 2019 |
| Soil microbial community structure explains the resistance of respiration to a dry–rewet cycle, but not soil functioning under static conditions KH Orwin, IA Dickie, JR Wood, KI Bonner, RJ Holdaway Functional Ecology 30 (8), 1430-1439, 2016 | 71 | 2016 |