| Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution KJ Mitchell, B Llamas, J Soubrier, NJ Rawlence, TH Worthy, J Wood, ... Science 344 (6186), 898-900, 2014 | 330 | 2014 |
| A rough guide to BEAST 1.4 AJ Drummond, SYW Ho, N Rawlence, A Rambaut | 230 | 2007 |
| 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 | 155 | 2014 |
| Indo-European and Asian origins for Chilean and Pacific chickens revealed by mtDNA J Gongora, NJ Rawlence, VA Mobegi, H Jianlin, JA Alcalde, JT Matus, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (30), 10308-10313, 2008 | 154 | 2008 |
| 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 | 150 | 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 | 143 | 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 | 109 | 2012 |
| 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 | 99 | 2013 |
| Limitations and recommendations for successful DNA extraction from forensic soil samples: a review JM Young, NJ Rawlence, LS Weyrich, A Cooper Science & Justice 54 (3), 238-244, 2014 | 97 | 2014 |
| Subsistence practices, past biodiversity, and anthropogenic impacts revealed by New Zealand-wide ancient DNA survey FV Seersholm, TL Cole, A Grealy, NJ Rawlence, K Greig, M Knapp, M Stat, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (30), 7771-7776, 2018 | 95 | 2018 |
| Extinction and recolonization of coastal megafauna following human arrival in New Zealand CJ Collins, NJ Rawlence, S Prost, CNK Anderson, M Knapp, RP Scofield, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1786), 20140097, 2014 | 95 | 2014 |
| 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 | 85 | 2013 |
| 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 | 66 | 2009 |
| Evolutionary history of the Falklands wolf GJ Slater, O Thalmann, JA Leonard, RM Schweizer, KP Koepfli, ... Current biology 19 (20), R937-R938, 2009 | 64 | 2009 |
| The effect of climate and environmental change on the megafaunal moa of New Zealand in the absence of humans NJ Rawlence, JL Metcalf, JR Wood, TH Worthy, JJ Austin, A Cooper Quaternary Science Reviews 50, 141-153, 2012 | 62 | 2012 |
| Mitogenomes uncover extinct penguin taxa and reveal island formation as a key driver of speciation TL Cole, DT Ksepka, KJ Mitchell, AJD Tennyson, DB Thomas, H Pan, ... Molecular Biology and Evolution 36 (4), 784-797, 2019 | 54 | 2019 |
| Moa's Ark or volant ghosts of Gondwana? Insights from nineteen years of ancient DNA research on the extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) of New Zealand ME Allentoft, NJ Rawlence Annals of Anatomy-Anatomischer Anzeiger 194 (1), 36-51, 2012 | 48 | 2012 |
| Chronic exposure to schistosome eggs reduces serum cholesterol but has no effect on atherosclerotic lesion development AC La Flamme, M Harvie, D Kenwright, K Cameron, N Rawlence, YS Low, ... Parasite immunology 29 (5), 259-266, 2007 | 46 | 2007 |
| Unlocking the potential of ancient fish DNA in the genomic era T Oosting, B Star, JH Barrett, M Wellenreuther, PA Ritchie, NJ Rawlence Evolutionary applications 12 (8), 1513-1522, 2019 | 45 | 2019 |
| Radiocarbon-dating and ancient DNA reveal rapid replacement of extinct prehistoric penguins NJ Rawlence, GLW Perry, IWG Smith, RP Scofield, AJD Tennyson, ... Quaternary Science Reviews 112, 59-65, 2015 | 44 | 2015 |