| The lost world of the moa: prehistoric life of New Zealand TH Worthy, RN Holdaway Indiana University Press, 2002 | 792 | 2002 |
| The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils ME Allentoft, M Collins, D Harker, J Haile, CL Oskam, ML Hale, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1748), 4724-4733, 2012 | 758 | 2012 |
| Rapid extinction of the moas (Aves: Dinornithiformes): model, test, and implications RN Holdaway, C Jacomb Science 287 (5461), 2250-2254, 2000 | 384 | 2000 |
| New Zealand's pre-human avifauna and its vulnerability RN Holdaway New Zealand journal of ecology, 11-25, 1989 | 320 | 1989 |
| A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact RN Holdaway, TH Worthy, AJD Tennyson New Zealand journal of zoology 28 (2), 119-187, 2001 | 283 | 2001 |
| Ancient DNA chronology within sediment deposits: are paleobiological reconstructions possible and is DNA leaching a factor? J Haile, R Holdaway, K Oliver, M Bunce, MTP Gilbert, R Nielsen, K Munch, ... Molecular biology and evolution 24 (4), 982-989, 2007 | 253 | 2007 |
| The evolutionary history of the extinct ratite moa and New Zealand Neogene paleogeography M Bunce, TH Worthy, MJ Phillips, RN Holdaway, E Willerslev, J Haile, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (49), 20646-20651, 2009 | 224 | 2009 |
| Introduced predators and avifaunal extinction in New Zealand RN Holdaway Extinctions in near time: causes, contexts, and consequences, 189-238, 1999 | 216 | 1999 |
| Arrival of rats in New Zealand RN Holdaway Nature 384 (6606), 225-226, 1996 | 189 | 1996 |
| Fossil avian eggshell preserves ancient DNA CL Oskam, J Haile, E McLay, P Rigby, ME Allentoft, ME Olsen, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277 (1690), 1991-2000, 2010 | 168 | 2010 |
| Non-destructive sampling of ancient insect DNA PF Thomsen, S Elias, MTP Gilbert, J Haile, K Munch, S Kuzmina, ... PloS one 4 (4), e5048, 2009 | 154 | 2009 |
| Straight as an arrow: humpback whales swim constant course tracks during long-distance migration TW Horton, RN Holdaway, AN Zerbini, N Hauser, C Garrigue, A Andriolo, ... Biology letters 7 (5), 674-679, 2011 | 144 | 2011 |
| Cortical growth marks reveal extended juvenile development in New Zealand moa ST Turvey, OR Green, RN Holdaway Nature 435 (7044), 940-943, 2005 | 143 | 2005 |
| Extinct New Zealand megafauna were not in decline before human colonization ME Allentoft, R Heller, CL Oskam, ED Lorenzen, ML Hale, MTP Gilbert, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (13), 4922-4927, 2014 | 139 | 2014 |
| Identification of microsatellites from an extinct moa species using high-throughput (454) sequence data ME Allentoft, SC Schuster, RN Holdaway, ML Hale, E McLay, C Oskam, ... Biotechniques 46 (3), 195-200, 2009 | 138 | 2009 |
| Ancient DNA provides new insights into the evolutionary history of New Zealand's extinct giant eagle M Bunce, M Szulkin, HRL Lerner, I Barnes, B Shapiro, A Cooper, ... PLoS biology 3 (1), e9, 2005 | 136 | 2005 |
| An ecological approach to the Polynesian settlement of New Zealand MS McGlone, AJ Anderson, RN Holdaway The origins of the first New Zealanders, 136-163, 1994 | 136 | 1994 |
| Quaternary fossil faunas, overlapping taphonomies, and palaeofaunal reconstruction in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand TH Worthy, RN Holdaway Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 26 (3), 275-361, 1996 | 111 | 1996 |
| Quaternary fossil faunas from caves in Takaka valley and on Takaka Hill, northwest Nelson, South Island, New Zealand TH Worthy, RN Holdaway Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 24 (3), 297-391, 1994 | 101 | 1994 |
| Quaternary fossil faunas from caves in the Punakaiki area, west coast, South Island, New Zealand TH Worthy, RN Holdaway Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 23 (3), 147-254, 1993 | 99 | 1993 |
