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List of works by Alan Tennyson

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Miocene waterfowl and other birds from central Otago, New Zealand

scientific article published in January 2007

Miocene mammal reveals a Mesozoic ghost lineage on insular New Zealand, southwest Pacific

scientific article (publication date: 19 December 2006)

A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact

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A sphenodontine (Rhynchocephalia) from the Miocene of New Zealand and palaeobiogeography of the tuatara (Sphenodon)

scientific article

Bone growth marks reveal protracted growth in New Zealand kiwi (Aves, Apterygidae).

scientific article published on 10 June 2009

Biogeographical and phylogenetic implications of an early Miocene wren (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthisittidae) from New Zealand

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Miocene skinks and geckos reveal long-term conservatism of New Zealand's lizard fauna

scientific article (publication date: 23 December 2009)

A Large Fruit Pigeon (Columbidae) from the Early Miocene of New Zealand

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 2009

Radiocarbon-dating and ancient DNA reveal rapid replacement of extinct prehistoric penguins

scholarly article

An early Miocene diversity of parrots (Aves, Strigopidae, Nestorinae) from New Zealand

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Fish Remains, Mostly Otoliths, from the Non-Marine Early Miocene of Otago, New Zealand

scientific article published in June 2012

Ancient DNA analyses reveal contrasting phylogeographic patterns amongst kiwi (Apteryx spp.) and a recently extinct lineage of spotted kiwi

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

A new species of the diving duckManuherikiaand evidence for geese (Aves: Anatidae: Anserinae) in the St Bathans Fauna (Early Miocene), New Zealand

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Geographically contrasting biodiversity reductions in a widespread New Zealand seabird.

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

Moa’s Ark: Miocene fossils reveal the great antiquity of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) in Zealandia. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy

Terrestrial Turtle Fossils from New Zealand Refloat Moa's Ark

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Bats that walk: a new evolutionary hypothesis for the terrestrial behaviour of New Zealand's endemic mystacinids

scientific article

Strong phylogeographic structure in a sedentary seabird, the Stewart Island Shag (Leucocarbo chalconotus)

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

A heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Early Miocene St Bathans fauna of southern New Zealand. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy

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Miocene mystacinids (Chiroptera, Noctilionoidea) indicate a long history for endemic bats in New Zealand

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First record of Palaelodus (Aves: Phoenicopteriformes) from New Zealand. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy

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Miocene Fossils Reveal Ancient Roots for New Zealand's Endemic Mystacina (Chiroptera) and Its Rainforest Habitat

scientific article published in 2015

Pre-human New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) rookeries on mainland New Zealand

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Fossils reveal an early Miocene presence of the aberrant gruiform Aves: Aptornithidae in New Zealand

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Early Miocene fossil frogs (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) from New Zealand

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Wading a lost southern connection: Miocene fossils from New Zealand reveal a new lineage of shorebirds (Charadriiformes) linking Gondwanan avifaunas

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Human-mediated extirpation of the unique Chatham Islands sea lion and implications for the conservation management of remaining New Zealand sea lion populations.

scientific article

A bittern (Aves: Ardeidae) from the early Miocene of New Zealand

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A Paleocene penguin from New Zealand substantiates multiple origins of gigantism in fossil Sphenisciformes

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Sheathbill-like birds (Charadriiformes: Chionoidea) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Australasia

article published in 2016

Subsistence practices, past biodiversity, and anthropogenic impacts revealed by New Zealand-wide ancient DNA survey

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Genetic and morphological evidence for two species ofLeucocarboshag (Aves, Pelecaniformes, Phalacrocoracidae) from southern South Island of New Zealand

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Extinct Birds of New Zealand

non-fiction work by Alan Tennyson

Receding ice drove parallel expansions in Southern Ocean penguins

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Blind free-living kiwi offer a unique window into the ecology and evolution of vertebrate vision

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (2010)

fourth edition of the official checklist of New Zealand bird species

A new, large-bodied omnivorous bat (Noctilionoidea: Mystacinidae) reveals lost morphological and ecological diversity since the Miocene in New Zealand

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Mitochondrial Genomes from New Zealand’s Extinct Adzebills (Aves: Aptornithidae: Aptornis) Support a Sister-Taxon Relationship with the Afro-Madagascan Sarothruridae

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Analyses of phenotypic differentiations among South Georgian Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) populations reveal an undescribed and highly endangered species from New Zealand

scientific article published in 2018

Flightless rails (Aves: Rallidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna, Otago, New Zealand

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Speciation, range contraction and extinction in the endemic New Zealand King Shag complex

scientific article

Extinct Birds of New Zealand

2006 1st edition

Mitogenomes uncover extinct penguin taxa and reveal island formation as a key driver of speciation

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Ancient crested penguin constrains timing of recruitment into seabird hotspot

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

Ancient DNA of crested penguins: Testing for temporal genetic shifts in the world’s most diverse penguin clade

scholarly article by Theresa L. Cole published in February 2019

An Extinct New Rail (Gallirallus, Aves: Rallidae) Species from Rapa Island, French Polynesia

scientific article

Population size and trends within the two populations of Southern Buller's Albatross Diomedea bulleri bulleri

Using ancient DNA to quantify losses of genetic and species diversity in seabirds: a case study of Pterodroma petrels from a Pacific island

scientific article

Ancient DNA of crested penguins: Testing for temporal genetic shifts in the world's most diverse penguin clade

Ancient DNA and morphometric analysis reveal extinction and replacement of New Zealand's unique black swans

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