Natural History publications

Papers and chapters published by Te Papa’s Natural History curators and researchers in 2014-2015, listed in alphabetical order by the first author. 

Names in bold are Te Papa Natural History curators, collection managers, and research fellows.

Abadi, F.; Barbraud, C.; Besson, D.; Bried, J.; Crochet, P.-A.; Delord, K.; Forcada, J.; Grosbois, V.; Phillips, R.A.; Sagar, P.; Thompson, P.; Waugh, S.; Weimerskirch, H.; Wood, A.G.; Gimenez, O. 2014. Importance of accounting for phylogenetic dependence in multi-species mark-recapture studies. Ecological Modelling 273: 236-241.

Barco, A.; Marshall, B.; Houart, R.; Oliverio, M. 2015. Molecular phylogenetics of Haustrinae and Pagodulinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) with a focus on New Zealand species. Journal of Molluscan Studies 81 (13 pp).

Beu, A.G., Marshall, B.A. & Reay, M.B. 2014. Mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) freshwater Mollusca from the Clarence Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand, and their biogeographical significance. Cretaceous Research 49: 134-151.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2014. Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: recognition of two subspecies in Dicksonia lanata. New Zealand Journal of Botany 52: 343-351.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2014. Polypodiaceae (excluding Notogrammitis). Fascicle 1 in Breitwieser, I.; Heenan, P.; Wilton, A. (eds) Flora of New Zealand - ferns and lycophytes. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2014. Lygodiaceae. Fascicle 2 in Breitwieser, I.; Heenan, P.; Wilton, A. (eds) Flora of New Zealand - ferns and lycophytes. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2014. Marattiaceae. Fascicle 3 in Breitwieser, I.; Heenan, P.; Wilton, A. (eds) Flora of New Zealand - ferns and lycophytes. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2014. Osmundaceae. Fascicle 4 in Breitwieser, I.; Heenan, P.; Wilton, A. (eds) Flora of New Zealand - ferns and lycophytes. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2014. Schizaeaceae. Fascicle 5 in Breitwieser, I.; Heenan, P.; Wilton, A. (eds) Flora of New Zealand - ferns and lycophytes. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2015. Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: types in the fern families Cyatheaceae, Dicksoniaceae and Loxsomataceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 53: 124-128.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2015. Re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of Cyathea kermadecensis and C. milnei (Cyatheaceae) supports their continued recognition. Tuhinga 26: 51-62.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2015. Equisetaceae. Fascicle 6 in Breitwieser, I.; Heenan, P.; Wilton, A. (eds) Flora of New Zealand - ferns and lycophytes. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2015. Loxsomataceae. Fascicle 7 in Breitwieser, I.; Heenan, P.; Wilton, A. (eds) Flora of New Zealand - ferns and lycophytes. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2015. Marsileaceae. Fascicle 8 in Breitwieser, I.; Heenan, P.; Wilton, A. (eds) Flora of New Zealand - ferns and lycophytes. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2015. Psilotaceae. Fascicle 9 in Breitwieser, I.; Heenan, P.; Wilton, A. (eds) Flora of New Zealand - ferns and lycophytes. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2015. Salviniaceae. Fascicle 10 in Breitwieser, I.; Heenan, P.; Wilton, A. (eds) Flora of New Zealand - ferns and lycophytes. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2015. Dicksoniaceae. Fascicle 11 in Breitwieser, I.; Heenan, P.; Wilton, A. (eds) Flora of New Zealand - ferns and lycophytes. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press.

Crec’hriou, R.; Zintzen, V.; Moore, L.; Roberts C.D. 2015. Length-weight relationships of 33 fish species from New Zealand. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 31: 363-393.

Deli Antoni, M.Y.; Delpiani, S. M.; Stewart, A.L.; González-Castro, M. & Díaz De Astarloa, J. M. 2015. Merluccius tasmanicus Matallanas & Lloris 2006 is a junior synonym of M. australis (Hutton 1872) (Gadiformes: Merluciidae) based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 3956: 29-55.

Ellis, L.T.; Aleffi, M.; Bakalin, V.A.; Bednarek-Ochyra, H.; Bergamini, A.; Beveridge, P. et al. 2015. New national and regional bryophyte records, 42. Journal of Bryology 37: 68-85.

Freeman, D.; Schnabel, K.; Marshall, B.; Gordon, D.; Wing, S.; Tracey, D.; Hitchmough, R. 2014. Conservation status of New Zealand marine invertebrates, 2013. New Zealand Threat Classification Series (Department of Conservation, Wellington) 9: 1-20.

Gon, O.; Stewart, A.L. 2014. Description of a new species of Microstoma (Pisces, Microstomatidae) from the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 3884: 55-64.

Gon, O.; Stewart, A.L. 2014. A new species of the genus Bathylagichthys (Pisces, Bathylagidae) from New Zealand. Zootaxa 3884: 371-378.

Jamieson, S.E.; Waugh, S.M. 2015. An assessment of recent population trends of flesh-footed shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes) breeding in New Zealand. Notornis 62: 8-13.

Jamieson, S.E.; Ydenberg, R.C; Lank, D.B. 2014. Does predation danger on southward migration curtail parental investment by female western sandpipers? Animal Migration 2: 34-43.

Johnson, J.W.; Struthers, C.D.; Worthington, W.J. 2014. Parapercis nigrodorsalis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae), a new species of sandperch from northern New Zealand and the Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea and remarks on P. binivirgata (Waite, 1904). Zootaxa 3856: 484-500.

Legendre, L.J.; Bourdon, E.; Scofield, R.P.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Lamrous, H.; de Ricqlès, A.; Cubo, J. 2014. Bone histology, phylogeny, and palaeognathous birds (Aves: Palaeognathae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112: 688-700.

Lehnebach, C.A. 2015. A garden at the edge of the world: the diversity and conservation status of the New Zealand flora. Pp 240-258 in Stow, A; Maclean, N.; Holwell, G. (eds) Austral ark: the state of wildlife in Australia and New Zealand. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Marshall, B.A. 2014. Recent occurrence of Murexsul espinosus (Hutton, 1885) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) off the south-eastern North Island, New Zealand with some notes on other neogastropods endemic to the south-eastern North Island. Molluscan Research 34: 49-53.

Marshall, B.A., Fenwick, M.C. & Ritchie, P.A. 2014. New Zealand Recent Hyriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida). Molluscan Research 34: 181-200.

Meudt, H.M.; Prebble, J.M.; Lehnebach, C. 2015. Native New Zealand forget-me-nots (Myosotis, Boraginaceae) comprise a Pleistocene species radiation with very low genetic divergence. Plant Systematics and Evolution 301: 1455-1471.

Meudt, H.M.; Rojas-Andrés, B.M.; Prebble, J.M.; Low, E.; Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.C. 2015. Is genome downsizing associated with diversification in polyploid lineages of Veronica? Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 178: 243-266.

Miskelly, C.M. 2015. Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) predation on landbirds (Aves: Passeriformes and Galliformes). Notornis 62: 38-40.

Miskelly, C.M. 2015. Dusky woodswallow. In Miskelly, C.M. (ed.) New Zealand Birds Online. www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz.

Miskelly, C.M. 2015. Red-legged partridge. In Miskelly, C.M. (ed.) New Zealand Birds Online. www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz.

Miskelly, C.M. 2015. Red-vented bulbul. In Miskelly, C.M. (ed.) New Zealand Birds Online. www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz.

Miskelly, C.M. 2015. Rainbow lorikeet. In Miskelly, C.M. (ed.) New Zealand Birds Online. www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz.

Miskelly, C.M. 2015. Rose-ringed parakeet. In Miskelly, C.M. (ed.) New Zealand Birds Online. www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz.

Miskelly, C.M.; Crossland, A.C.; Sagar, P.M.; Saville, I.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Bell, E.A. 2015. Vagrant and extra-limital records accepted by the Birds New Zealand Records Appraisal Committee 2013-2014. Notornis 62: 85-95.

Nelson, W.; Neill, K.; D'Archino, R.; Anderson, T.; Beaumont, J.; Dalen, J. 2014. Beyond diving depths: deepwater macroalgae in the New Zealand region. Marine Biodiversity (23 pp).

Ohlsen, D.J., Perrie, L.R., Shepherd, L.D., Brownsey, P.J., Bayly, M.J. 2015. Investigation of species boundaries and relationships in the Asplenium paleaceum complex (Aspleniaceae) using ASFLP fingerprinting and chloroplast and nuclear sequences. Australian Systematic Botany 27: 378-394.

Ohlsen, D.J., Perrie, L.R., Shepherd, L.D., Brownsey, P.J., Bayly, M.J. 2015. Phylogeny of the fern family Aspleniaceae in Australasia and the south-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 27: 355-371.

Perrie, L.R.; Shepherd, L.D.; Thouvenot, L.; von Konrat, M. 2014. Chloroplast DNA sequences support the transfer of the New Caledonian endemic fern Sphenomeris alutacea to Odontosoria. New Zealand Journal of Botany 52: 310-314.

Perrie, L.R.; Wilson, R.K.; Shepherd, L.D.; Ohlsen, D.J.; Batty, E.L.; Brownsey, P.J.; Bayly, M.J. 2014. Molecular phylogenetics and generic taxonomy of Blechnaceae ferns. Taxon 63: 745-758.

Prebble, J.M.; Tate, J.A.; Meudt, H.M.; Symonds, V.V. 2015. Microsatellite markers for the New Zealand endemic Myosotis pygmaea species group (Boraginaceae) amplify across species. Applications in Plant Sciences 3: Article:1500027.

Rawlence, N.J.; Perry, G.L.W.; Smith, I.W.G.; Scofield, R.P.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Matisoo-Smith, E.A.; Boessenkool, S.; Austin, J.J.; Waters, J.M. 2015. Radiocarbon-dating and ancient DNA reveal rapid replacement of extinct prehistoric penguins. Quaternary Science Reviews 112: 59-65.

Russell, J.C.; Shepherd, L.D.; Faulquier, L.; Tennyson, A. J. D. 2015. White-headed petrel (Pterodroma lessonii) in French Polynesia. Notornis 62: 45-46.

Tennyson, A.J.D. 2015. Chatham Island merganser. In Miskelly, C.M. (ed.) New Zealand Birds Online. www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz.

Tennyson, A.J.D. 2015. Chatham Island kaka. In Miskelly, C.M. (ed.) New Zealand Birds Online. www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz.

Tennyson, A.J.D.; Easton, L.J.; Wood, J.R. 2014. Kea (Nestor notabilis) – another North Island human-caused extinction. Notornis 61: 174-176.

Tennyson, A.J.D.; Miskelly, C.M.; LeCroy, M. 2014. Clarification of collection data for the type specimens of Hutton's shearwater Puffinus huttoni Mathews, 1912, and implications for the accuracy of historic specimen data. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 134: 242-246.

Tomás, A.; Palma, R.L.; Rebelo, M.T.; Pereira da Fonseca, I. 2014. Malófagos em aves selvagens no sul de Portugal. Acta Parasitológica Portuguesa 20: 124-126.

Valim, M.P.; Palma, R.L. 2015. A new genus and two new species of feather lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from New Zealand endemic passerines (Aves: Passeriformes). Zootaxa 3926: 480-498.

Waugh, S.M.; Hutzler, I.; Crotty, E.; Blyth, R. 2014. Flesh-footed shearwaters Puffinus carneipes use home insulation, an anecdotal record. Notornis 61: 205-207.

Waugh, S.M.; Barbraud, C.; Adams, L.; Freeman, A.N.D.; Wilson, K.-J.; Wood, G.; Landers, T.J.; Baker, G.B. 2015. Modeling the demography and population dynamics of a sub-tropical seabird and the influence of environmental factors. Condor 117: 147-164.

Williams, M.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Sim, D. 2014. Island differentiation of New Zealand's extinct mergansers (Anatidae: Mergini), with description of a new species from Chatham Island. Wildfowl 64: 3-34.

Wood, J.R.; Mitchell, K.J.; Scofield, R.P.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Fidler, A.E.; Wilmshurst, J.M.; Llamas, B.; Cooper, A. 2014. An extinct nestorid (Aves, Psittaciformes, Nestoridae) from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172: 185-199.

Zintzen, V.; Roberts, C.D.; Shepherd, L.; Stewart, A.L.; Struthers, C.D.; Anderson, M.J.; McVeagh, M.; Noren, M.; Fernholm, B. 2015. Review and phylogeny of the New Zealand hagfishes (Myxiniformes: Myxinidae), with description of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174: 363-393.