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Changes in the bird community of Auckland Domain’s urban forest between 1987 and 2020

Notornis
2025-03-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Matt J. Rayner; Josie A. Galbraith
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Population genomics of the ‘rediscovered’ threatened New Zealand storm petrel (Fregetta maoriana) support a single breeding colony

Conservation Genetics
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Anika N. Correll Trnka; Chris P. Gaskin; Matt J. Rayner; Brent Stephenson; Fiona Robertson; Bruce C. Robertson; Anna W. Santure
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Comprehensive evidence for subspecies designations in Cook’s Petrel Pterodroma cookii with implications for conservation management

Bird Conservation International
2021-03-04 | Journal article
Contributors: MATT J. RAYNER; AYLA L. VAN LOENEN; LARA D. SHEPHERD; ILINA CUBRINOVSKA; R. PAUL SCOFIELD; ALAN J. D. TENNYSON; MICHAEL BUNCE; TAMMY E. STEEVES
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GPS telemetry for small seabirds: using hidden Markov models to infer foraging behaviour of Common Diving Petrels (Pelecanoides urinatrix urinatrix)

Emu
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85059735347

Contributors: Zhang, J.; Rayner, M.; Vickers, S.; Landers, T.; Sagar, R.; Stewart, J.; Dunphy, B.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Land and sea-based observations and first satellite tracking results support a New Ireland breeding site for the Critically Endangered Beck's Petrel Pseudobulweria beckii

Bird Conservation International
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85065602778

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Baird, K.A.; Bird, J.; Cranwell, S.; Raine, A.F.; Maul, B.; Kuri, J.; Zhang, J.; Gaskin, C.P.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Maximising success: Translocation does not negatively impact stress reactivity and development in petrel chicks

Global Ecology and Conservation
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85060299357

Contributors: Sagar, R.L.; Mitchell, C.; Rayner, M.J.; Stanley, M.C.; Dunphy, B.J.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Regular handling reduces corticosterone stress responses to handling but not condition of semi-precocial mottled petrel (Pterodroma inexpectata) chicks

General and Comparative Endocrinology
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85056666672

Contributors: Sagar, R.L.; Cockrem, J.; Rayner, M.J.; Stanley, M.C.; Welch, J.; Dunphy, B.J.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Breeding biology of fluttering shearwaters (Puffinus gavia) on burgess Island in northern New Zealand

Emu
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85055751481

Contributors: Berg, M.; Linnebjerg, J.F.; Ismar, S.M.H.; Gaskin, C.P.; Rayner, M.J.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

MatlabHTK: a simple interface for bioacoustic analyses using hidden Markov models

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85000893295

Contributors: Ranjard, L.; Reed, B.S.; Landers, T.J.; Rayner, M.J.; Friesen, M.R.; Sagar, R.L.; Dunphy, B.J.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Seasonal activity and unpredicted polar front migration of northern New Zealand Common Diving Petrels (Pelecanoides urinatrix)

Emu
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85038233032

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Taylor, G.A.; Gaskin, C.P.; Dunphy, B.J.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

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

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85026476903

Contributors: Rawlence, N.J.; Till, C.E.; Easton, L.J.; Spencer, H.G.; Schuckard, R.; Melville, D.S.; Scofield, R.P.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rayner, M.J.; Waters, J.M. et al.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

The breeding biology of northern white-faced storm petrels (Pelagodroma marina maoriana) and results of an in-situ chick translocation

Notornis
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85021302290

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Young, M.K.; Gaskin, C.G.; Mitchel, C.; Brunton, D.H.
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Niche partitioning by three Pterodroma petrel species during non-breeding in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84969174850

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Carlile, N.; Priddel, D.; Bretagnolle, V.; Miller, M.G.R.; Phillips, R.A.; Ranjard, L.; Bury, S.J.; Torres, L.G.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Comparative seabird diving physiology: First measures of haematological parameters and oxygen stores in three New Zealand Procellariiformes

Marine Ecology Progress Series
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84925357716

Contributors: Dunphy, B.J.; Taylor, G.A.; Landers, T.J.; Sagar, R.L.; Chilvers, B.L.; Ranjard, L.; Rayner, M.J.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Evaluating on-land capture methods for monitoring a recently rediscovered seabird, the New Zealand Storm-Petrel Fregetta maoriana

Marine Ornithology
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84947242044

Contributors: Ismar, S.M.H.; Gaskin, C.P.; Fitzgerald, N.B.; Taylor, G.A.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rayner, M.J.
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Optimising translocation efforts of Mottled Petrels (Pterodroma inexpectata): Growth, provisioning, meal size and the efficacy of an artificial diet for chicks

Emu
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84929660638

Contributors: Sagar, R.L.; Leseberg, A.; Hunt, K.; Nakagawa, K.; Dunphy, B.; Rayner, M.J.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Recovery of the endangered Chatham petrel (Pterodroma axillaris): A review of conservation management techniques from 1990 to 2010

Global Ecology and Conservation
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84922687842

Contributors: Gummer, H.; Taylor, G.; Wilson, K.-J.; Rayner, M.J.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Stable isotope values delineate the non-breeding distributions of sooty shearwaters Puffinus griseus in the North Pacific Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84923171774

Contributors: Thompson, D.R.; Torres, L.G.; Taylor, G.A.; Rayner, M.J.; Sagar, P.M.; Shaffer, S.A.; Phillips, R.A.; Bury, S.J.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Using miniaturized radiotelemetry to discover the breeding grounds of the endangered New Zealand Storm Petrel Fregetta maoriana

Ibis
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84941182789

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Gaskin, C.P.; Fitzgerald, N.B.; Baird, K.A.; Berg, M.M.; Boyle, D.; Joyce, L.; Landers, T.J.; Loh, G.G.; Maturin, S. et al.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Brood patch and sex-ratio observations indicate breeding provenance and timing in New Zealand storm-petrel Fregetta maoriana

Marine Ornithology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84893236766

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Gaskin, C.P.; Stephenson, B.M.; Fitzgerald, N.B.; Landers, T.J.; Robertson, B.C.; Scofield, R.P.; Ismar, S.M.H.; Imber, M.J.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Pelagic distribution of Gould's Petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera): Linking shipboard and onshore observations with remote-tracking data

Emu
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84910149766

Contributors: Priddel, D.; Carlile, N.; Portelli, D.; Kim, Y.; O'Neill, L.; Bretagnolle, V.; Ballance, L.T.; Phillips, R.A.; Pitman, R.L.; Rayner, M.J.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

First breeding report of black-winged petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis) on Burgess Island, Mokohinau Group, Hauraki Gulf

Notornis
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84875416291

Contributors: Ismar, S.M.H.; Taylor, G.; Gaskin, C.P.; Rayner, M.J.
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The breeding cycle, year-round distribution and activity patterns of the endangered Chatham Petrel (Pterodroma axillaris)

Emu
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84861507289

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Taylor, G.A.; Gummer, H.D.; Phillips, R.A.; Sagar, P.M.; Shaffer, S.A.; Thompson, D.R.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Contemporary and historical separation of transequatorial migration between genetically distinct seabird populations

Nature Communications
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79958739167

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Hauber, M.E.; Steeves, T.E.; Lawrence, H.A.; Thompson, D.R.; Sagar, P.M.; Bury, S.J.; Landers, T.J.; Phillips, R.A.; Ranjard, L. et al.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Dynamics of seasonal movements by a trans -pacific migrant, the Westland Petrel

Condor
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79957713806

Contributors: Landers, T.J.; Rayner, M.J.; Phillips, R.A.; Hauber, M.E.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Geolocation tracking of the annual migration of adult Australasian Gannets (Morus serrator) breeding in New Zealand

Wilson Journal of Ornithology
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79951912438

Contributors: Ismar, S.M.H.; Phillips, R.A.; Rayner, M.J.; Hauber, M.E.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Migration and diving activity in three non-breeding flesh-footed shearwaters Puffinus carneipes

Journal of Avian Biology
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79959341724

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Taylor, G.A.; Thompson, D.R.; Torres, L.G.; Sagar, P.M.; Shaffer, S.A.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Bioacoustic distances between the begging calls of brood parasites and their host species: A comparison of metrics and techniques

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77958006122

Contributors: Ranjard, L.; Anderson, M.G.; Rayner, M.J.; Payne, R.B.; McLean, I.; Briskie, J.V.; Ross, H.A.; Brunton, D.H.; Woolley, S.M.N.; Hauber, M.E.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Central place foraging by breeding Cook's petrel Pterodroma cookii: Foraging duration reflects range, diet and chick meal mass

Marine Biology
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-78449258005

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Hartill, B.W.; Hauber, M.E.; Phillips, R.A.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals genetic structure in two New Zealand Cook's petrel (Pterodroma cookii) populations

Conservation Genetics
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77956874632

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Carraher, C.J.F.; Clout, M.N.; Hauber, M.E.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Grey-faced petrel (pterodroma macroptera gouldi) breeding on little barrier island, New Zealand

Notornis
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77952848349

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Dunphy, B.J.; Landers, T.J.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Foraging ecology of the Cook's petrel Pterodroma cookii during the austral breeding season: A comparison of its two populations

Marine Ecology Progress Series
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-56749095564

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Hauber, M.E.; Clout, M.N.; Seldon, D.S.; Van Dijken, S.; Bury, S.; Phillips, R.A.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Monitoring grey-faced petrels (Pterodroma macroptera gouldi) in a restoration project on Motuora Island, Hauraki Gulf

Notornis
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-70349448329

Contributors: Gardner-Gee, R.; Rayner, M.; Beggs, J.R.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Population census of Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii breeding on Codfish Island (New Zealand) and the global conservation status of the species

Bird Conservation International
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-53149099719

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Parker, K.A.; Imber, M.J.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Breeding habitat of the Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) on Little Barrier Island (Hauturu): Implications for the conservation of a New Zealalnd endemic

Emu
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33947374038

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Hauber, M.E.; Clout, M.N.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Effects of dummy global location sensors on foraging behavior of Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii)

Wilson Journal of Ornithology
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33947506728

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Evidence that pigeons orient to geomagnetic intensity during homing

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-34447345924

Contributors: Dennis, T.E.; Rayner, M.J.; Walker, M.M.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Predictive habitat modelling for the population census of a burrowing seabird: A study of the endangered Cook's petrel

Biological Conservation
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-34249992558

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Clout, M.N.; Stamp, R.K.; Imber, M.J.; Brunton, D.H.; Hauber, M.E.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier

Spatial heterogeneity of mesopredator release within an oceanic island system

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-38049141113

Contributors: Rayner, M.J.; Hauber, M.E.; Imber, M.J.; Stamp, R.K.; Clout, M.N.
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M. J. Rayner via Scopus - Elsevier