Ecology and conservation biology

• West, A.G., DeLaunay, A., Marsh, P., Elena K. Perry, Megan Jolly, Brett D. Gartrell, An Pas, Andrew Digby & Michael W. Taylor. Gut microbiota of the threatened takahē: biogeographic patterns and conservation implications. anim microbiome 4, 11 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-021-00158-5
• Hunter-Ayad J, Jarvie S, Greaves G, Digby A, Ohlemüller R, Recio MR, Seddon PJ. 2021. Novel Conditions in Conservation Translocations: A Conservative-Extrapolative Strategic Framework. Frontiers in Conservation Science2:691714. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2021.691714.
• Dussex N, Valk T van der, Morales HE, Wheat CW, Díez-del-Molino D, Seth J von, Foster Y, Kutschera VE, Guschanski K, Rhie A, Phillippy AM, Korlach J, Howe K, Chow W, Pelan S, Damas JDM, Lewin HA, Hastie AR, Formenti G, Fedrigo O, Guhlin J, Harrop TWR, Lec MFL, Dearden PK, Haggerty L, Martin FJ, Kodali V, Thibaud-Nissen F, Iorns D, Knapp M, Gemmell NJ, Robertson F, Moorhouse R, Digby A, Eason D, Vercoe D, Howard J, Jarvis ED, Robertson BC, Dalén L. 2021. Population genomics of the critically endangered kākāpō. Cell Genomics:100002. https://10.1016/j.xgen.2021.100002.
• Gartrell, B., Argilla, L., Chatterton, J., Dennison-Gibby, S., Digby, A., Fulton, J., … Lenting, B. (2021). Surgical repair of a meningoencephalocoele in a kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus). New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 69 (4), 247-254 Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/00480169.2021.1909509
• Rhie A, McCarthy SA, Fedrigo O, Damas J, Formenti G, Koren S, Uliano-Silva M, Chow W, Fungtammasan A, Kim J, Lee C, Ko BJ, Chaisson M, Gedman GL, Cantin LJ, Thibaud-Nissen F, Haggerty L, Bista I, Smith M, Haase B, Mountcastle J, Winkler S, Paez S, Howard J, Vernes SC, Lama TM, Grutzner F, Warren WC, Balakrishnan CN, Burt D, George JM, Biegler MT, Iorns D, Digby A, Eason D, Robertson B, Edwards T, Wilkinson M, Turner G, Meyer A, Kautt AF, Franchini P, Detrich HW, Svardal H, Wagner M, Naylor GJP, Pippel M, Malinsky M, Mooney M, Simbirsky M, Hannigan BT, Pesout T, Houck M, Misuraca A, Kingan SB, Hall R, Kronenberg Z, Sović I, Dunn C, Ning Z, Hastie A, Lee J, Selvaraj S, Green RE, Putnam NH, Gut I, Ghurye J, Garrison E, Sims Y, Collins J, Pelan S, Torrance J, Tracey A, Wood J, Dagnew RE, Guan D, London SE, Clayton DF, Mello CV, Friedrich SR, Lovell PV, Osipova E, Al-Ajli FO, Secomandi S, Kim H, Theofanopoulou C, Hiller M, Zhou Y, Harris RS, Makova KD, Medvedev P, Hoffman J, Masterson P, Clark K, Martin F, Howe K, Flicek P, Walenz BP, Kwak W, Clawson H, Diekhans M, Nassar L, Paten B, Kraus RHS, Crawford AJ, Gilbert MTP, Zhang G, Venkatesh B, Murphy RW, Koepfli K-P, Shapiro B, Johnson WE, Palma FD, Marques-Bonet T, Teeling EC, Warnow T, Graves JM, Ryder OA, Haussler D, O’Brien SJ, Korlach J, Lewin HA, Howe K, Myers EW, Durbin R, Phillippy AM, Jarvis ED. 2021. Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species. Nature 592:737–746. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03451-0
• West, A. G., Waite, D. W., Deines, P., Bourne, D. G., Digby, A., McKenzie, V. J., & Taylor, M. W. (2019). The microbiome in threatened species conservation. Biological Conservation, 229, 85–98.
• Colbourne, R. M., & Digby, A. (2018). Seasonal and environmental effects on morepork (Ninox n. novaeseelandiae) vocalisations in two forests in Northland, New Zealand. Notornis, 65, 27–34.
• Perry, E. K., Digby, A., & Taylor, M. W. (2017). The Low-Diversity Fecal Microbiota of the Critically Endangered Kākāpō Is Robust to Anthropogenic Dietary and Geographic Influences. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 2629–2613.
• Colbourne, R, and A Digby. 2016. Call Rate Behaviour of Brown Kiwi (Apteryx Mantelli) and Great Spotted Kiwi (A. Haastii) in Relation to Temporal and Environmental Parameters. DOC Research and Development Series 348, 18.
• Digby, Andrew, Michael Towsey, Ben D. Bell, and Paul D. Teal. 2014. Temporal and Environmental Influences on the Vocal Behaviour of a Nocturnal Bird. Journal of Avian Biology 45 (6): 591–99.
• Chatterton, J, A Pas, S Alexander, M Leech, B P Jensen, and Andrew Digby. 2017. Concentrations of Calcium and 25-Hydroxycholecalciferol (Vitamin D3) in Plasma of Wild Kākāpō (Strigops Habroptilus) Living on Two Islands in New Zealand. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 65 (4): 198–203.
• Gray, Lindsey J, Daryl K. Eason, and Andrew Digby. 2016. Bill Trait Changes in Kakapo, Strigops Habroptilus: Differences between Contemporary and Historical Wild-Origin Birds. Emu 64 (1): 1–12.
• Murray, Zak L., Robert A. Keyzers, Rafael F. Barbieri, Andrew P. Digby, and Philip J. Lester. 2016. Two Pathogens Change Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles but Neither Elicit a Social Behavioural Change in Infected Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera (Apidae: Hymenoptera). Austral Entomology 55 (2): 147–53.
• Digby, Andrew, Ben D Bell, and Paul D Teal. 2014. Vocal Individuality of Little Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx Owenii). Emu 114 (4): 326–36.
• Digby, A., Bell, B.D., Teal, P.D., 2013. Non-linear phenomena in little spotted kiwi calls. Bioacoustics.
• Digby, A., Towsey, M., Bell, B.D., Teal, P.D., 2013. A practical comparison of manual and autonomous methods for acoustic monitoring. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 4, 675–683.
• Digby, A., Bell, B.D., Teal, P.D., 2013. Vocal cooperation between the sexes in Little Spotted Kiwi Apteryx owenii. Ibis 155, 229–245.
• Digby, A., 2013. Whistling in the dark: An acoustic study of little spotted kiwi. Ph.D. Thesis. Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.

Astronomy

• Digby, A., Hinkley, S., Oppenheimer, B.R., Sivaramakrishnan, A., Lloyd, J.P., Perrin, M.D., Roberts, L.C., Jr, Soummer, R., Brenner, D., Makidon, R.B., Shara, M., Kuhn, J., Graham, J., Kalas, P., Newburgh, L., 2006. The Challenges of Coronagraphic Astrometry. ApJ 650, 484–496.
• Digby, A., Hambly, N.C., Cooke, J.A., Reid, I.N., Cannon, R.D., 2003. The Subdwarf Luminosity Function. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 344, 583-601
• Digby, A., 2003, Galactic Spheroid Structure from Subluminous Stars, Ph.D. Thesis, Edinburgh University, UK
• Oppenheimer, B.R., Hambly, N.C., Digby, A.P., Hodgkin, S.T., Saumon, D., 2001. Direct Detection of Galactic Halo Dark Matter. Science 292, 698–702.