• The ant fauna of Rakitu (Arid Island), New Zealand 

      Veale, Andrew; Bodey, Thomas; Doyle, Erin; Peace, Jo; Russell, James (Unitec ePress, 2018-12-19)
      Monitoring the fauna of an island before ecological restoration work begins provides a baseline against which changes to that environment can be quantified. Ants are a diverse and ecologically important group of insects, ...
    • DNA barcoding a relict avifauna: an important tool for systematics and conservation management 

      Tizard, J.; Patel, S.; Waugh, John; Tavares, E.; Bergmann, T.; Gill, B.; Norman, J.; Christidis, L.; Scofield, P.; Haddrath, O.; Baker, A.; Lambert, D.; Millar, C. D. (BMC (Biomedical Centre), part of Springer Nature, 2019-02-11)
      BACKGROUND: DNA barcoding utilises a standardised region of the cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene to identify specimens to the species level. It has proven to be an effective tool for identification of avian samples. The ...
    • The genomic ancestry, landscape genetics, and invasion history of introduced mice in New Zealand 

      Veale, Andrew; Russell, J.C.; King, C. M. (2018-01-24)
      The house mouse (Mus musculus) provides a fascinating system for studying both the genomic basis of reproductive isolation, and the patterns of human-mediated dispersal. New Zealand has a complex history of mouse invasions, ...
    • The house crow (Corvus splendens): a threat to New Zealand? 

      Fraser, Diane; Aguilar, Glenn; Nagle, William; Galbraith, Mel; Ryall, Colin (2015-05-04)
      The house crow (Corvus splendens), a native of the Indian subcontinent, has shown a rapid expansion of habitat range across Eastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Europe and Asia. It is an adaptable, gregarious commensal ...
    • Learning to mitigate emissions : relevance of research with Maori hapu and iwi 

      Cherrington, M.; Cherrington, M.; Airehrour, David; Dunn, I.; Xu, Q.; Cameron-Brown, D. (Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, 2020-11)
      Currently, there is insufficient research on how New Zealand can achieve environmental sustainability through Māori iwi (tribe) and hapū (subtribe) relationships with land and sea, via the Zero Carbon Act. It is now agreed ...
    • Marine debris in the nests of tākapu (Australasian gannets,Morus serrator) in the inner Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand 

      Adams, Nigel; Gaskin, C.; Whitehead, E. (Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc., 2020)
      Marine debris, principally plastics, are a persistent pollutant in marine systems (Law 2017). The recovery of plastics from the digestive tracts of both coastal and pelagic seabirds or from around their nests has demonstrated ...
    • A molecular approach to study Hymenoptera diets using wasp nests 

      Lefort, Marie-Caroline; Beggs, J.R.; Glare, T.R.; Saunders, T.E.; Doyle, E.J.; Boyer, S. (Pensoft Publishers, 2020-11-13)
      The study of animal diets has benefited from the rise of high-throughput DNA sequencing applied to stomach content or faecal samples. The latter can be fresh samples used to describe recent meals or older samples, which ...
    • The mycorrhizal communities of Lophomyrtus bullata Burret (Myrtaceae) within three natural forest associations of New Zealand 

      Ford, M.; Padamsee, M.; Schwendenmann, L.; Dopheide, A.; de Lange, Peter (New Zealand Ecological Society, 2023-10-24)
      The widespread endemic tree Lophomyrtus bullata (ramarama; Myrtaceae) is in serious decline. Lophomyrtus bullata is now considered threatened due to the ongoing spread of Austropuccinia psidii, a rust fungus causing myrtle ...
    • Potential impact of construction noise on selected zoo animals 

      Jakob-Hoff, Richard; Kingan, Michael; Fenemore, Chiaki; Schmid, Gian; Cockrem, John; Crackle, Amanda.; van Bemmel, Emily; Connor, Rebecca; Descovich, Kris (MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2019-07-31)
      SIMPLE SUMMARY: Animals in zoos can adapt to many noises they hear on a regular basis. However, construction noise that is intense or occurs unpredictably may negatively impact the welfare state of some animals and induce ...
    • Segregation of foraging areas by breeding tākapu/ Australasian Gannets Morus serrator in the Hauraki Gulf 

      Adams, Nigel; Gaskin, C.; Lukies, K.; Whitehead, E. (2022-02)
      RESEARCH QUESTIONS How do tākapu partition the gulf resource? Topgraphically constrained Are there favoured forgaing areas? How persistent are these? Do individual tākpau show patterns to foraging? Do ...
    • Structured phylogeography and restricted gene flow among populations of Fairy Tern (Sternula nereis) across Australasia: implications for the endangered New Zealand population 

      Baling, Marleen; Brunton, D.H. (John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ornithologists' Union, 2022-01-26)
      The Fairy Tern Sternula nereis is an Australasian tern that breeds in Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand, with the last having the smallest breeding population, listed as ‘Threatened – Nationally Critical’ by the New ...
    • Tākapu (Australasian gannets) in the Hauraki Gulf 

      Adams, Nigel; Lefort, Marie-Caroline; Gaskin, C.; Boyer, Stephane; Landers, T.; Ismar. S. (2019-11-30)
      Objectives • i) to describe diet of gannets and underpinning trophic interactions upon which gannets depend • Inner Huaraki Gulf • Outer Huaraki Gulf • ii) to test if and how the gannet in the Gulf might partition ...
    • Threats to seabirds of northern Aotearoa New Zealand 

      Whitehead, E.A.; Adams, Nigel; Baird, K.A.; Bell, E.A.; Borelle, S.B.; Dunphy, B.J.; Gaskin, C.P.; Landers, T.J.; Rayner, M.J.; Russell, J.C. (Northern New Zealand Seabird Trust, 2019-05)
      This report aims to assess current and emerging threats to seabirds in Northern New Zealand, particularly the wider Hauraki Gulf region, and to identify knowledge gaps. In doing so, both research and conservation action ...
    • Using te reo Māori and ta re Moriori in taxonomy 

      Veale, Andrew; de Lange, Peter; Buckley, T.R.; Cracknell, M.; Hohaia, H.; Parry, K.; Raharaha-Nehemia, K.; Reihana, K.; Seldon, D.; Tawiri, K.; Walker, L. (New Zealand Ecological Society, 2019-11-28)
      AUHEKE Ko ngā ingoa Linnaean ka noho hei pou mō te pārongo e pā ana ki ngā momo koiora. He mea nui rawa kia mārama, kia ahurei hoki ngā ingoa pūnaha whakarōpū. Me pēnei kia taea ai te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero ā-pūtaiao nei. ...