Browsing Unitec Symposium Contributions by Study Area "Natural Sciences"
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Affection change : donation giving in a zoo
(2020-12-07)Biophilia It all comes down to money Affecting change Proportion of audience who donated by treatment Proportion of audience who donate $5+ by condition Proportion of audience who donate $5+ by treatment Donations ... -
Drone acquired imagery for characterising ecological restoration areas in Northland
(2018-10)AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Develop methodologies for effective use of drone to produce: Baseline maps of vegetation for ecological restoration Processes to characterise different classes of plants and or ground ... -
The evolution of citizen science: An Aotearoa New Zealand case study
(2021-12)Restoration: native habitat, eradication of invasive species, species translocations The volunteers Types of citizen science: contributory, collaborative, co-created, collegial, contractual Examples of citizen science ... -
Field-data collection on Tiritiri Matangi Island: A collaboration between Unitec and volunteers
(2021-12)BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES • Systematic collection of spatial data: decision making tool • Planning and project implementation • Monitoring and management • Generate maps for publication and information • Tiritiri ... -
Foraging by breeding tākapu / Australasian Gannets in Tīkapa Moana / Hauraki Gulf
(2021-12)RESEARCH QUESTIONS • How do tākapu partition the gulf resource? • Potentially explains different populations trends in inner vs outer gulf • Are there favoured foraging areas? • How persistent are these? • Do individual ... -
Investigating compassion fatigue within conservation scientists
(2020-12-07)Professional Quality Of Life (ProQOL) ProQOL Scale Aims & objectives Methods Burnout scale Demographics ProQOL results Data analysis Country of residence ProQOL results Individual responses Findings Implicatio ... -
The knowledge, behaviour and motivations of people walking dogs on Te Henga/Bethells Beach
(2021-12)Introduction Legislation Question: how do we change non-compliance? Aim: pilot study Method Dog walkers: who and why? During summer, do you have your dog(s) on or off leash? Awareness and knowledge of ... -
Population genomics of a New Zealand endemic marine isopod
(2020-10-09)Concordant geographicand genetic structure revealed by genotypingby-sequencing in a New Zealand marine isopod What is Population Genomics? Development mode affects dispersal rate Isopods (it’s a crustacean!) Isocladus ... -
The prevalence of pathogens in, and health status of dogs in Tonga
(2020-12)OBJECTIVES OF STUDY • Identify presence of Leptospiraspp. and Dirofilariaimmitis (heartworm) • Identify endoparasite species and level of burden • Develop an overview of biochemistry and haematology of dogs • Blood and ... -
Sandy toes: A new species of Auckland gecko
(2021-12)Species complex Wordworthia spp, Muriwai gecko Sample collection Morphometric and scale count analysis Phylogenetic analysis Significant characters: Morphometrics Significant characters: Scale counts PCA and DAPC ... -
Sentinels of the Hauraki Gulf? : Feeding and foraging of Tākapu (Australasian gannets)
(2020-12)Gannets, like many seabirds are top predators in marine ecosystems. Persistence of seabirds in marine ecosystems is dependent, in part, sufficient energy in the form of food being available to these animals. This flow ... -
Using mobile GIS to estimate the free-roaming dog population in the island of Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga
(2020-10-09)Background TRIP 1: Planning: determine study sites Planning: population density Planning: selection of study sites Villages surveyed Urban area surveyed Main roads Walk around survey Results TRIP 2:: Kolovai ...
