State-Of-The-Art Surveillance webinar
Surveillance is an essential part of protecting New Zealand’s economic assets and natural taonga from damaging exotic organisms. To strengthen our biosecurity system, researchers at BioHeritage…
Webinar
Webinar
Finance for our future: Biodiversity Instruments Launch
Deputy Vice Chancellor Māori at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, Rāwinia Higgins ,opens the speaking at the Biodiversity Instruments Launch in Wellington.…
Publication
Population recovery of alien black rats Rattus rattus: A test of reinvasion theory
Reinvasion of pest animals after incomplete control is a major challenge for invasive species management, yet little is known about the behavioural and demographic categories…
Publication
Plant-pathogen management in a native forest ecosystem
Forest ecosystems all over the world are facing a growing threat from plant disease outbreaks. As pollution, climate change, and global pathogen movement intensify, so…
Summary
Farming with Native Biodiversity – Summary Document
Our goal is to develop training and resources that will equip farm advisors and farmers with the skills and confidence needed to implement their own…
Report
Small mammal control research priorities
Results of a survey assessing the research topics that are most important to improve currently available tools for small mammal pest control.
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Values and human interrelationships with nature
People in Nature (PiN) aims to improve our understanding of the interrelationships between people and nature, focussing on the material use of nature by people…
Publication
Aspect has a greater impact on alpine soil bacterial community structure than elevation.
Gradients in environmental conditions, including climate factors and resource availability, occur along mountain inclines, providing a ‘natural laboratory’ to explore their combined impacts on microbial…
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Strong fitness differences impede coexistence between an alien water fern (Azolla pinnata R. Br.) and its native congener (Azolla rubra R. Br.) in New Zealand
Despite considerable evidence that alien plants impact the fecundity, productivity and abundance of native plant species, support for alien plant species causing the widespread decline…
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Evaluation of a traditional Māori harvesting method for sampling kōura (freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops planifrons) and toi toi (bully, Gobiomorphus spp.) populations in two New Zealand streams
Representative sampling of crayfish in streams is often impractical, especially in non-wadable habitats, or in areas with soft substrates. Whakaweku are artificial habitats made from…
Report
A voice for the river: Collective restoration by the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River Network
This study is one of three exemplar studies of restoration collectives within BioHeritage Strategic Outcome 6 ‘Pathways to Ecosystem Regeneration’. This strategic outcome focuses on…
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From pine to pasture: land use history has long-term impacts on soil bacterial community composition and functional potential
Bacterial communities are crucial to soil ecosystems and are known to be sensitive to environmental changes. However, our understanding of how present-day soil bacterial communities…
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Consequences of space sharing on individual phenotypes in the New Zealand hihi
In heterogeneous habitats, individuals sharing a larger part of their home-range are also likely to live in a very similar environment. This ‘common environment’ effect…
Report
Collective action to eradicate rats and mustelids from a large, peopled landscape: A social-ecological approach
The control or eradication of introduced mammalian predators is one of the most urgent tasks for conserving native wildlife in Aotearoa New Zealand (Elliot et…
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Non-production vegetation has a positive effect on ecological processes in agroecosystems
An ever-expanding human population, ongoing global climatic changes, and the spread of intensive farming practices is putting increasing pressure on agroecosystems and the inherent biodiversity…
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Biotic interactions could control colonization success during stream restoration
Biotic interactions involved in colonization are likely important if tolerant aquatic taxa, which have settled first, prevent desired taxa from colonizing when conditions improve. These…