Biocultural Hysteresis Inhibits Adaptation to Environmental Change
Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLC) often use natural resources as both a reason and mechanism for environmental management, yet a number of environmental, social,…
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Can seed banking assist in conserving the highly endemic New Zealand indigenous flora?
Globally, plant species are facing numerous threats; an issue particularly acute for island floras, which often exhibit high levels of endemism. Ex situ conservation in…
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Advances in cryopreservation of Syzygium maire (swamp maire, maire tawake) zygotic embryos, a critically endangered tree species endemic to New Zealand
Syzygium maire is a threatened Myrtaceae tree species endemic to New Zealand. Due to its highly recalcitrant seed, cryopreservation is the only viable long-term ex situ…
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Carbon stocks and fluxes in New Zealand Myrtaceae
Understanding the potential impacts of myrtle rust on the integrity of natural forest ecosystems thus hinges on understanding the contribution of the Myrtaceae to the…
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Characterisation of a Novel Double-Stranded RNA Virus from Phytophthora pluvialis in New Zealand
A new dsRNA virus from the oomycete Phytophthora pluvialis has been characterised and designated as *Phytophthora pluvialis* RNA virus 1 (PplRV1). Understanding of the potential impacts…
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Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis as a tool to estimate absolute abundances from compositional 16S rRNA bacterial metabarcoding data.
Microbial biodiversity monitoring through the analysis of DNA extracted from environmental samples is increasingly popular because it is perceived as being rapid, cost-effective, and flexible concerning the…
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Evolution of the “world’s only alpine parrot”: Genomic adaptation or phenotypic plasticity, behaviour and ecology?
Climate warming, in particular in island environments, where opportunities for species to disperse are limited, may become a serious threat to cold adapted alpine species.…
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Public willingness to engage in backyard conservation in New Zealand: Exploring motivations and barriers for participation
Citizen science and participatory conservation offer benefits to urban wildlife and help foster human–nature relationships in cities. To optimize conservation and social outcomes it is…
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Farm scale assessment of the impacts of biodiversity enhancement on the financial and environmental performance of mixed livestock farms in New Zealand
In New Zealand, 25% of the remaining indigenous vegetation cover is found on mixed livestock farms located predominantly in hill country. Despite evidence that adding…
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Leveraging Motivations, Personality, and Sensory Cues for Vertebrate Pest Management
Managing vertebrate pests is a global conservation challenge given their undesirable socio-ecological impacts. Pest management often focuses on the ‘average’ individual, neglecting individual-level behavioural variation…
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Using long-term experimental restoration of agroecosystems in Aotearoa New Zealand to improve implementation of Nature-based Solutions for climate change mitigation
Tree planting has long played a major role in the New Zealand Government’s approach to climate mitigation and is increasingly understood as important for climate…
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BRIEF: Growing community capacity and capability for large-scale restoration in Te Tai Tokerau
Community-led restoration initiatives face significant challenges in acquiring funding, advice, training and administrative support. These initiatives are increasingly being supported by Restoration Collectives operating over…
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BRIEF: Ecosystem Restoration guide
We know we need to do more to protect, restore and connect Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique ecosystems and biodiversity, but where do we start? Land…
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Collective approaches to regeneration
A two-page summary of the report of the same name found HERE. More and more people are wanting to increase the impact of their environmental restoration…
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Crazy & Ambitious 4: Eco-index helps merino farms
Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: How partnership with Eco-index helps merino farms develop biodiversity targets, with Monica Schwass, New Zealand Merino Company.
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Te W’are o Ngā Manu Kōrero
Te W’are o Ngā Manu Kōrero – ‘e pukapuka tēnei e kōrero and mō ngā kaupapa tiaki mounga o Taranaki Mounga Project. Kua tu’ia ngā…
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