Ecosystems

Report

Suitability of invertebrate data for assessing groundwater ecosystem health

The focus of New Zealand’s Biological Heritage National Science Challenge Project 1.5 was improving knowledge of groundwater invertebrate biodiversity, specifically the abundance and distributions of…

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The ecology and management of mammal invasions in forests

Here we (1) review the ecological characteristics of mammal invasions in forests; (2) characterize the range of ecological impacts on forest communities and the economic…

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Scaling Climate Finance: Biodiversity Instruments

This Concept Paper identifies unrealised opportunities for increasing investment into projects and activities that preserve, support and expand Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique biological heritage. Redirecting…

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Publication

Ecological Networks Across Environmental Gradients

Ecological networks have a long history in ecology, and a recent increase in network analyses across environmental gradients has revealed important changes in their structure,…

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Summary

Native Biodiversity of Aotearoa Illustration

A stunning visual representation of some native New Zealand biodiversity, created by Georgia Wells (University of Waikato).

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Host, Pathogen & Environment 2022

The ‘Host, Pathogen and Environment’ team is focusing on the ‘disease triangle’: host susceptibility, the pathogen and the right environment for disease expression. They are…

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Webinar

Guiding biodiversity efforts using a remote sensing and machine learning approach

The Eco-index team are developing novel remote sensing technology for understanding and guiding biodiversity enhancement efforts across Aotearoa New Zealand. Our goal is to autonomously…

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A joint declaration regarding a unified approach to: Principles of Environmental Data Architecture in Aotearoa NZ

On 10 August, 2021, the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge’s Eco-index programme facilitated an online workshop across various government agencies, universities, CRIs, councils and businesses…

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Publication

Ecological State Assessment Tool (ESAT): a cross-cultural natural resource management tool from Aotearoa, New Zealand

A cross-cultural approach to conservation and natural resource management will enable resource managers to access the full potential of dual knowledge epistemologies and facilitate genuine…

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The recovery of functional diversity with restoration

Ecological restoration aims at recovering biodiversity in degraded ecosystems, and it is commonly assessed via species richness. However, it is unclear whether increasing species richness…

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Is provenance or phylogeny a better predictor of growth and survival of a soil pathogen in leaf litter?

Exotic plants have the potential to increase pathogen inoculum that can affect native plants. New Zealand’s iconic kauri tree (Agathis australis) is threatened by disease…

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Policy Briefing

Vulnerability of freshwater ecosystems to tipping points

Identifying ecosystem characteristics that underpin vulnerability will facilitate more directed management and better policy to protect against tipping points. University of Canterbury Professor of Freshwater…

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Tuākana/Teina Water Warriors Project: A collaborative learning model integrating mātauranga Māori and science

The Water Warriors is a collaborative project between Te Pā o Rākaihautū and Hagley Community College that was established to look after the waterways and…

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Community type and disturbance type interact to determine disturbance response: implications for extending the environmental filter metaphor

Ecological disturbances act as environmental filters by removing species with particular characteristics, resulting in community types associated with different disturbance histories. However, studies to date…

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Upscaling restoration of native biodiversity: A New Zealand perspective

Efforts are being made to upscale restoration of New Zealand’s native ecosystems. Success depends, however, on consideration of several key issues that need to be…

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Complementarity of indigenous and western scientific approaches for monitoring forest state

Cross-cultural environmental monitoring systems inform on a broad suite of indicators relevant to both scientific and local communities. In this study, we used forest-plot-based survey…

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Suitability of invertebrate data for assessing groundwater ecosystem health

The ecology and management of mammal invasions in forests

Scaling Climate Finance: Biodiversity Instruments

Ecological Networks Across Environmental Gradients

Native Biodiversity of Aotearoa Illustration

Host, Pathogen & Environment 2022

Guiding biodiversity efforts using a remote sensing and machine learning approach

A joint declaration regarding a unified approach to: Principles of Environmental Data Architecture in Aotearoa NZ

Ecological State Assessment Tool (ESAT): a cross-cultural natural resource management tool from Aotearoa, New Zealand

The recovery of functional diversity with restoration

Is provenance or phylogeny a better predictor of growth and survival of a soil pathogen in leaf litter?

Vulnerability of freshwater ecosystems to tipping points

Tuākana/Teina Water Warriors Project: A collaborative learning model integrating mātauranga Māori and science

Community type and disturbance type interact to determine disturbance response: implications for extending the environmental filter metaphor

Upscaling restoration of native biodiversity: A New Zealand perspective

Complementarity of indigenous and western scientific approaches for monitoring forest state

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