SO6 scoping panel report
This report was put together by the Strategic Outcome 6 group, focused on quantifying social-ecological linkages. Scoping panel reports are documents that paint a picture…
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Mātauranga Māori: shaping marine and freshwater futures
This special issue brings together rich and diverse experiences and opinions on how mātauranga Māori is informing current, and can inform future, research and decision-making…
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Caring for our special places and relationships
This guidance presents a briefing on the research undertaken by Tapsell (2022) which explored the dual issue of care (for each other and for the…
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Using DNA meta barcoding to assess New Zealand’s terrestrial biodiversity
High throughput DNA sequencing technology has enabled entire biological communities to be characterised from DNA derived from pools of organisms, such as bulk-collected invertebrates, or…
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Can threatened species adapt in a restored habitat? No expected evolutionary response in lay date for the New Zealand hihi.
Many bird species have been observed shifting their laying date to earlier in the year in response to climate change. However, the vast majority of…
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Interactions between Unionida and non-native species: A global meta-analysis
Understanding the multiple agents of decline is important for the conservation of globally threatened Unionida (Class Bivalvia), but threats from non‐native species have received limited…
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The threat of a major tree pathogen to forest soil mesofauna food webs and ecosystem functioning
This research focuses on the impact of Phytophthora agathidicida on the soil mesofauna community structure, functional feeding groups and energy fluxes in kauri forests, for kauri…
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Using soil bacterial communities to predict physico-chemical variables and soil quality
Soil ecosystems consist of complex interactions between biological communities and physico-chemical variables, all of which contribute to the overall quality of soils. Despite this, changes…
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DNA metabarcoding of prey reveals spatial, temporal and diet partitioning of an island ecosystem by four invasive wasps
Invasive alien species can cause detrimental changes in native ecosystems, but our understanding of the interactions between multiple exotic species is limited. To evaluate the…
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Weaving place-based knowledge for culturally significant species in the age of genomics: Looking to the past to navigate the future
Relationships with place provide critical context for characterizing biocultural diversity. Yet, genetic and genomic studies are rarely informed by Indigenous or local knowledge, processes, and…
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Social–ecological connections across land, water, and sea demand a reprioritization of environmental management
Despite many sectors of society striving for sustainability in environmental management, humans often fail to identify and act on the connections and processes responsible for…
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Understanding farmer behaviour: A psychological approach to encouraging pro-biodiversity actions on-farm
Understanding farmer behaviour and drivers for behaviour change will be the key to bringing about practice change, such as increasing management and enhancement of native…
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Is the past recoverable from the data? Pseudoproxy modelling of uncertainties in palaeoecological data
There is growing concern about the response of contemporary ecosystems to increasing and novel anthropogenic pressures and environmental conditions. Palaeoecology is crucial to understanding how…
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Ecosystem-size relationships of river populations and communities
Knowledge of ecosystem-size influences on river populations and communities is integral to the balancing of human and environmental needs for water. The multiple dimensions of…
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Conservation translocations of fauna in Aotearoa New Zealand: a review
There have been numerous declines and extinctions of native fauna in Aotearoa New Zealand since human settlement. Against this background of loss there have been…
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BRIEF: Pathways to Ecosystem Regeneration
New Zealander’s care greatly about nature, and each year communities and likeminded individuals show the power of collective efforts: In some suburbs, as many as…
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