The connection between people, nature and wellbeing in Wellington, Part 1
New research shows health benefits for Wellington’s backyard trappers – time spent involved in backyard and reserve trapping is improving the health of Wellingtonians. …
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Modelling movement and landscape connectivity of New Zealand native birds in highly structured agroecosystem networks
Understanding how spatial heterogeneity affects movement and dispersal is critical for maintaining functional connectivity in agroecosystems. Least-cost path models are popular conservation tools to quantify…
Publication
Invasive macrophytes induce context‐specific effects on oxygen, pH, and temperature in a hydropeaking reservoir
Dense macrophyte beds are known to produce extreme diurnal oxygen and temperature conditions in shallow lakes. However their influences in managed hydropeaking reservoirs has received…
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Birds optimize fruit size consumed near their geographic range limits
Animals can adjust their diet to maximize energy or nutritional intake. For example, birds often target fruits that match their beak size because those fruits…
Policy Briefing
BRIEF: Moving freshwater species
Why is it so hard to move freshwater species? – Rethinking freshwater translocation processes and policy in Aotearoa New Zealand. Translocating valued species is…
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BRIEF: Managing native biodiversity on farm
What is native biodiversity and why is it important? And how do you manage biodiversity on your farm? The Farming with Native Biodiversity project created…
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Collective approaches to ecosystem regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand
There is a growing interest in scaling community-led ecosystem regeneration initiatives to extend, replicate, or coordinate activities across space, and expand or deepen the scope…
Webinar
Crazy & Ambitious 4: Eco-index tech toolkit
Online presentations from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Eco-Index tech toolkit optimising biodiversity impact, with Kiri Joy Wallace, John Reid, Catherine Kirby and Corey Ruha.
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Moko Puna Kauariki
Moko Puna Kauariki – he pukapuka a whakamaanawa ana i ngaa mahi tiaki tuna a Erina Watene (Waikato, Ngaati Mahanga, Ngaati Maniapoto, Ngaai Te Rangi)…
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Crazy & Ambitious – 2017
A playlist of presentations given at New Zealand’s Biological Heritage Science Challenge inaugural conference, Crazy & Ambitious. 8-10 May 2017, Te Papa Wellington
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Natural area visitor network: Suitability of existing pathogen data and opportunities for new data collection to parameterise a natural area visitor network model.
The increased access of visitors into natural areas provides new routes for the entry of pathogens into places of high biodiversity value, and could facilitate…
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New Zealand shouldn’t ignore feral cats
A letter to BioScience: A publication in Nature (Owens 2017) attracted our attention recently. The article refers to the ambitious, arduous, and encouraging plan to…
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Alien and native plant richness and abundance respond to different environmental drivers across multiple gravel floodplain ecosystems
Alien and native richness and cover were shaped by different variables, so managing the ecosystem (e.g. flow regime) to mitigate aliens would not necessarily promote…
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A representation of a Tuawhenua worldview guides environmental conservation
Cultural expressions related to the kererū demonstrated the cultural significance of the bird to Tuawhenua that went well beyond the ecological and intrinsic value of the species. The Tuawhenua worldview…
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The roles of non-production vegetation in agroecosystems: A research framework for filling process knowledge gaps in a social-ecological context
To fill key research gaps that will inform the use of non-production vegetation to enhance agroecosystem processes, we present a framework for future research that…
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Rationale for a minimum 15% ecosystem land cover target
The Eco-index team developed a 2121 National Biodiversity Vision that sets long-term goals to Protect, Restore and Connect native ecosystems in Aotearoa New Zealand by…
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