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. …
Report
Publication
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…
Publication
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…
Summary
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…
Report
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.
Publication
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)…
Video
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
Publication
Landholder participation in regional-scale control of invasive predators: an adaptable landscape model
We developed a spatially explicit model to estimate the effects of varying levels of landholder participation in landscape-scale programs to control invasive predators. We demonstrate…
Media
Kauri fightback: the scientists determined to control kauri dieback
Progress is being made in the fight against kauri dieback. Anthony Doesburg meets researchers at the University determined to help save the mighty native conifer.…
Publication
Landowners’ Perspectives on Coordinated, Landscape-Level Invasive Species Control: The Role of Social and Ecological Context
We conducted in person and mail surveys of 68 landowners in and adjacent to the area of a proposed invasive predator control program in New…
Publication
How do we restore New Zealand’s biological heritage by 2050?
If we are to make meaningful and measurable progress in restoring New Zealand’s biological heritage by 2050, a range of fundamental issues need to be…
Media
Newly-found myrtle rust putting Waitakere Ranges at risk
First, it was kauri dieback, now another disease is putting Auckland’s Waitakere Ranges under threat, myrtle rust has been found there for the first time.…
Report
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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