Ecosystems

Publication

Non-production vegetation has a positive effect on ecological processes in agroecosystems

An ever-expanding human population, ongoing global climatic changes, and the spread of intensive farming practices is putting increasing pressure on agroecosystems and the inherent biodiversity…

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Biotic interactions could control colonization success during stream restoration

Biotic interactions involved in colonization are likely important if tolerant aquatic taxa, which have settled first, prevent desired taxa from colonizing when conditions improve. These…

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Species traits and community structure can drive large-scale spatial propagation of effects in ecosystems

Species can directly and indirectly affect others across communities and habitats, yet the spatial scale over which such effects spread remains unclear. This uncertainty arises…

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Policy Briefing

BRIEF: Freshwater for our Taonga

The quality of freshwater in Aotearoa continues to decline. While many research programmes examine how to reverse this trend using waterway attributes, few have investigated…

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Summary

BRIEF: Supporting native biodiversity management on farms

Farmers can play an important part in caring for and revitalising our natural environment. This pilot project bridged the gap between science and farm systems…

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BRIEF: Ōpāwaho Heathcote River Network

Across Aotearoa New Zealand, collectives of community groups, iwi, councils, businesses, and others are joining forces to enhance ecosystem regeneration.

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Report

Assessment of the ecohydrological functioning of Otakairangi Wetland, Northland

Otakairangi is the largest wetland remnant on the floodplain of Northland’s Wairua River near Hikurangi. Extensive peat deposits many metres deep accumulated over thousands of…

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Webinar

Crazy & Ambitious: Te Karanga o Ngā Tuna

Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Te Karanga o Ngā Tuna – Mana Whakahaere in Action, with Wikitōria Tāne, Poto Davis, Zane Eramiha and…

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Roles of restoration collectives – poster for print

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Media

Opinion: Without the right financial strategies, NZ’s climate change efforts will remain unfinished business

When it comes to climate change, money talks. Climate finance is critical for enabling a low-emissions transition. This involves investment and expenditure — public, private,…

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Past, present and two potential futures for managing New Zealand’s mammalian pests

In 2003, a review of how introduced mammals were managed as pests in New Zealand was published. Since then trends for the control of these mammals…

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Microbes in the Anthropocene: spillover of agriculturally selected bacteria and their impact on natural ecosystems

We hypothesize that intensified agriculture selects for certain taxa and genes, which then ‘spill over’ into adjacent unmodified areas and generate a halo of genetic…

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Key Māori values strengthen the mapping of forest ecosystems services

Different value-belief systems influence the importance placed upon ecosystem services (ES) and their benefits, in particular cultural ecosystem services. We mapped forest values to interview…

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Achieving win-win outcomes for pastoral farming and biodiversity conservation in New Zealand

In this article, we explore options to enhance native biodiversity conservation within New Zealand pastoral systems. We argue that there is strong synergistic interdependence between…

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Webinar

State-Of-The-Art Surveillance webinar

Surveillance is an essential part of protecting New Zealand’s economic assets and natural taonga from damaging exotic organisms. To strengthen our biosecurity system, researchers at BioHeritage…

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Webinar

Finance for our future: Biodiversity Instruments Launch

Deputy Vice Chancellor Māori at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, Rāwinia Higgins ,opens the speaking at the Biodiversity Instruments Launch in Wellington.…

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Non-production vegetation has a positive effect on ecological processes in agroecosystems

Biotic interactions could control colonization success during stream restoration

Species traits and community structure can drive large-scale spatial propagation of effects in ecosystems

BRIEF: Freshwater for our Taonga

BRIEF: Supporting native biodiversity management on farms

BRIEF: Ōpāwaho Heathcote River Network

Assessment of the ecohydrological functioning of Otakairangi Wetland, Northland

Crazy & Ambitious: Te Karanga o Ngā Tuna

Roles of restoration collectives – poster for print

Opinion: Without the right financial strategies, NZ’s climate change efforts will remain unfinished business

Past, present and two potential futures for managing New Zealand’s mammalian pests

Microbes in the Anthropocene: spillover of agriculturally selected bacteria and their impact on natural ecosystems

Key Māori values strengthen the mapping of forest ecosystems services

Achieving win-win outcomes for pastoral farming and biodiversity conservation in New Zealand

State-Of-The-Art Surveillance webinar

Finance for our future: Biodiversity Instruments Launch

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