Ecosystems

Taking a holistic look at environmental research.

Seeing the trees in the forest: understanding the role of myrtles in New Zealand’s ecosystems

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Student Profile: Amy van Lindt

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Graeme Atkins

Mate Tipu, Mate Rākau

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Timm's trap

Defining ‘eradication’: evolving terminologies in biosecurity spaces

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Rakiura brings a sense of wonder to prize-winner

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Bioethics Panel 860

Bioethics panel

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Jennifer Bufford

Weed horizon scan completes phase 1 and moves into phase 2

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Eco Index Restoration Map On Tablet

Eco-index Restoration Map has launched! Here’s the buzz.

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Campus, University Of Otago (excio)

New paper a vehicle for sparking positive change

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Publication

Troubling travellers: are ecologically harmful alien species associated with particular introduction pathways?

Prioritization of introduction pathways is seen as an important component of the management of biological invasions. We address whether established alien plants, mammals, freshwater fish…
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An overview of introduced predator management in inhabited landscapes.

We describe the rise of community predator control and large landscape projects aspiring for a ‘Predator Free New Zealand’, and how such an aspiration must…
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Fire–vegetation feedbacks and alternative states: common mechanisms of temperate forest vulnerability to fire in southern South America and New Zealand

For two regions, we address the following questions: 1. What are the major plant species, physiognomic types and functional types characteristic of pyrophytic versus pyrophobic…
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Predicting and Assessing Progress in the Restoration of Ecosystems

We present here the rationale and a method for predicting the trajectory of restoration and assessing its progress toward a predetermined state, the endpoint, using…
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Susceptibility of native New Zealand Myrtaceae to the South African strain of Austropuccinia psidii: A biosecurity threat

Austropuccinia psidii, the cause of myrtle rust, has spread globally where Myrtaceae occur. Multiple strains of A. psidii have been identified, including a unique strain found…
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Webinar

Protected, Restored, Connected

Online Presentations from Eco-index given at Crazy & Ambitious 3, 24 May 2022 1) John Reid (Ngāti Pikiao, Tainui; JD Reid Ltd) and Penny Payne…
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Kauri Rescue Story Map

The Kauri Rescue Story Map is an interactive experience that tells the story of how scientists have worked with mana whenua and communities in Kauri…
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