Small mammal control research priorities
Results of a survey assessing the research topics that are most important to improve currently available tools for small mammal pest control.
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Presentation
Updating the toolbox in the fight against Phytophthora agathidicida – Marion Wood
Presented as part of the Kaurilands Summit 2023, hosted by Ngā Rākau Taketake. To find our more about the Control, Protect, Cure research theme…
Publication
Conservation demands safe gene drive
Interest in developing gene drive systems to control invasive species is growing, with New Zealand reportedly considering the nascent technology as a way to locally…
Publication
A cloud-based solution for trustless indigenous data sovereignty: Protecting Māori biodiversity management data in Aotearoa New Zealand
Indigenous peoples should be able to govern data about themselves, their territories, resources, and ways of life, collected by themselves or others. However, the progressive…
Publication
Mātauranga Māori framework for surveillance of plant pathogens
Faced with growing biosecurity risks and threats, countries worldwide seek to protect their biodiversity from ecosystem degradation and loss. Biosecurity surveillance of plant pathogens and…
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From pine to pasture: land use history has long-term impacts on soil bacterial community composition and functional potential
Bacterial communities are crucial to soil ecosystems and are known to be sensitive to environmental changes. However, our understanding of how present-day soil bacterial communities…
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Considering unseen arrivals in predictions of establishment risk based on border biosecurity interceptions
Assessing species establishment risk is an important task used for informing biosecurity activities aimed at preventing biological invasions. Propagule pressure is a major contributor to…
Publication
Underlying beliefs linked to public opinion about gene drive and pest-specific toxin for pest control
Context Developing a new tool for wide-scale rat eradication is necessary for significant biodiversity gains. Underlying beliefs linked to public opinion can help guide policy…
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Leveraging Motivations, Personality, and Sensory Cues for Vertebrate Pest Management
Managing vertebrate pests is a global conservation challenge given their undesirable socio-ecological impacts. Pest management often focuses on the ‘average’ individual, neglecting individual-level behavioural variation…
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Germline progenitors and oocyte production in the honeybee queen ovary
Understanding the reproduction of honeybee queens is crucial to support populations of this economically important insect. Here we examine the structure of the honeybee ovary…
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BRIEF: TrapSim Plus
Supporting informed decision-making in community predator control planning Predator control groups face the challenge of having to choose which control methods and efforts to use,…
Webinar
Database architecture, process, and pathways
Wananga 3: Database architecture, process, and pathways Te Tiriti-guided national DNA reference library wānanga series Facilitators: Dr David Medyckyj-Scott (Manaaki Whenua) & Nick Spencer…
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De-novo assembly of a reference genome for a critically threatened Aotearoa New Zealand tree species, Syzygium maire (Myrtaceae)
Aotearoa New Zealand’s swamp forests have experienced significant habitat loss in fewer than two hundred years. Many of the country’s tree species are endemic with…
Webinar
Crazy & Ambitious 4: Risk assessment – weeds
Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Risk assessment – weeds, with Imogen Bassett, Auckland Council.
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Mātauranga Māori Framework for Surveillance – Issues Paper
Working with Tangata Kokiri and mana whenua, ‘an issues paper’, provides the foundation for potential impacts for mana whenua and their whanau/hapū, communities and other…
Tool or Model
WEBPAGE: Being Manuhiri – Resources for environment and recreation organisations
Several favourite walking, tramping, cycling, kayaking, and boating spots in Aotearoa NZ are now co-managed by Māori organisations and government agencies. These co-governance and co-management…
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