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Characterisation of Oxylipin Receptors in the Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis

Characterisation of Oxylipin Receptors in the Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis

thesis posted on 2025-04-28

An investigation into the diet of Elephant fish (Callorhinchus milii) in Aotearoa/New Zealand

An investigation into the diet of Elephant fish (Callorhinchus milii) in Aotearoa/New Zealand

thesis posted on 2025-04-25

Katherine Cooper

The Mediating Influence of Plant Communities on Alpine Soil Respiration in a Changing World

The Mediating Influence of Plant Communities on Alpine Soil Respiration in a Changing World

thesis posted on 2025-04-22

Impacts of ocean warming and acidification on calcifying coral reef taxa: Mechanisms responsible and adaptive capacity

Impacts of ocean warming and acidification on calcifying coral reef taxa: Mechanisms responsible and adaptive capacity

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-23

Are increasing honey bee colony losses attributed to Varroa destructor in New Zealand driven by miticide resistance?

Are increasing honey bee colony losses attributed to Varroa destructor in New Zealand driven by miticide resistance?

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-19

Population dynamics and prey community of the invasive paper wasp Polistes chinensis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in a protected coastal habitat in New Zealand

Population dynamics and prey community of the invasive paper wasp Polistes chinensis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in a protected coastal habitat in New Zealand

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-19

Genetic analyses reveal an unexpected refugial population of subantarctic snipe (Coenocorypha aucklandica)

Genetic analyses reveal an unexpected refugial population of subantarctic snipe (Coenocorypha aucklandica)

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-19

Diving at High Altitude: O2 Transport and Utilization in the Ruddy Duck and Torrent Duck in the Andes

Diving at High Altitude: O2 Transport and Utilization in the Ruddy Duck and Torrent Duck in the Andes

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-19

Standard metabolic rate variation among New Zealand Orthoptera

Standard metabolic rate variation among New Zealand Orthoptera

journal contribution posted on 2025-02-22

Molecular Data Confirm Interspecific Limits of Four Alloxysta and One Phaenoglyphis Species of Parasitic Wasps within the Subfamily Charipinae (Cynipoidea: Figitidae)

Molecular Data Confirm Interspecific Limits of Four Alloxysta and One Phaenoglyphis Species of Parasitic Wasps within the Subfamily Charipinae (Cynipoidea: Figitidae)

journal contribution posted on 2025-02-22

First record of the fungus Entomophthora infecting Philornis downsi, an invasive fly in the Galapagos Islands

First record of the fungus Entomophthora infecting Philornis downsi, an invasive fly in the Galapagos Islands

journal contribution posted on 2025-02-22

Assessing the combined effects of selective predator control and habitat enhancement on endemic lizard persistence in a New Zealand urban landscape

Assessing the combined effects of selective predator control and habitat enhancement on endemic lizard persistence in a New Zealand urban landscape

thesis posted on 2025-02-04

Sociality in the terrestrial epiphytic fern
Platycerium bifurcatum

Sociality in the terrestrial epiphytic fern Platycerium bifurcatum

thesis posted on 2025-01-30

Kahurangi Cronin

Re-Identification of Individual Kākā: An Explainable DINO-Based Model

Re-Identification of Individual Kākā: An Explainable DINO-Based Model

conference contribution posted on 2025-01-27

THE ART OF POLLINATOR PATHS
A suburban journey of wayfinding with pollinator insects

THE ART OF POLLINATOR PATHS A suburban journey of wayfinding with pollinator insects

thesis posted on 2024-12-30

Proceed At Your Own PERIL: Quantifying Future Extinction Risk For New Zealand Marine Molluscs Through Paleontological Metrics

Proceed At Your Own PERIL: Quantifying Future Extinction Risk For New Zealand Marine Molluscs Through Paleontological Metrics

thesis posted on 2024-12-06

Growth in Lindavia intermedia in Response to
Phosphorus and Nitrogen Concentrations and
Phylogenetics of the Ferredoxin gene (petF)

Growth in Lindavia intermedia in Response to Phosphorus and Nitrogen Concentrations and Phylogenetics of the Ferredoxin gene (petF)

thesis posted on 2024-11-25

Si Jie Kaitlyn Zhao

Detection Techniques and Habitat Suitability for New Zealand Lizards during Urban Development

Detection Techniques and Habitat Suitability for New Zealand Lizards during Urban Development

thesis posted on 2024-10-29

Where did they come from, where will they go? Understanding changes in the structure of marine eukaryotic microalgal communities.

Where did they come from, where will they go? Understanding changes in the structure of marine eukaryotic microalgal communities.

thesis posted on 2024-10-08

Jacqueline Stuart

Improving current wasp management towards eradication

Improving current wasp management towards eradication

thesis posted on 2024-09-30

Observation of fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) nesting success in response to Predator Free Wellington

Observation of fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) nesting success in response to Predator Free Wellington

thesis posted on 2024-09-29

Samantha Copestake

Microplastic ingestion by pelagic gooseneck barnacles (Lepas spp.) and other insights on their biology and ecology in the South Pacific Ocean

Microplastic ingestion by pelagic gooseneck barnacles (Lepas spp.) and other insights on their biology and ecology in the South Pacific Ocean

thesis posted on 2024-09-27

Luca Davenport Thomas

Avian community composition and its variation across kauri forests in the Waitākere Ranges infected with Phytophthora agathidicida

Avian community composition and its variation across kauri forests in the Waitākere Ranges infected with Phytophthora agathidicida

thesis posted on 2024-09-24

Joseph Turner-Steele

Alpine Plant Communities and Ecosystem Services Under
Drivers of Global Ecosystem Change

Alpine Plant Communities and Ecosystem Services Under Drivers of Global Ecosystem Change

thesis posted on 2024-09-18

JOURNAL CONTRIBUTION

Conceiving an unfenced urban ecosanctuary at Mātai Moana through environmental stewardship: opportunities from Predator Free 2050 in Aotearoa New Zealand

journal contribution posted on 2024-08-29

RNA interference (RNAi) as a next-generation pest control for the honey bee parasite Varroa destructor

RNA interference (RNAi) as a next-generation pest control for the honey bee parasite Varroa destructor

thesis posted on 2024-08-28

Spatiotemporal Patterns of Invasive Mammals in a Wetland Environment: Trialling an Automated Radio Telemetry System to Track Rattus spp.

Spatiotemporal Patterns of Invasive Mammals in a Wetland Environment: Trialling an Automated Radio Telemetry System to Track Rattus spp.

thesis posted on 2024-08-27

The molecular phylogenetics of the New Zealand freshwater mussels

The molecular phylogenetics of the New Zealand freshwater mussels

thesis posted on 2024-08-20

Modelling Coral Reef Futures: Exploring the role of structural complexity in sustaining ecosystem services

Modelling Coral Reef Futures: Exploring the role of structural complexity in sustaining ecosystem services

thesis posted on 2024-08-01

Using genetic methods and an integrative multi-stakeholder approach to understand small fragmented Asian elephant populations in Cambodia

Using genetic methods and an integrative multi-stakeholder approach to understand small fragmented Asian elephant populations in Cambodia

thesis posted on 2024-07-25

Rachel Crouthers

Nutritional Interactions in the Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis and their Role in Symbiosis Establishment

Nutritional Interactions in the Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis and their Role in Symbiosis Establishment

thesis posted on 2024-07-17

Sproles, Ashley

Hügelkultur at Wairarapa Moana: Exploring the effects of buried coarse woody debris on revegetation efforts in a high-stress growing environment

Hügelkultur at Wairarapa Moana: Exploring the effects of buried coarse woody debris on revegetation efforts in a high-stress growing environment

thesis posted on 2024-06-25

Brennan Panzarella

Diving deep to escape the heat: the importance of mesophotic reefs as thermal refuges for New Zealand coastal fishes

Diving deep to escape the heat: the importance of mesophotic reefs as thermal refuges for New Zealand coastal fishes

thesis posted on 2024-06-19

Captive trials of a potential predator exclusion device for kea (Nestor notabilis) burrows and analysis of burrow monitoring footage.

Captive trials of a potential predator exclusion device for kea (Nestor notabilis) burrows and analysis of burrow monitoring footage.

thesis posted on 2024-06-17

Matthew Ireland

Using Spatio-Temporal Species Distribution Models to Explore the Effects of Reef-Forming Coral on Seamount-Associated Fishes in New Zealand

Using Spatio-Temporal Species Distribution Models to Explore the Effects of Reef-Forming Coral on Seamount-Associated Fishes in New Zealand

thesis posted on 2024-06-15

Beau Jarvis-Child

Resource-use and recursion by a mega-herbivore Elephas maximus borneensis

Resource-use and recursion by a mega-herbivore Elephas maximus borneensis

thesis posted on 2024-06-10

Native and Invasive Smooth Shelled Blue Mussels (Mytilus spp.) in New Zealand: Evolutionary, Biosecurity and Aquaculture Implications

Native and Invasive Smooth Shelled Blue Mussels (Mytilus spp.) in New Zealand: Evolutionary, Biosecurity and Aquaculture Implications

thesis posted on 2024-06-07

Lorenzo Gabriel Ravalo

Investigating Galaxias postvectis (Shortjaw Kōkopu) area of occupancy, mesohabitat selection, and spawning behaviour in the Waipoua River catchment,
western Northland, New Zealand

Investigating Galaxias postvectis (Shortjaw Kōkopu) area of occupancy, mesohabitat selection, and spawning behaviour in the Waipoua River catchment, western Northland, New Zealand

thesis posted on 2024-05-27

JOURNAL CONTRIBUTION

Dynamics and individual consistency of courtship-feeding in wild toutouwai (Petroica longipes)

journal contribution posted on 2024-05-15

JOURNAL CONTRIBUTION

A systematic review of animal personality in conservation science

journal contribution posted on 2024-05-15