Anne Schlesselmann
Research interests
Areas of interest
Recent publications
Schlesselmann A-KV, Monks A, Walker S, Sagar P, Melville DS, Schuckard R, Williams E, Krouse S, O’Donnell CFJ, Schaub M In press. A range-wide full-annual-cycle model informs conservation of a declining migratory shorebird. Journal of Applied Ecology.
Schlesselmann A-KV, Richardson SJ, Bellingham PJ, Wright E, Jo I, Hawcroft A, Monks A 2025. Survival and environmental filtering of angiosperm and conifer seedlings at range-wide scales throughout temperate evergreen rainforests. Journal of Ecology 113: 1185-1199.
Bourke S, Schlesselmann A-KV, Jarvie S, Monks JM 2024. Potential impacts of climate change on terrestrial Aotearoa New Zealand's birds reveal high risk for endemic species – A reply to Weinhäupl & Devenish-Nelson. Biological Conservation 300: 110873.
Schlesselmann A-KV, Monks A, Innes J, McArthur N, Walker S 2024. Conservation challenges in mobile birds: What do we know and need to know for effective conservation of endemic inland migrants? New Zealand Journal of Ecology 48: 3575.
Schlesselmann A-KV, Innes J, Walker S, Fitzgerald N, Elliott G, Monks A 2024. Testing the thermal squeeze hypothesis: Do temperature and invasive species determine vital rates of New Zealand’s forest birds? Biological Conservation 296: 110706.
Pearmain-Fenton M, Schlesselmann A-KV, Monks JM. 2024. Unravelling the dynamics of decline: Extreme sex bias in a locally threatened kakaruai/South Island robin population. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 48: 3575.
McArthur NJ, Krouse S, Thomas D, Thompson H, Melville DS, Williams EM, Walker S, Schlesselmann A-KV. 2024. Using egg floatation to estimate egg age and predict hatching dates of South Island pied oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi) eggs. Notornis 71: 37-45.
Pearmain-Fenton M, Schlesselmann A-KV, Walker S 2023. Kākā (Nestor meridionalis) investigate and depredate kakaruai (South Island robin Petroica australis) eggs. Notornis 70: 42-44.
Schlesselmann A-KV, Innes J, Fitzgerald N, Monks A, Walker S 2023.
Invertebrate food supply and reproductive success of two native forest passerines along an elevational gradient. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 47: 3514.
Schlesselmann A-KV, Cooper J, Dussex N, Robertson BC 2023. New Zealand endemic open- habitat specialist, the Black-fronted Tern (Chlidonias albostriatus) experienced population expansion during Pleistocene glaciation and recent decline. Ibis 165: 288–296.
Qualifications
Otago
PhD Zoology
2018
Otago
PGDipSc (Dist) Wildlife Management
2015
Auckland
BSc Biological Science
2011
Publications
Schlesselmann AKV, Richardson SJ, Bellingham PJ, Wright E, Jo I, Hawcroft A, Monks A 2025. Survival and environmental filtering of angiosperm and conifer seedlings at range-wide scales throughout temperate evergreen rainforests. Journal of Ecology: 15. WOS:001443361900001 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70024
Bourke SD, Schlesselmann AK, Jarvie S, Monks JM 2024. Potential impacts of climate change on terrestrial Aotearoa New Zealand's birds reveal high risk for endemic species - A reply to Weinhaupl & Devenish-Nelson. Biological Conservation 300: 2. WOS:001361495100001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110873
Schlesselmann AKV, Innes J, Walker S, Fitzgerald N, Elliott G, Monks A 2024. Testing the thermal squeeze hypothesis: Do temperature and invasive species determine vital rates of New Zealand's forest birds? Biological Conservation 296: 8. WOS:001265274900001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110706
Pearmain-Fenton M, Schlesselmann A-K, Walker S 2023. Kākā (Nestor meridionalis) investigate and depredate kakaruai (South Island robin Petroica australis australis) eggs. Notornis 70: 42-44.
Schlesselmann AKV, Innes J, Fitzgerald N, Monks A, Walker S 2023. Invertebrate food supply and reproductive success of two native forest passerines along an elevational gradient. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 47(1). WOS:000933626000001 https://doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.47.3514
Schlesselmann AKV, Cooper J, Dussex N, Robertson BC 2022. New Zealand endemic open-habitat specialist, the Black-fronted Tern (Chlidonias albostriatus), experienced population expansion during Pleistocene glaciation and recent decline. Ibis. WOS:000829623800001 https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13107
Carpenter JK, Walker S, Monks A, Innes J, Binny RN, Schlesselmann AKV 2021. Factors limiting kereru (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) populations across New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 45(2). WOS:000684942600003. https://doi.org/10.20421/nzjecol.45.30
Schlesselmann A 2021. Where do birds go to? Movements that link landscapes. Pūtaiao - Manaaki Whenua science summary. Lincoln, NZ, Manaaki Whenua. Pp. 4-5. https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/news/where-do-birds-go-to-movements-that-link-landscapes/
Schlesselmann AKV, Dussex N, Cooper J, Monks JM, O'Donnell CFJ, Robertson BC 2020. Contrasting patterns of population structure at large and fine geographical scales in a migratory avian disturbance specialist of braided river ecosystems. Diversity and Distributions 26(1): 16-33. WOS:000488368200001 https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12994
Schlesselmann A-K, Dussex N, Cooper J, Monks J, O'Donnell C, Robertson B 2019. Genetic and morphometric patterns indicate black-fronted terns are a habitat-tracking metapopulation. Proceedings: New Zealand Ecological Society Conference, Lincoln, New Zealand, 1-5 December 2019.
Schlesselmann AKV, Robertson BC 2020. Longevity can mask low N-b if only N-e of mixed-age samples is estimated in threatened and mobile species. Conservation Genetics 21(6): 1067-1071. WOS:000530263600001 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-020-01277-3