Research interests
Role at Landcare Research
Science Technician, Wildlife Ecology and Epidemiology team Landcare Research.
Research interests
- Use of feral pigs as sentinels for detecting bovine tuberculosis
- Role of feral pigs as hosts of bovine Tb
- Role of ferrets as hosts of bovine Tb
- Ecology of chamois in the Southern Alps
- Impact of deer in forests
Professional affiliations / recognition.
| 2004 | Queen Elizabeth II Technicians award to study in South Africa |
| Member: | Technical Advisory Group for the Animal Health Board |
Recent publications (suggest not more than 20)
Byrom, A.; Yockney, I.; Nugent, G. 2005: The role of ferrets in landscape-scale spread of bovine Tb in New Zealand. Proceedings, 13th Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference, Wellington, 2–6 May 2005. Pp. 262–266.
Nugent, G.; Whitford, J.; Yockney, I.; Byrom, A.; Coleman, J. 2005: Do feral pigs play an important role in New Zealand’s Tb problem? Proceedings,13th Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference, Wellington, 2–6 May 2005. Pp. 258–261.
Nugent, G.; Yockney, I. 2004: Fallow deer deaths during aerial poisoning of possums in the Blue Mountains, Otago. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 31: 185–192.
Yockney, I.J.; Hickling, G.J. 2000: Distribution and diet of chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in Westland forests, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 24: 31–38.
Qualifications
Commercial Pilot Licence
2008
Lincoln
MAppSc
1997
Lincoln
BPRTM
1995
Publications
Yockney IJ, Latham MC, Rouco C, Cross ML, Nugent G 2015. Quantifying short-term foraging movements in a marsupial pest to improve targeted lethal control and disease surveillance. PLOS One 10(3): e0121865.
Yockney IJ, Nugent G, Latham MC, Perry M, Cross ML, Byrom AE 2013. Comparison of ranging behaviour in a multi-species complex of free-ranging hosts of bovine tuberculosis in relation to their use as disease sentinels. Epidemiology and Infection 141(7): 1407-1416.
Nugent G, Whitford J, Yockney IJ, Cross ML 2012. Reduced spillover transmission of Mycobacterium bovis to feral pigs (Sus scrofa) following population control of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula). Epidemiology and infection 140(6): 1036-1047. WOS:000304007700010.
Barron M, Pech R, Whitford J, Yockney I, de Lisle G, Nugent G 2011. Longevity of Mycobacterium bovis in brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) carcasses, and contact rates between possums and carcasses. New Zealand veterinary journal 59(5): 209-17. MEDLINE:21851297.
Glen A, Byrom A, Pech R, Yockney I 2011. Insights into the ecology of possums on Molesworth’s drylands. Protect Autumn 2011: 13.
Yockney IJ, Hickling GJ 2000. Distribution and diet of chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in Westland forests, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 24(1): 31-38.
Memberships
- Member, International Association of Natural Resource Pilots