Rachelle Binny

Senior Researcher - Mathematical Modeller and Capability Leader

Wildlife Ecology & Management

Research interests

Mathematical and statistical modelling in ecology
Quantification of biodiversity outcomes from pest species management
Individual-based simulation models for collective movement
Spatiotemporal models of population dynamics

Publication highlights :

Binny RN, Innes J, Fitzgerald N, Pech R, James A, Price R, Gillies C, Byrom AE (2020). Long-term biodiversity trajectories for pest-managed ecological restorations: eradication versus suppression. Ecological Monographs 00(00): e01439, DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1439

Vattiato G, Plank MJ, James A, Binny RN (2021). Individual heterogeneity affects the outcome of small mammal pest eradication. Theoretical Ecology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12080-020-00491-6

Köhnke MC, Binny RN, Holland EP, James A (2020). The necessity of tailored control of irrupting pest populations driven by pulsed resources. Theoretical Ecology 13, 261–275.

Binny RN, Plank MJ, James A (2015). Spatial moment dynamics for collective cell movement incorporating a neighbour-dependent directional bias. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 12(106): 20150228.

Professional affiliations :

2021 Committee Member (Treasurer), New Zealand Branch of Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics Incorporated (ANZIAM)

2018 - Present Principle Investigator, Te Pūnaha Matatini (TPM), a New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems and networks

2016-2017 Associate Investigator, TPM

2016 Immediate Past Chair, TPM Whānau Committee (Emerging Scientists Network for TPM)

Qualifications

University of Canterbury, NZ
Ph.D. Mathematics
2016

University of Dundee, UK
BSc (Hons) Mathematical Biology
2012

Publications

Vattiato G, Plant MJ, James A, Binny RN 2021. Individual heterogeneity affects the outcome of small mammal pest eradication. Theoretical Ecology: 13. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s12080-020-00491-6

Binny RN, Innes J, Fitzgerald N, Pech R, James A, Price R, Gillies C, Byrom AE 2021. Long-term biodiversity trajectories for pest-managed ecological restorations: eradication vs. suppression. Ecological Monographs 91(2): 43. https://doi.org/doi: 10.1002/ecm.1439

Binny RN, Law R, Plank MJ 2020. Living in groups: Spatial-moment dynamics with neighbour-biased movements. Ecological Modelling 415. WOS:000501415400002 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.108825

Koehnke MC, Binny RN, Holland EP, James A 2020. The necessity of tailored control of irrupting pest populations driven by pulsed resources. Theoretical Ecology 13(2): 261–275. WOS:000538370200011 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12080-020-00449-8

Steyn N, Binny RN, Hannah K, Hendy SC, James A, Kukutai T, Lustig A, McLeod M, Plank MJ, Ridings K, Sporle A 2020. Estimated inequities in COVID-19 infection fatality rates by ethnicity for Aotearoa New Zealand New Zealand Medical Journal 133(1521): 28–39.

James A, Binny RN, Lee WG, Payne J, Stringer N, Holland EP 2019. Predicting water levels in ephemeral wetlands under climate change scenarios. Theoretical Ecology 12(4): 427–435. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s12080-019-0409-4

Innes J, Fitzgerald N, Binny R, Byrom A, Pech R, Watts C, Gillies C, Maitland M, Campbell-Hunt C, Burns B 2019. New Zealand ecosanctuaries: types, attributes and outcomes. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 49(3): 370–393. WOS:000470651500001 https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2019.1620297

Garcia-Diaz P, Prowse TAA, Anderson DP, Lurgi M, Binny RN, Cassey P 2019. A concise guide to developing and using quantitative models in conservation management. Conservation Science and Practice: 1–12. https://doi.org/https://gardoi.org/10.1002/csp2.11

Holland EP, Binny RN, James A 2018. Optimal control of irrupting pest populations in a climate-driven ecosystem. Peerj 6. WOS:000453929400011 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6146

Latham ADM, Binny RN, Norbury G 2018. National framework for predator trapping using trap-catch data. Landcare Research Contract Report ; LC3112. Landcare Research. 18 p.

Browning AP, McCue SW, Binny RN, Plank MJ, Shah ET, Simpson MJ 2018. Inferring parameters for a lattice-free model of cell migration and proliferation using experimental data. Journal of Theoretical Biology 437: 251–260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.10.032

Holland EP, Mugford J, Binny RN, James A 2017. How herbivore browsing strategy affects whole-plant photosynthetic capacity. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 79(4): 772–787. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-017-0253-x

Binny RN, James A, Plank MJ 2016. Collective cell behaviour with neighbour-dependent proliferation, death and directional bias. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 78(11): 2277–2301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-016-0222-9

Byrom AE, Innes J, Binny RN 2016. A review of biodiversity outcomes from possum-focused pest control in New Zealand. Wildlife Research 43(3): 228–253. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR15132

Binny RN, Haridas P, James A, Law R, Simpson MJ, Plank MJ 2016. Spatial structure arising from neighbour-dependent bias in collective cell movement. PeerJ 4: e1689. https://doi.org/10.7717/Peerj.1689

García-Díaz P, Binny RN, Anderson DP 2021. How important is individual foraging specialisation in invasive predators for native-prey population viability? Oecologia 195(1): 261–272. https://doi.org/ https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04814-6.

Memberships

Principal/Associate Investigators, Te Pūnaha Matatini CoRE