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Hop to it: managing New Zealand’s marsupial menace
17 May 2024
Wallabies arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand in the late 19th century, courtesy of Sir George Grey (Governor of New Zealand from 1845 to 1853). In later life Grey lived on Kawau Island, north of Auckland, and introduced five species of wallabies among a variety of interesting animals he acquired for hi...
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Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Wallabies
It’s in the genes
17 May 2024
Researcher Dr Andrew Veale has been looking at how the population genomics of wallabies could assist control programme planning. Andrew led a landscape genomics study using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) to help understand invasive wallaby ecology in Aotearoa New Zealand, and to provide tools that w...
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Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Wallabies
Back off, it’s mine!
17 May 2024
Two separate studies on the bait uptake of wallabies, one by Manaaki Whenua senior researcher and wildlife ecologist Dr Patrick Garvey, in Canterbury on Bennett’s wallabies, and another by senior researcher Dr Graham Hickling and Dr Tim Day of the Kaharoa Kōkako Trust on dama wallabies near Rotorua ...
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Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Wallabies
Pūtaiao
Where’s wallaby?
17 May 2024
Underpinning Tipu Mātoro National Wallaby Eradication Programme is the premise that to achieve effective management a deeper understanding of wallaby ecology is crucial, particularly regarding their natural dispersal patterns, says researcher and wildlife ecologist Dr Dave Latham.
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Pūtaiao
Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Wallabies
Smile, you’re on camera!
17 May 2024
The picturesque Bay of Plenty in Aotearoa New Zealand harbours the not-so-charming wallaby invaders, the dama and parma wallaby. A research team plans to capture around 30 wild wallabies at a study site there. The wallabies will be fitted with GPS collars that will provide location data to assess ho...
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Pūtaiao
Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Wallabies
New partnership targets deadly livestock disease
17 May 2024
The fungus associated with facial eczema is common worldwide, but the toxicity of the Aotearoa New Zealand strain causes much more severe problems. It’s a challenging and painful disease that attacks the liver and bile ducts of ruminants and currently has no cure.
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Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Pūtaiao
Weed-eaters: gains for weed biocontrol in Aotearoa New Zealand
17 May 2024
European colonists introduced more than 25,000 species of plants to Aotearoa New Zealand within a 200-year period, and many of these newly introduced species soon naturalised and began causing problems.
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Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Weed biocontrol
The gospel of St John’s wort: a phenomenal weed biocontrol success story
17 May 2024
Like so many plants brought by Europeans to augment botanical and kitchen gardens in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in the 19th century, St John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) duly escaped and by the 1930s was one of the worst invasive weeds in both countries.
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Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
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Weed biocontrol
How data science can shape tree modelling for sustainable land management
17 May 2024
A four-year data science programme involving a joint Aotearoa New Zealand-Singapore research team working to accelerate the development of data science capability in both countries has wrapped up demonstrating valuable connections between remote sensing, ecology and social sciences.
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Why does the pūkeko cross the road?
17 May 2024
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and sector partners contracted Manaaki Whenua to identify, assess, monitor and manage road edge effects on biodiversity. The research emphasised the vulnerability of larger native birds to roadkill due to behaviour and habitat factors.
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