Currently Teaching
BIOL 219 - New Zealand Flora and Fauna
Memberships
Entomological Society of New Zealand; New Zealand Ecological Society; Royal Society of New Zealand.
Research Interests
The New Zealand insect fauna and its biogeographic history, with special emphasis on primitive Lepidoptera (Micropterigidae, Mnesarchaeidae), butterflies and weta (Deinacridinae).
Selection of Publications
Gibbs, G.W., 'A new species of tusked weta from the Raukumara Range, North Island, New Zealand (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Motuweta)', New Zealand Journal of Zoology , 29 (2002), pp. 293-301.
Molloy, J., Bell, B.D., Clout, M., de Lange, P., Gibbs, G., Given, D., Norton, D., Smith, N., Stephens, T., Classifying species according to threat of extinction - a system for New Zealand (Wellington, Department of Conservation, Threatened Species Occasional Publication, 22, (2002), 26 pp. Dr Ben D Bell (Academic).
Gibbs, G.W., Pencarrow Lakes, conservation values and management (Wellington Conservancy, Department of Conservation, 2002), 35pp.
Watts, C.H., and Gibbs, G.W., 'Revegetation and its effect on the ground-dwelling beetle fauna of Matiu-Somes Island, New Zealand', Restoration Ecology , 10 (2002), pp. 96-106.