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PhD Students

Benjamin Magana | Habteab Habtom | Susanne Krejcek | Anna Carter | Senait Senay

Masters Students

Josef Beautrais | Guyo Gufu | Bridget Johnson

Graduates

Joanna Buswell | Heidy Kikillus | Samantha Jamieson | Diane Batchelor | Marc Hasenbank | Rudi Schnitzler | Jim Barritt


Current Students - PhD

Benjamin Magana

Benjamín Magaña-Rodríguez  PhD student

Are species’ distribution patterns correlated with ecological traits? A multiscale analysis of the New Zealand flora.

Benjamin's 3 winning photos from the British Ecological Society 2011 competition

Benjamin's homepage

Habteab Habtom

Habteab Habtom  PhD student

Abiotic and biotic controls on the spread of Argentine ants in New Zealand.

Susanne Krejcek  PhD student

Ecological interactions of native and introduced plants and insects in coastal sand dunes: examining the gradient from competition to facilitation via direct and indirect mechanisms, with special focus on Marram grass and  Senecio spp.

Anna Carter

Anna Carter  PhD student

Behavioural, phenological and physiological responses of reptiles to local climate.

Primary supervisor: Nicola Nelson

member of: Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology & Evolution

Senait Senay

Senait Senay  PhD student

Modelling invasive species-landscape interaction using high-resolution, spatially explicit models.

Primary supervisor: Susan Worner, Bio-protection CoRE, Lincoln

Senait's homepage at Bio-protection

Current Students - MSc

Josef Beautrais  MSc student

A bioclimatic risk analysis of Senecio glastifolius in New Zealand: expanding menace or invasional has been?

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Guyo Gufu  MSc student

The functional ecology of ice plant (spp) and their role in eco-restoration of New Zealand sand dunes.

Bridget Johnson

Bridget Johnson  MSc student

Ecological restoration of the Wairio wetlands, Lake Wairarapa: vegetation dynamics and succession.

Ducks Unlimited: News & Events

Hands-on restoration: Wairarapa Times-Age, June 2011

Replanting a Wetland: Radio NZ podcast, July 2011

Recent Graduates

Joanna Buswell

Joanna Buswell  MSc 2011

How common is rapid evolution in weeds?

Primary supervisor: Angela Moles

Joanna's thesis

Joanna's homepage at UNSW

Enemy invaders or rare new species? Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 2011

Heidy Kikillus  PhD 2010

Exotic reptiles in the New Zealand pet trade. Are they really a threat?

Heidy's thesis

News & Views 2009: Trade-Me helps Turtle PhD

Samantha Jamieson  MSc 2010

Sand dune restoration in New Zealand: Methods, Motives and Monitoring.

Samantha's thesis

Article in the Dunes Trust 2010 Newsletter (PDF 1.9 MB, see page 9)

Diane Batchelor  PG Diploma of Science 2010

Spatial and temporal patterns in the biodiversity of macrofungi along an elevational gradient at Mt. Holdsworth

Fungi Fascination, Wairarapa Times-Age, May 2007

Holdsworth Fungi Spotlighted, Wiararpa Times-Age, Apr 2011

Fungi of Mt Holdsworth 12-page Pamphlet (PDF 18.8 MB)

Marc Hasenbank  PhD 2009

Insect foraging in response to host plant density: a multi-scale approach.

Marc's thesis

EcoBoffins homepage

Rudi Schnitzler  PhD 2008

Hymenopteran parasitoid community structure and tritrophic interactions across a fragmented forest landscape.

 Primary supervisor: Phil Lester

Rudi's thesis

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Jim Barritt  MSc 2008

Spatially explicit simulation of individual foraging across patchy resources.

Jim's thesis

SIRC Conference proceedings

Jim's homepage

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