Prof Charles Daugherty

Prof Charles Daugherty AVC Research Phone: 0-4-463 5572 Email: address Room 301, Hunter Building, Gate 1 Kelburn Pde, Kelburn Campus

Professor, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Research Projects

My research interests focus on evolutionary and population biology of vertebrates, conservation genetics, and ecological restoration. The conservation biology of tuatara is a longstanding interest, and recent studies with my students have examined the ecological relationships of tuatara to seabirds and rats, temperature-dependent sex determination, and the re-establishment of tuatara in nature. With students and collaborators, I have also used allozyme electrophoresis to measure genetic variation and test taxonomies of an array of native species, and to assess the implications of those taxonomies for conservation.

Selection of Publications

Jolly, J.N., and Daugherty, C.H., Comparison of little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii) from Kapiti and D'Urville Islands. Some early 1990s studies in kiwi (Apteryx) genetics and management; (2002), Science and Research Internal Report 191, pp. 57-65.

Nelson, N.J., Keall, S.N, Brown, D, and Daugherty, C.H., 2002 ‘Establishing a new wild population of tuatara (Sphenodon guntheri)’, Conservation Biology, Vol 16, No 4, pp. 887-894.
Ms Susan N Keall (Technician), Dr Nicola Nelson (Academic)

Herbert, J. and Daugherty, C.H., Genetic variation, systematics, and management of kiwi (Apteryx). In some early 1990s studies in kiwi (Apteryx) genetics and management.; (2002), Science and Research Internal Report 191, pp. 11-34.

Hare, K.M., Daugherty, C.H., Cree, A., ‘Incubation regime affects juvenile morphology and hatching success, but not sex, of the oviparous lizard Oligosoma suteri (Lacertilia: Scincidae)’, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 29 (2002), pp. 221-229.