Research
Our research - the Conservation Flagships IO
This Sanctuaries of New Zealand website is hosted by a research effort called Increase Effectiveness of Conservation Flagships, led by Dr Bruce Burns at Landcare Research, Hamilton. This effort is in turn only part (called an Intermediate Outcome, or IO, by the Foundation for Research Science & Technology that funds it) of a larger programme (called an Outcome Based Investment, or OBI by FRST) called Sustaining & Restoring Biodiversity, led by Dr William Lee, Landcare Research, Dunedin.
Research news from the Conservation Flagships IO
Behaviour of invader ship rats behind fences at Maungatautari (posted December 2006)
Wandering weta—Monitoring Cook Straight giant weta released at Karori Sanctuary (posted August 2007)
Draft baseline abundance data and success measures (posted November 2008)
These spreadsheets show draft baseline measures of abundance of selected iconic species and of success indicators of sanctuaries of various kinds. Abundance of iconic species will be remeasured after a further 4 years. Success measures in sanctuaries may themselves change as we review their objectives and practicality.
Other sanctuary-relevant research
Outcome Based Investments
Remainder of Sustaining & Restoring Biodiversity (Landcare Research)
Defining NZ’s Land Biota (Landcare Research)
Ecosystem Resilience (Landcare Research)
National Research Centre for Possum Biocontrol (AgResearch and Landcare Research)
Projects (another FRST word) in the pest field
Multiple Pest Dynamics. Increased protection of native biota through an understanding of the mechanisms driving, and consequences of, multiple pest dynamics in natural ecosystems. Science leader: Dr Wendy Ruscoe, Lincoln. (Landcare Research)
Spatial Ecology and Modelling. Spatial population assessment and prediction for the control of mammalian pests. Science leader: Dr Andrea Byrom, Lincoln. (Landcare Research)
Multi-species Pest Control. Science leaders: Graham Nugent and Bruce Warburton, Lincoln. (Landcare Research)