In progress

T2 | Weed Invasions

From garden to forest: spread and detection of bird-dispersed weeds
Assessing the spread patterns of bird-dispersed weeds and evaluating surveillance techniques for detecting emerging weeds.
In progress

T2 | Identifying Microbial Threats

How microbial diversity influences the success of land restoration
Investigating whether plant pathogens hitchhiking on nursery-raised kānuka plants, how long they persist after planting, and their effects on ecosystem health and forest restoration success.
Completed

T1 | Health Frameworks

Climate effects on arthropod spillover
Understanding how climate affects spillover of pest-controlling arthropods from natural forest fragments to managed areas.
In progress

T1 | Health Frameworks

Predicting the state of New Zealand’s Forests in the 22nd Century
Understanding and predicting where, why and how forests react to climate change.
Completed

T1 | Health Frameworks

Can we plan landscapes that are resilient to emerging disease?
Building spatially explicit models to guide conservation of a critically endangered wetland tree in mixed-use landscapes
Completed

T1 | Interconnected Properties

A global analysis of crop–pest interactions
Investigating why some crops exhibit greater resistance to specific pests, while others do not by identifying the underlying biological and anthropogenic factors that contribute to enhanced food security
Completed

T1 | Social Influences

Promoting native biodiversity on Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farms
Caring for native biodiversity should be integral to farm management. This project investigates the possibilities, practicalities, and tensions for those who manage rural landscapes.
In progress

T1 | Weed Invasions

The interactions of co-occurring weeds and their impacts on native plants
By conducting field research and shade house experiments, this project aims to determine the impacts that co-occurring woody weeds have on native restoration plantings.
Completed

T1 | Resilient Soils

Mycorrhizal fungi in resilient plant-soil ecosystems
Investigating the impact of land management on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the role these fungi play in plant resilience to rising temperatures
Completed

T1 | Resilient Soils

Enhancing resilience of soil carbon across agricultural landscapes
Quantifying the impacts of land use change on soil carbon cycling across an agricultural land use mosaic