In progress

1.1 Ecosystem Health

The potential for plant pathogen spillover in Aotearoa New Zealand
Observing how fungi are shared between native plant species and how this may lead to spillover events.
In progress

1.1 Ecosystem Health

Understanding Phytophthora cinnamomi from within
Using systems biology to quantify and qualify transcriptomic and proteomic changes within Phytophthora cinnamomi infection and survival mechanisms during the exposure to drought stress
In progress

1.3 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

1.1 Ecosystem Health

The impact of the microbiome on plant resistance and resilience
Investigating the role of the microbiome in ecosystem and plant resistance and resilience.
In progress

1.3 Health Frameworks

Wetlands: Where does the Nitrogen go?
Understanding how ecological restoration affects the partitioning of nitrogen among plant and soil pools in unrestored, restored and conserved wetland forests.
In progress

1.3 Health Frameworks

Mātauranga Māori and diversity of fungi in wetland forests
The importance of fungi to tangata whenua or Māori living in Wairarapa, and mātauranga Māori about fungi is explored with the purpose of characterising fungal community diversity in restored, unrestored, and conserved wetland forests
In progress

1.2 Interconnected Properties

Eco-Evo Dynamics of a pest-parasitoid community
Investigating how biological control of pests by parasitoids will respond to climate change in the long term.
In progress

1.3 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.
In progress

1.3 Health Frameworks

Building models to guide conservation of an endangered wetland tree
Building spatially explicit models to guide conservation of a critically endangered wetland tree in mixed-use landscapes
In progress

1.2 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