• The effects of vegetation removal on rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and small mammalian predators in braided riverbeds of the Mackenzie Basin 

  Pascoe, Amelia

  [Executive Summary] (…) Predation by cats, ferrets and stoats (Mustela erminea) has been identified as a major threat to several species of birds which nest in open riverbed areas of the Mackenzie Basin, South Canterbury, ...

• Diet, distribution, and density of fallow deer (Dama dama) in the Caples Valley, Otago, New Zealand: implications for future management 

  Golding, Christopher

  Fallow deer (Dama dama, L.) were introduced into the Wakatipu area in c.1887 and quickly spread throughout the Greenstone and Caples Valleys. By 1937 periodic culling of animals was undertaken to control numbers. Recreational ...

• Aspects of mammalian predator ecology co-inhabiting giant skink habitat 

  Baker, Glenn

  The utilisation of habitats and the diet of feral cats and ferrets was studied in an area co-inhabited by giant skinks in the Middlemarch-Macraes Flat region of Central Otago, New Zealand. Home range and habitat utilisation ...

• Experimental addition of Onthophagus binodis and Geotrupes spiniger to pasture ecosystems in New Zealand and an investigation of affected biotic and abiotic soil factors. 

  Sewell, Rebecca

  New Zealand has a serious environmental pollution problem caused by intensive farming, and a lack of co-evolved dung beetle species to clean up the waste produced by these introduced herbivores. Our endemic dung beetles ...

• Social Networking of the Otago Skink (Oligosoma otagense) at Ōrokonui Ecosanctuary 

  Elangovan, Vanitha

  The social behaviour of New Zealand’s native lizards is poorly understood. This study explores the social behaviour of the Otago skink (Oligosoma otagense), one of New Zealand’s largest-bodied and rarest species of lizards. ...

• Does the mode of heat acclimation affect the kinetics of adaptation? 

  Kissling, Lorenz Stefan

  Background: Heat acclimation can improve exercise performance in the heat, cardiovascular function and longevity in the general population. However, the most effective method of acclimation is unknown. Each method (i.e., ...

• Translocation management of Leiopelma archeyi (Amphibia, Anura: Leiopelmatidae) in the King country 

  Cisternas Tirapegui, Javiera

  Although conservation translocations are often recommended, they are expensive, require a long-term commitment and half of them fail. Moreover, in New Zealand, translocations have an additional cultural impact due to the ...

• Behavioural, convergent and ontogenetic evidence for adaptive behavioural manipulation in mermithid infected hosts 

  Herbison, Ryan

  Parasite fitness is often tied closely to host behaviour, especially when transition to a definitive host or egression in a particular environment is involved. Thus natural selection has driven many parasites to control ...

• From Goal- to Emotion-based Helping: The Interactive Roles of Toddlers’ Social Understanding and Connectedness of Parental Mental State Talk 

  Aitken, Jessica Susan

  This longitudinal study examined the development of instrumental and empathic helping behaviours as they emerged in toddlerhood, and assessed how child self-concept and the connectedness of parental mental state discourse ...

• The efficacy of aerial 1080 poison applied on a landscape scale to control alpine predators and the reproductive response of rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris) 

  Rawlence, Tristan Eoin

  New Zealand is a globally unique oceanic island due to the high prevalence of alpine ecosystems and a biota that evolved in the absence of mammals. Introduced mammalian predators are the leading cause of extinctions in New ...

• Physical processes in a time-dependent salt wedge estuary with a region of repeated sharp curvature 

  Bailey, Cerys Alexandra

  This thesis presents a comprehensive study of physical processes in the Taieri River of the South Island, New Zealand, a poorly studied time-dependent salt wedge estuary with a region of repeated sharp curvature. A series ...

• The Effects of Task Probability on Processing Mode in Dual-task Contexts 

  Tang, Jia Li

  One of the major concerns about multitasking performance is whether dual-tasks are performed in parallel or in a strict serial sequence. The Response Selection Bottleneck (RSB) model assumes a structural bottleneck which ...

• Exploring human error and related factors of aviation flight safety events using post-incident classification systems 

  Hooper, Brionny

  Within aviation, a human error classification system theoretically allows researchers to analyse post-accident data in an objective yet consistent manner. The primary objective of the present study was to explore human ...

• Stereotypes of Maori : influence of speaker accent and appearance 

  Holmes, Kelly

  Research has consistently shown that there are a number of negative stereotypes held by Pakeha towards Maori. However, some of these studies have been flawed by low participant identification rates of Maori. Furthermore, ...

• Regular Hierarchical Surface Models: A conceptual model of scale variation in a GIS and its application to hydrological geomorphometry 

  Wright, Joseph William

  Environmental and geographical process models inevitably involve parameters that vary spatially. One example is hydrological modelling, where parameters derived from the shape of the ground such as flow direction and flow ...

• Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensate with a Vortex 

  Lee, Au-Chen

  We theoretically consider the properties of a dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate with a vortex. Our theory includes the influence of the leading order quantum fluctuation corrections which allows the condensate to stabilize ...

• Putting Meaning in Naturalism: The Role of Science Films and Support for Evolution 

  Gleeson, Summer

  Only 19% of Americans believe that human beings evolved over millions of years and that this occurred without any divine creator, according to recent Gallup polls (Swift, 2017). Despite overwhelming supportive evidence for ...

• Drivers of temperate reef fish community structure and food web architecture 

  Udy, Jacquetta Anne

  An understanding of the drivers that influence community structure and functioning is essential to predict and manage the impacts of human induced stressors on the marine environment. The current thesis aimed to resolve ...

• Activism, Science and the Infinite Game: Exploring the relationship between science and environmental activism 

  Fitzjohn, Siana

  According to James Carse, humanity plays two types of games. We play games that are finite and games that are infinite. As human activity alters the biosphere, ecosystems are collapsing, biodiversity is declining, and the ...

• The rabbit hole before Wonderland: The nature of university students’ alcohol use during the transition to university. 

  Riordan, Benjamin

  For new students, university is a wonderland of opportunity. But the first few weeks of the university experience are typified by change, stress, and uncertainty. From a health promotion perspective, the first few weeks ...

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