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The ecology and management of Southland's black-billed gulls
The black-billed gull (Lams bulleri) is a small gull that nests in dense colonies on gravel-bedded rivers in southern New Zealand. This dissertation describes research undertaken in Southland in 2004-2006 that investigates ...
The role of colour and odour in fruit selection by diurnal, endemic skinks (Oligosoma) in Aotearoa / New Zealand
The flora of Aotearoa/ New Zealand has evolved in association with birds and lizards as the dominant frugivores and seed dispersers. There is a wide range of ripe fruit colours within the native fleshy-fruited plants ...
Alpine fault pseudotachylytes
Pseudotachylytes produced during coseismic slip are ubiquitous within the rocks of the Alpine Fault zone, New Zealand. Pseudotachylytes from three principal host rocks are described and characterised from field and ...
The Brain of Melchizedek: a Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Spirituality
As a scientist, a person in integrity and loyal to deity, I consider the most important undertaking to understand and communicate the neuro-genetic implications of Spiritual and Behavioural Values to the attainment of ...
A Perceptual Basis for Noun Phrase Syntax
Human language is the result of both biological and cultural evolution. To have the best chance of understanding language we must seek all the constraints of that evolution. In the first part of my thesis I propose the ...
Alleviating fuel poverty in NZ through improving the energy efficiency of the residential sector
This thesis will demonstrate that fuel poverty in low income houses in NZ can be eliminated by investing in residential energy efficiency while minimizing CO2 emissions to the environment. State houses, which are taken as ...
Open population capture-recapture models and diabetes in Otago
The aim of my research was to develop a capture-recapture model to estimate both prevalence and incidence and to monitor those estimates over time. The standard way of estimating prevalence of diabetes using lists is through ...
The surface characteristics of spores from thermophilic bacilli isolated from a milk powder production line and their influence on adhesion to surfaces
Spores of thermophilic bacilli are a common concern during the manufacture of milk powder. Spores are believed to occur in high numbers in milk powder due to their ability to survive pasteurisation, attach to stainless ...
Disturbance, predation and competition in a flood-prone stream
Among the drivers of the patchy distribution of organisms in space and time are abiotic factors, including physical disturbance, and biotic interactions such as predation and competition. Our understanding of the interplay ...
Theta activations associated with goal-conflict processing : evidence for the revised "Behavioral Inhibition System"
In the theory of the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS), Gray and McNaughton (2000) classified events that produce or inhibit goal-directed behaviour into two affective categories: approach versus avoidance. We expenence ...