Atmospheric CO₂ concentration is increasing at c. 0.5% y⁻¹, predominantly as the consequence of fossil fuel combustion and deforestation. By the end of the 21st century, based on current emission rates, the atmospheric CO₂ ...

The major earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 brought to an abrupt end a process of adaptive reuse, revitalisation and gentrification that was underway in the early 20th century laneways and buildings located in the south eastern ...

The invasion of non-indigenous species represents a severe threat to the health of native communities world-wide. In order for us to be effective and efficient at mitigating the economic and ecological impacts of these ...

For large areas of New Zealand that suffer from agricultural drought, the only practicable way of providing irrigation is through the use of water harvesting schemes that divert winter flood water in nearby streams into ...

Antimicrobial peptides (host defense peptides) are an evolutionarily conserved component of the innate immune response, and have been shown to kill or inhibit the growth of microbes such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, or ...

This thesis examines the proposition that the local population at a tourist destination copy the economic behaviour of tourists and learn to give economic value to the same objects and activities that are demonstrated by ...

Phosphorus (P) is an essential element for all living organisms and the productivity of natural and managed ecosystems is generally limited by the bioavailability of P in soil. Previous studies showed that significant ...

Saltwater Forest is a Dacrydium cupressinum-dominated lowland forest covering 9000 ha in south Westland, South Island, New Zealand. Four thousand hectares is managed for sustainable production of indigenous timber. The aim ...

Entomology, like many other biological disciplines has developed into a quantitative science in nearly all aspects of the subject. Insect ecology is no exception, and in fact, has probably received more attention recently ...

The fate and behaviour of estrogens in the environment are of concern due to the compounds’ endocrine disruption potential. Estrogens, namely 17β-estradiol (E2), estrone (E1), and estrogen sulphates, i.e. 17β-estradiol-3-sulphate ...