Research@Lincoln: Recent submissions
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The effects of high lake levels due to climate change on lakeside communities and adjacent land use: Case study: Lake Ellesmere/Te Waihora
(Lincoln University, 2019)This research aims to assess the effects of sea-level rise on Lake Ellesmere/Te Waihora’s current opening regime and consequently on adjacent land and it’s lakeside communities. The research also aims to assess Lake ... -
Direct exports of phosphorus from fertilizers applied to grazed pastures
(Crop Science Society of America with the American Society of Agronomy and the Soil Science Society of America, 2019-08-21)Since its discovery in 1669, phosphorus (P) in the form of fertilizer has become an essential input for many agroecosystems. By introducing a concentrated P source, fertilizers increase short-term P export potential soon ... -
Pectobacterium atrosepticum and Pectobacterium carotovorum harbor distinct, independently acquired integrative and conjugative elements encoding coronafacic acid that enhance virulence on potato stems
(Frontiers Media, 2016-03-31)Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) play a central role in the evolution of bacterial virulence, their transmission between bacteria often leading to the acquisition of virulence factors that alter host range or ... -
The impact of neoliberalism on New Zealand farmers: Changing what it means to be a 'good farmer'
(Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN), 2013)A recent part of the transdisciplinary study of New Zealand farming carried out by social scientists from the Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability (ARGOS) was a retrospective interview of all ARGOS sheep/beef, dairy ... -
Resolving an 87-year-old taxonomical curiosity with the description of Psylla frodobagginsi sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psyllidae), a second distinct Psylla species on the New Zealand endemic plant kōwhai
(Public Library of Science, 2019-09-18)A recent DNA-based assessment of the psyllid fauna of New Zealand recorded high genetic variation between populations that were expected to belong to the same psyllid species. Among these, a number of populations of the ...