• Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae) 

  Framenau, V. W.; Vink, Cornelis; Scharff, N.; Baptista, R. L. C.; Castanheira, P. D. S. (Pensoft Publishers, 2021-07-26)

  The orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella Court & Forster, 1993 (family Araneidae Clerck, 1757) is reviewed to include two species, N. trituberculosa (Roewer, 1942) (type species, Australia and New Zealand) and N. boletus ...

• A redescription of Philoponella congregabilis, an Australian hackled orb weaver spider (Uloboridae) now found in Christchurch, New Zealand 

  Vink, Cornelis; Curtis, Kate (Canterbury Museum, 2020-10)

  Philoponella congregabilis (Rainbow, 1916), an Australian spider in the family Uloboridae, has recently established in Christchurch, New Zealand. The species is redescribed. It builds reduced, horizontal or sloping orb ...

• Plant growth response to Agrobacterium rhizogenes : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science in the University of Canterbury 

  Roy, Michael Colin (Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1989)

  Agrobacterium rhizogenes, a soil inhabiting bacteria, has a natural genetic engineering ability to induce the development of functional roots (hairy roots) at the site of inoculation on a range of dicotyledonous plant ...

• A new non-invasive method for collecting DNA from small mammals in the field, and its application in simultaneous vector and disease monitoring in brushtail possums 

  Emami-Khoyi, A.; Agnew, Thomas; Adair, M.; Murphy, Elaine; Benmazouz, I.; Monsanto, D.; Parbhu, S.; Main, D.; Le Roux, R.; Golla, T. R.; Schnelle, C.; Alizadeh, Hossein; Csányi, S.; Heltai, M.; Jansen van Vuuren, B.; Paterson, Adrian M.; Teske, P.; Ross, James G. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-08)

  Large-scale monitoring of wild populations in remote areas using traditional live-capturing methods is logistically and financially challenging. Devices that can be used to obtain biological material remotely and store it ...

• Monitoring the ‘original’ panda: Impacts and outcomes of using infra-red trail cameras on captive red panda (Ailurus fulgens) behaviour : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science at Lincoln University 

  Bugler, Kathryn (Lincoln University, 2021)

  Introduction: Cryptic species are often studied using trail cameras in the wild. However, their use may cause some animals to be attracted or repelled by them, skewing presence/absence studies, abundance/population estimates ...

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