• Genetic mapping and pathology of a barley leaf rust resistance gene from Hordeum bulbosum 

  Yu, Xiaohui (Lincoln University, 2017-03-30)

  Barley leaf rust, caused by Puccinia hordei, is one of the most widely distributed and economically significant foliar disease of barley. In this study, the disease resistance of two Hordeum bulbosum introgression lines ...
• Applied statistical modelling to guide the control of introduced mammalian predators in the Murchison Mountains (Fiordland, New Zealand) 

  Wiseman, Benjamin (Lincoln University, 2016)

  Since the rediscovery of Porphyrio hochstetteri (takahē), in the Murchison Mountains (Fiordland, New Zealand) in 1949, there have been continued efforts to protect the species. Takahē numbers have been increasing from a ...
• Breeding variation in female kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) on Codfish Island in a year of low food supply 

  Whitehead, J. K.; Case, Bradley S.; Wilson, Kerry-Jayne; Molles, Laura (New Zealand Ecological Society, 2011)

  We investigated why some mature females of New Zealand's critically endangered parrot, the kakapo (Strigops habroptilus), did not attempt to breed during the 2005 breeding season on Codfish Island. At a population level, ...
• Beetling: A method for capturing trapdoor spiders (Idiopidae) using tethered beetles 

  Smith, V. R.; Vink, C. J.; Cruickshank, Robert H.; Paterson, Adrian M. (British Arachnological Society, 2015)

  © 2015, British Arachnological Society. All Rights Reserved.Collecting trapdoor spiders (Idiopidae) for research is diffcult due to their deep, convoluted burrows and almost entirely fossorial life history. Digging idiopids ...
• Inner plant space - bacterial endophytes of Leptospermum scoparium (mānuka) 

  Wicaksono, Wisnu Adi (Lincoln University, 2016-11-30)

  Leptospermum scoparium or mānuka is a New Zealand native medicinal plant that produces an essential oil with antimicrobial properties. In other plants endophytic bacteria have key roles in plant growth, health and metabolite ...

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