News snippets
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Wasp biocontrol update 1
14 Oct 14
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An update on the project investigating the biocontrol potential of promising-looking mites that were recently discovered and that appear to attack wasps.
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The value of trees
22 Sep 14
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Check out researchers Alison Greenaway and Robin Simcock taking part in a Radio NZ interview about trees in the urban environment, with a focus on the Wynyard Quarter in Auckland.
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Where are all the silvereyes?
11 Jul 14
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Early results from the 2014 national Garden Bird Survey show a significant drop in the number of silvereyes counted.
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Internships
19 Jun 14
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Landcare Research offer science internship placements to provide interns mentoring, exposure to a top science business environment and hands on experience.
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Garden bird survey - 2013 results
15 Apr 14
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Latest results show tui, fantail, house sparrow, and eastern rosella counts have increased and blackbird and song thrush counts have decreased over the last 7 years.
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Landcare Research and Plant & Food Research are leading the development of a proposal for the New Zealand’s Biological Heritage national science challenge
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Ongoing work by a team of Landcare Research wildlife ecology and management researchers to resolve problems caused by mammal pests has been recognised by their peers.
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Janet Wilmshurst is this year’s recipient of the prestigious 2013 Te Tohu Taiao Award from the NZ Ecological Society.
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Nitrogen-fixing plants such as gorse (Ulex europeaus) have been advocated as ‘nurse-crops’ to aid indigenous vegetation restoration, especially in moist environments.
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First releases of dung beetles
8 Oct 13
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Dung beetles have been released on New Zealand farms following an exhaustive research and consultation process