A5058213643- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Forest Management and Policy
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Animal Diversity and Health Studies
- Lignin and Wood Chemistry
- Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Bamboo properties and applications
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes
- Global Health and Epidemiology
- South Asian Studies and Conflicts
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Ecology and Conservation Studies
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Seedling growth and survival studies
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
Future Forests Research
2005-2023
Plant & Food Research
2023
Scion
2022
Massey University
2003-2006
Summary Invasive browsing ungulates can have strong impacts on the structure and composition of forest ecosystems, particularly where are not native ecosystem components as in New Zealand. Ungulate plant communities been considered mostly from an above‐ground perspective. However, understanding below‐ground effects these invasive herbivores is critical they may drive feedbacks to components. We measured growth responses seedlings five common tree species a greenhouse experiment soils...
Forests are major carbon (C) sinks, but their ability to sequester C and thus mitigate climate change, varies with the environment, disturbance regime, biotic interactions. Herbivory by invasive, nonnative ungulates can have profound ecosystem effects, yet its consequences for forest stocks remain poorly understood. We determined impact of invasive on pools, both above- belowground (to 30 cm), structure diversity using 26 paired long-term (>20 years) ungulate exclosures adjacent unfenced...
Browsing of mountain beech seedlings by introduced deer in the central North Island New Zealand appears to have inhibited canopy regeneration over large areas. In 1998, a trial high-, medium- and low-intensity deer-culling treatments was initiated Kaimanawa Kaweka Forest Parks test whether (Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides) forest could be restored removing deer. Paired exclosure plots (one plot fenced exclude other unfenced) were established within high-intensity culling area,...
Abstract High densities of native and introduced deer hamper the regeneration temperate forests worldwide. Sport hunting is often sole means control, but whether it can restore forest remains uncertain. We assessed potential to using unrestricted sport alongside commercial harvesting government‐funded culling sika ( Cervus nippon ) across a 594 km 2 landscape in North Island, New Zealand. used six decades repeated measurements presence, monitoring tagged stems 20‐year paired exclosure...
Background: Red needle cast caused by Phytophthora pluvialis Reeser, Sutton & E. Hansen, and less frequently P. kernoviae Brasier, Beales S.A.Kirk, is an important foliar disease of Pinus radiata D.Don (radiata pine) in plantations throughout parts New Zealand. Significant growth loss occurs following years when severe outbreaks occur. Aerial spraying with a copper-based fungicide has potential for control. Research being carried out to optimise application timing, supported...
Bull’s eye rot, caused by Phlyctema vagabunda , is an important postharvest rot of apples. A combination laboratory and field trials were conducted to examine the relationship between infection status apple lenticels. Fruit hydrated then inoculated, climatic factors compared with inoculations natural infections in field. In it was shown that increased lenticel density size led more infections. Hydration distended diameter, dehydration contracted strong wind run, leaf wetness temperature be...
Globally, many populations suffer from a lack of access to basic sanitation facilities. This is partly caused by combination water resource shortages and the high cost conventional centralised treatment systems. A novel decentralised technology based on sub-critical hydrothermal processing organic wastes at toilet-scale, contributes addressing these economic limitations. To be effective, this needs satisfy broad range environmental safety considerations, including nature quantity formed gas...
Abstract High pressure (20 MPa), cyclic, supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO 2 ) treatments can reduce the moisture content of green Pinus radiata sapwood from 150–200% to 35–40%. Such be used as a dewatering pre-treatment before kiln-drying timber. Kiln-drying utilise various temperature and humidity schedules, targeting around 10% content, with final stress-relieving steam-conditioning step. After scCO treatment samples, kiln brown stain was evaluated using CIE L*a*b* colour space while...