Te Aka Toro | New Zealand Ecological Society
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Te Aka Toro | New Zealand Ecological Society was formed in 1951 to promote the study of ecology and the application of ecological knowledge in all its aspects.
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For ‘an outstanding contribution to the study & application of ecological science with a focus on New Zealand ecology.'
A nice guy who is very generous with his time. A common trait among the marine biologists I’ve had dealings with over the years🐟
#MarineBiology #MarineConservation #MarineEcology
A nice guy who is very generous with his time. A common trait among the marine biologists I’ve had dealings with over the years🐟
#MarineBiology #MarineConservation #MarineEcology
November 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
For ‘an outstanding contribution to the study & application of ecological science with a focus on New Zealand ecology.'
A nice guy who is very generous with his time. A common trait among the marine biologists I’ve had dealings with over the years🐟
#MarineBiology #MarineConservation #MarineEcology
A nice guy who is very generous with his time. A common trait among the marine biologists I’ve had dealings with over the years🐟
#MarineBiology #MarineConservation #MarineEcology
🏅Winner of the Ecology in Action Award:
Sian Crowley 👏
Sian has been involved in conservation education for over a decade and has engaged with students from all around the country. She has also recently established The Seed Pod, a social enterprise aimed at increasing our connection with nature.
Sian Crowley 👏
Sian has been involved in conservation education for over a decade and has engaged with students from all around the country. She has also recently established The Seed Pod, a social enterprise aimed at increasing our connection with nature.
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
🏅Winner of the Ecology in Action Award:
Sian Crowley 👏
Sian has been involved in conservation education for over a decade and has engaged with students from all around the country. She has also recently established The Seed Pod, a social enterprise aimed at increasing our connection with nature.
Sian Crowley 👏
Sian has been involved in conservation education for over a decade and has engaged with students from all around the country. She has also recently established The Seed Pod, a social enterprise aimed at increasing our connection with nature.
🏅Winner of Te Tohu Taio Award:
Professor Andrew Jeffs 👏
Andrew is one of Aotearoa’s eminent marine biologists. He has been responsible for establishing new marine protected areas around the country, has worked extensively on mussel reef restoration, and has a passion for science communication.
Professor Andrew Jeffs 👏
Andrew is one of Aotearoa’s eminent marine biologists. He has been responsible for establishing new marine protected areas around the country, has worked extensively on mussel reef restoration, and has a passion for science communication.
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🏅Winner of Te Tohu Taio Award:
Professor Andrew Jeffs 👏
Andrew is one of Aotearoa’s eminent marine biologists. He has been responsible for establishing new marine protected areas around the country, has worked extensively on mussel reef restoration, and has a passion for science communication.
Professor Andrew Jeffs 👏
Andrew is one of Aotearoa’s eminent marine biologists. He has been responsible for establishing new marine protected areas around the country, has worked extensively on mussel reef restoration, and has a passion for science communication.
🏅Barlow Scholarship winners:
- Justin Clause (PhD Student, University of Otago) Reptile responses to wildfire 🔥
- Esteban Fuentes (PhD Student, University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau) The ecology of raptors in pine plantations 🌲
- Justin Clause (PhD Student, University of Otago) Reptile responses to wildfire 🔥
- Esteban Fuentes (PhD Student, University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau) The ecology of raptors in pine plantations 🌲
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🏅Barlow Scholarship winners:
- Justin Clause (PhD Student, University of Otago) Reptile responses to wildfire 🔥
- Esteban Fuentes (PhD Student, University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau) The ecology of raptors in pine plantations 🌲
- Justin Clause (PhD Student, University of Otago) Reptile responses to wildfire 🔥
- Esteban Fuentes (PhD Student, University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau) The ecology of raptors in pine plantations 🌲
🏅Winner of Best Publication by a New Researcher:
Manaia Pearmain-Fenton
Manaia Pearmain-Fenton, Ann-Kathrin V. Schlesselmann, Joanne M. Monks. (2024) Capturing the imminent extinction of a kakaruai/South Island robin population. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 48(1): 3571
Photo: Francesco Veronesi
Manaia Pearmain-Fenton
Manaia Pearmain-Fenton, Ann-Kathrin V. Schlesselmann, Joanne M. Monks. (2024) Capturing the imminent extinction of a kakaruai/South Island robin population. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 48(1): 3571
Photo: Francesco Veronesi
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🏅Winner of Best Publication by a New Researcher:
Manaia Pearmain-Fenton
Manaia Pearmain-Fenton, Ann-Kathrin V. Schlesselmann, Joanne M. Monks. (2024) Capturing the imminent extinction of a kakaruai/South Island robin population. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 48(1): 3571
Photo: Francesco Veronesi
Manaia Pearmain-Fenton
Manaia Pearmain-Fenton, Ann-Kathrin V. Schlesselmann, Joanne M. Monks. (2024) Capturing the imminent extinction of a kakaruai/South Island robin population. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 48(1): 3571
Photo: Francesco Veronesi
🏅Winner of Outstanding Publication on New Zealand Ecology:
Ni, S., McCulloch, G. A., Kroos, G. C., King, T. M., Dutoit, L., Foster, B. J., ... & Waters, J. M. (2024). Human-driven evolution of color in a stonefly mimic. Science, 386(6720), 453-458.
Photo: Graham McCulloch, Jon Waters.
Ni, S., McCulloch, G. A., Kroos, G. C., King, T. M., Dutoit, L., Foster, B. J., ... & Waters, J. M. (2024). Human-driven evolution of color in a stonefly mimic. Science, 386(6720), 453-458.
Photo: Graham McCulloch, Jon Waters.
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🏅Winner of Outstanding Publication on New Zealand Ecology:
Ni, S., McCulloch, G. A., Kroos, G. C., King, T. M., Dutoit, L., Foster, B. J., ... & Waters, J. M. (2024). Human-driven evolution of color in a stonefly mimic. Science, 386(6720), 453-458.
Photo: Graham McCulloch, Jon Waters.
Ni, S., McCulloch, G. A., Kroos, G. C., King, T. M., Dutoit, L., Foster, B. J., ... & Waters, J. M. (2024). Human-driven evolution of color in a stonefly mimic. Science, 386(6720), 453-458.
Photo: Graham McCulloch, Jon Waters.
🏅 A huge congratulations to all our winners from yesterday's NZ Ecological Society Awards 2025!
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
🏅 A huge congratulations to all our winners from yesterday's NZ Ecological Society Awards 2025!
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Dale pointed out that there are four key animal responses to fire
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Dale pointed out that there are four key animal responses to fire
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Josie Galbraith reflecting on her late Dad Mel's Ecology in Action legacy
@newzealandecology.bsky.social
Including a word cloud based on descriptions by friends, family and colleagues.
Generous, kind and ... mustache!
@newzealandecology.bsky.social
Including a word cloud based on descriptions by friends, family and colleagues.
Generous, kind and ... mustache!
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Josie Galbraith reflecting on her late Dad Mel's Ecology in Action legacy
@newzealandecology.bsky.social
Including a word cloud based on descriptions by friends, family and colleagues.
Generous, kind and ... mustache!
@newzealandecology.bsky.social
Including a word cloud based on descriptions by friends, family and colleagues.
Generous, kind and ... mustache!
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Next incredible speaker Josie Galbraith talking on her dad Mel Galbraith, a legendary ecologist who taught “by osmosis” with the “Mel effect” where you hadn’t realized you learnt something until you walked away. Glad his daughters are carrying his legacy @newzealandecology.bsky.social #nzes2025
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Next incredible speaker Josie Galbraith talking on her dad Mel Galbraith, a legendary ecologist who taught “by osmosis” with the “Mel effect” where you hadn’t realized you learnt something until you walked away. Glad his daughters are carrying his legacy @newzealandecology.bsky.social #nzes2025
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Te Tohu Taiao award for Ecological Excellence went to Andrew Jeffs of U Auckland
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November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Te Tohu Taiao award for Ecological Excellence went to Andrew Jeffs of U Auckland
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@newzealandecology.bsky.social
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Sian Crowley accepting her Ecology in Action award @newzealandecology.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Sian Crowley accepting her Ecology in Action award @newzealandecology.bsky.social
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Sarah Wyse, Editor of the NZ Journal of Ecology, awarding the best student paper in the journal
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@newzealandecology.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Sarah Wyse, Editor of the NZ Journal of Ecology, awarding the best student paper in the journal
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@newzealandecology.bsky.social
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Barlow Scholarship award @newzealandecology.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Barlow Scholarship award @newzealandecology.bsky.social
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Brendan Dunphy kicks off the #Auckland @newzealandecology.bsky.social mini conference with an eye-opening talk on what studying seabirds are telling us about our marine and terrestrial ecosystems both locally and globally #nzes2025
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Brendan Dunphy kicks off the #Auckland @newzealandecology.bsky.social mini conference with an eye-opening talk on what studying seabirds are telling us about our marine and terrestrial ecosystems both locally and globally #nzes2025
📢 Tomorrow is the day! The New Zealand Ecological Society Virtual Event for 2025 is shaping up to be a great one.
For interesting speakers, on topics from fire to trail cams and solar farms, a student plenary, and the award presentations, don't miss it!
For interesting speakers, on topics from fire to trail cams and solar farms, a student plenary, and the award presentations, don't miss it!
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
📢 Tomorrow is the day! The New Zealand Ecological Society Virtual Event for 2025 is shaping up to be a great one.
For interesting speakers, on topics from fire to trail cams and solar farms, a student plenary, and the award presentations, don't miss it!
For interesting speakers, on topics from fire to trail cams and solar farms, a student plenary, and the award presentations, don't miss it!
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This is an interesting, complex interaction.
An *introduced* moth affects fruit characteristics, causing more animals to eat it. That could mean more seed dispersal, and it could also mean more seeds getting eaten and destroyed.
🪲🪳🌎🧪
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An *introduced* moth affects fruit characteristics, causing more animals to eat it. That could mean more seed dispersal, and it could also mean more seeds getting eaten and destroyed.
🪲🪳🌎🧪
fesummaries.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/b...
Bruised but popular: insect damage boosts fruit appeal in the Mediterranean dwarf palm
Raquel Muñoz-Gallego, Anna Traveset, Jose M. Fedriani This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Animals such as birds and mammals eat the fl…
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November 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is an interesting, complex interaction.
An *introduced* moth affects fruit characteristics, causing more animals to eat it. That could mean more seed dispersal, and it could also mean more seeds getting eaten and destroyed.
🪲🪳🌎🧪
fesummaries.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/b...
An *introduced* moth affects fruit characteristics, causing more animals to eat it. That could mean more seed dispersal, and it could also mean more seeds getting eaten and destroyed.
🪲🪳🌎🧪
fesummaries.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/b...
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How many pollinators can you fit in one photo? Found these two brown flower beetles mating next to flying ants and two foraging native bees (Hylaeus and Parasphecodes).
#nativebees #bees #entomology #pollinators #science🧪
#nativebees #bees #entomology #pollinators #science🧪
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
How many pollinators can you fit in one photo? Found these two brown flower beetles mating next to flying ants and two foraging native bees (Hylaeus and Parasphecodes).
#nativebees #bees #entomology #pollinators #science🧪
#nativebees #bees #entomology #pollinators #science🧪
Here's a fun ecological game! There's a plant one too for the botany fans 😀 🌱
Metazooa is a site with essentially a daily phylogeny game. Guess an animal from its' database, and it will draw a tree showing you the finest scale group that both your guess and the mystery animal are both in, and it'll update it from each additional guess.
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Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
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November 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Here's a fun ecological game! There's a plant one too for the botany fans 😀 🌱
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November 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Tree dieback diseases caused by #Phytophthora (and other #Oomycetes) have impacts that extend beyond the host species, affecting for instance, insect communities: ecosystem functions at risk!
#CommunityComposition
#CommunityEcology
#CommunityComposition
#CommunityEcology
📢 A new study in NZJE looks at the effects of kauri dieback on beetle communities
🪲 Reduced abundance and species richness of forest beetles associated with dieback of kauri (Agathis australis) trees due to Phytophthora agathidicida
🪲 Lead author: Carl Wardhaugh
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3618
🪲 Reduced abundance and species richness of forest beetles associated with dieback of kauri (Agathis australis) trees due to Phytophthora agathidicida
🪲 Lead author: Carl Wardhaugh
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3618
Reduced abundance and species richness of forest beetles associated with dieback of kauri (Agathis australis) trees due to Phytophthora agathidicida | NZES
newzealandecology.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Tree dieback diseases caused by #Phytophthora (and other #Oomycetes) have impacts that extend beyond the host species, affecting for instance, insect communities: ecosystem functions at risk!
#CommunityComposition
#CommunityEcology
#CommunityComposition
#CommunityEcology
📢 A new study in NZJE looks at the effects of kauri dieback on beetle communities
🪲 Reduced abundance and species richness of forest beetles associated with dieback of kauri (Agathis australis) trees due to Phytophthora agathidicida
🪲 Lead author: Carl Wardhaugh
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3618
🪲 Reduced abundance and species richness of forest beetles associated with dieback of kauri (Agathis australis) trees due to Phytophthora agathidicida
🪲 Lead author: Carl Wardhaugh
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3618
Reduced abundance and species richness of forest beetles associated with dieback of kauri (Agathis australis) trees due to Phytophthora agathidicida | NZES
newzealandecology.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
📢 A new study in NZJE looks at the effects of kauri dieback on beetle communities
🪲 Reduced abundance and species richness of forest beetles associated with dieback of kauri (Agathis australis) trees due to Phytophthora agathidicida
🪲 Lead author: Carl Wardhaugh
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3618
🪲 Reduced abundance and species richness of forest beetles associated with dieback of kauri (Agathis australis) trees due to Phytophthora agathidicida
🪲 Lead author: Carl Wardhaugh
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3618
📢 Check out the latest research in NZJE!
🪶 Testing the repellent efficacy of a newly stabilised formula of d-pulegone on wild kea to assess potential for use during aerial poisoning operations
🪶 Lead author: Laura Young
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3617
🪶 Testing the repellent efficacy of a newly stabilised formula of d-pulegone on wild kea to assess potential for use during aerial poisoning operations
🪶 Lead author: Laura Young
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3617
Testing the repellent efficacy of a newly stabilised formula of d-pulegone on wild kea to assess potential for use during aerial poisoning operations | NZES
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October 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📢 Check out the latest research in NZJE!
🪶 Testing the repellent efficacy of a newly stabilised formula of d-pulegone on wild kea to assess potential for use during aerial poisoning operations
🪶 Lead author: Laura Young
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3617
🪶 Testing the repellent efficacy of a newly stabilised formula of d-pulegone on wild kea to assess potential for use during aerial poisoning operations
🪶 Lead author: Laura Young
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3617
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The four horsemen of unaccepted taxonomic names! Leen Vandepitte presenting on "Integrating biodiversity data by name matching to shared reference lists" #LivingData2025
October 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The four horsemen of unaccepted taxonomic names! Leen Vandepitte presenting on "Integrating biodiversity data by name matching to shared reference lists" #LivingData2025
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my first story back as a freelancer is a fun one: a quick hit for @science.org about the electrostatic tricks that parasitic worms take to infect their hosts... featuring very cool videos! 🧪
Bull’s-eye! Static electricity pulls worm through air to its insect victim
Electrostatic charges may help roundworms infect a wide variety of hosts
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October 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
my first story back as a freelancer is a fun one: a quick hit for @science.org about the electrostatic tricks that parasitic worms take to infect their hosts... featuring very cool videos! 🧪