Margaret Stanley
@ecostanley.bsky.social
Professor, University of Auckland: urban ecology, conservation, invasive species. Mum to 2 teenagers. Nature fan. She/her. Aotearoa - New Zealand.
UOA profile: https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/mc-stanley
UOA profile: https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/mc-stanley
Thanks to @royalsocietynz.bsky.social for awarding me the Callaghan medal for Science Communication. Thanks to my many supporters, NZ communities for being curious, & the many people in various agencies who really do want to use evidence in decision-making. This is critical now, more than ever. 🌐🌏🧪
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Thanks to @royalsocietynz.bsky.social for awarding me the Callaghan medal for Science Communication. Thanks to my many supporters, NZ communities for being curious, & the many people in various agencies who really do want to use evidence in decision-making. This is critical now, more than ever. 🌐🌏🧪
Fantastic talk by the fabulous @dianaborse.bsky.social on her @aucklanduni.bsky.social PhD research about co-occurring weeds at #EMAPI2025 ecology & management of weeds conference. #weeds #invasive
September 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Fantastic talk by the fabulous @dianaborse.bsky.social on her @aucklanduni.bsky.social PhD research about co-occurring weeds at #EMAPI2025 ecology & management of weeds conference. #weeds #invasive
40% of food produced in the world is never eaten. Shocking statistics - how can we reduce food waste? Great @aucklanduni.bsky.social 3MT talk on developing improved processes for cafes & restaurants.
August 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
40% of food produced in the world is never eaten. Shocking statistics - how can we reduce food waste? Great @aucklanduni.bsky.social 3MT talk on developing improved processes for cafes & restaurants.
Some brilliant @aucklanduni.bsky.social #3MT talks tonight! Incredibly talented communicators! Making research accessible!
August 8, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Some brilliant @aucklanduni.bsky.social #3MT talks tonight! Incredibly talented communicators! Making research accessible!
Dr Helen Nathan & team want to hear from Māori aged 16 and up! Do you see ngēru as cuddly companions (hoa maimoa), mischievous troublemakers (poti nanakia), or a bit of both?
Take our survey 👉 Click here to start the survey lnkd.in/gBY3-yNg
Let’s talk cats! Kōrero mai mō ngā ngēru! 🐱✨
Take our survey 👉 Click here to start the survey lnkd.in/gBY3-yNg
Let’s talk cats! Kōrero mai mō ngā ngēru! 🐱✨
June 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Dr Helen Nathan & team want to hear from Māori aged 16 and up! Do you see ngēru as cuddly companions (hoa maimoa), mischievous troublemakers (poti nanakia), or a bit of both?
Take our survey 👉 Click here to start the survey lnkd.in/gBY3-yNg
Let’s talk cats! Kōrero mai mō ngā ngēru! 🐱✨
Take our survey 👉 Click here to start the survey lnkd.in/gBY3-yNg
Let’s talk cats! Kōrero mai mō ngā ngēru! 🐱✨
Checked out the roof expts the engineering dept is running @aucklanduni.bsky.social! These are exptl units replicate the Akl Library greenroof - measuring water retention, temp, etc & effectiveness of diff. media. Impressed by the native plant selection- we’re keen to measure pollinators! 🌏🧪
June 17, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Checked out the roof expts the engineering dept is running @aucklanduni.bsky.social! These are exptl units replicate the Akl Library greenroof - measuring water retention, temp, etc & effectiveness of diff. media. Impressed by the native plant selection- we’re keen to measure pollinators! 🌏🧪
Super cool to see the science Faculty’s 3MT competition. Winners included writing & reading sign language, developing feral cat lures (our own Georgia Pringle!), privacy curriculum development for computer science students & methods for getting DNA off hair without roots. @aucklanduni.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Super cool to see the science Faculty’s 3MT competition. Winners included writing & reading sign language, developing feral cat lures (our own Georgia Pringle!), privacy curriculum development for computer science students & methods for getting DNA off hair without roots. @aucklanduni.bsky.social
Friends of Oakley creek are 20 years old!! Amazing mahi to restore an incredible urban biodiversity hotspot! I had the privilege of speaking!
June 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Friends of Oakley creek are 20 years old!! Amazing mahi to restore an incredible urban biodiversity hotspot! I had the privilege of speaking!
I gave the Banks Lecture for the RNZIH - on how plants are important connectors for people & wildlife. And a plug for all the co-benefits using native plant species can give us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpfO... 🌏🧪#Aotearoa #urbanecology
June 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I gave the Banks Lecture for the RNZIH - on how plants are important connectors for people & wildlife. And a plug for all the co-benefits using native plant species can give us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpfO... 🌏🧪#Aotearoa #urbanecology
There are fab opportunities for biodiversity monitoring using robotic & autonomous systems (RAS) - but it doesn't come without hefty challenges! Really enjoyed thrashing out ideas with researchers working in vastly different systems globally 🌏🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02704-9
May 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
There are fab opportunities for biodiversity monitoring using robotic & autonomous systems (RAS) - but it doesn't come without hefty challenges! Really enjoyed thrashing out ideas with researchers working in vastly different systems globally 🌏🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02704-9
FULLY-FUNDED NZ PhD @aucklanduni.bsky.social on role of bird dispersal in weed spread from residential gardens. Great team working on understanding emerging weeds & prevention. Closes 30th April. Full details: stanleylab.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/opportunities/ Funding: Bioprotection Aotearoa 🌏🧪🌱
March 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
FULLY-FUNDED NZ PhD @aucklanduni.bsky.social on role of bird dispersal in weed spread from residential gardens. Great team working on understanding emerging weeds & prevention. Closes 30th April. Full details: stanleylab.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/opportunities/ Funding: Bioprotection Aotearoa 🌏🧪🌱
Just what I needed today! A day in the forest with our 3rd year ecology students - plenty of fruit (Dianella, Coprosma) and podacarp seedlings. Wonderful to get the time to get to know our enthusiastic & curious students while teaching them ecological skills & plant ID. 🌏🧪#biosci394 #forestecology
March 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Just what I needed today! A day in the forest with our 3rd year ecology students - plenty of fruit (Dianella, Coprosma) and podacarp seedlings. Wonderful to get the time to get to know our enthusiastic & curious students while teaching them ecological skills & plant ID. 🌏🧪#biosci394 #forestecology
If you need a positive action for today - have you thought about donating to Rainbow youth? ry.org.nz Or buying a decal for your door or window? www.humbleandgrand.co.nz/products/dec...
February 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
If you need a positive action for today - have you thought about donating to Rainbow youth? ry.org.nz Or buying a decal for your door or window? www.humbleandgrand.co.nz/products/dec...
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! So proud of these amazing women who I've worked with during their PhD & MSc research - all of whom are contributing to #Aotearoa and the world in amazing ways #WomenInScience #ecology
February 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! So proud of these amazing women who I've worked with during their PhD & MSc research - all of whom are contributing to #Aotearoa and the world in amazing ways #WomenInScience #ecology
More introduced plant species on schoolgrounds in Auckland than native species. doi.org/10.1016/j.uf...
Native species add biodiversity & cultural co-benefits than introduced species don't add. Use local species!! 🌏🧪https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-664X/ad3f22/meta
Native species add biodiversity & cultural co-benefits than introduced species don't add. Use local species!! 🌏🧪https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-664X/ad3f22/meta
February 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
More introduced plant species on schoolgrounds in Auckland than native species. doi.org/10.1016/j.uf...
Native species add biodiversity & cultural co-benefits than introduced species don't add. Use local species!! 🌏🧪https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-664X/ad3f22/meta
Native species add biodiversity & cultural co-benefits than introduced species don't add. Use local species!! 🌏🧪https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-664X/ad3f22/meta
In our new paper on vegetation on schoolgrounds we found that every school had at least 1 plant species that could be incorporated into cultural learning around weaving practices - the opportunity exists for school & whānau. 🌏🧪https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128544
February 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
In our new paper on vegetation on schoolgrounds we found that every school had at least 1 plant species that could be incorporated into cultural learning around weaving practices - the opportunity exists for school & whānau. 🌏🧪https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128544
More sportsfields at school = less trees. Make our urban spaces multifunctional - we can have trees around the edge of sportsfields for shade & biodiversity without compromising play. More in our paper on vegetation on school grounds @aucklanduni.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪🌏
January 31, 2025 at 2:47 AM
More sportsfields at school = less trees. Make our urban spaces multifunctional - we can have trees around the edge of sportsfields for shade & biodiversity without compromising play. More in our paper on vegetation on school grounds @aucklanduni.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪🌏
Really important read about the extinction of experience among ecologists - and the barriers to doing fieldwork - both in teaching & research. @kevinjgaston.bsky.social Likely to hinder our efforts to address the biodiversity crisis doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 🌏🧪
January 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Really important read about the extinction of experience among ecologists - and the barriers to doing fieldwork - both in teaching & research. @kevinjgaston.bsky.social Likely to hinder our efforts to address the biodiversity crisis doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 🌏🧪
Interesting that the issues faced by ecologists at universities in the UK are very similar to Aotearoa NZ #theniche @britishecolsoc.bsky.social
December 15, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Interesting that the issues faced by ecologists at universities in the UK are very similar to Aotearoa NZ #theniche @britishecolsoc.bsky.social
Advertising for an MSc student to work on a feral cat management project - stipend + domestic fees for research year. @aucklanduni.bsky.social Working with different iwi & community partners. More details here: stanleylab.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/opportunities/
December 12, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Advertising for an MSc student to work on a feral cat management project - stipend + domestic fees for research year. @aucklanduni.bsky.social Working with different iwi & community partners. More details here: stanleylab.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/opportunities/
Given how dreadful the news seems to be... loved the blueskyroast.com - made me laugh - particularly my red & green flags on the dating edition - pretty spot on!
December 4, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Given how dreadful the news seems to be... loved the blueskyroast.com - made me laugh - particularly my red & green flags on the dating edition - pretty spot on!
Check out the ‘Our Voices’ exhibit at the @aucklandmuseum.bsky.social - teens in #GrowingupInNewZealand longitudinal study tell us about their aspirations, concerns & experiences - stand on the coloured circles to see their words & hear the recordings - incredible rangatahi @aucklanduni.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Check out the ‘Our Voices’ exhibit at the @aucklandmuseum.bsky.social - teens in #GrowingupInNewZealand longitudinal study tell us about their aspirations, concerns & experiences - stand on the coloured circles to see their words & hear the recordings - incredible rangatahi @aucklanduni.bsky.social
Marie McEntee talks about purposeful games in participatory approaches to engaging the public in contentious issues such as gene tech in conservation #NZES2024
November 27, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Marie McEntee talks about purposeful games in participatory approaches to engaging the public in contentious issues such as gene tech in conservation #NZES2024
Powerful talk by Ora Barlow & Wiremu Wharepapa about how they achieved a 1080 drop in the Raukumara ranges to save the whenua - 8 years of taking hapū on hikoi - once you see it you can’t unsee it #NZES2024
November 27, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Powerful talk by Ora Barlow & Wiremu Wharepapa about how they achieved a 1080 drop in the Raukumara ranges to save the whenua - 8 years of taking hapū on hikoi - once you see it you can’t unsee it #NZES2024