Fire and Wilding Conifers in New Zealand
Fire and Wilding Conifers in New Zealand
House on Pukaki Downs that avoided fire due to large, low-cut green lawn
Wilding conifers infest over 1.8 million hectares of New Zealand. The spread of these self-sown trees has a dire effect on natural ecosystems and creates severe implications for fire control.
Historically, New Zealand has had low wildfire frequencies. However, due to climate change, wildfires are becoming more rampant; and last year’s fires on the shores of Lake Ohau and Lake Pukaki were a sobering reminder of the devastation fire can cause.
Clean burn of wilding tree slash along the western shoreline of Lake Pukaki following the mechanical control of wilding trees in 2011
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I earned a PhD in Plant Ecology from the University of Basel (Switzerland) in late 2009 and stayed on for a 9-month postdoctoral stint. Following a two-year postdoctoral appointment at the University of Western Australia (2010 â 2012), I took on a full-time permanent position as quantitative ecologist/biostatistician at the New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion). In February 2017, I joined AUT as senior lecturer in ecology. Experience present Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Auckland University of Technology Education 2009 University of Basel, Switzerland, PhD Plant Ecology
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