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    1000th hihi hatched at ZEALANDIA

    by Neil Anderson February 6, 2019, 11:43 PM 0 Comments

    Hihi were first introduced into Zealandia in 2005 with 60 birds translocated from Tiri Tiri Matangi Island. Since then they have bred successfully every year and this week the 1000th hihi hatched at Zealandia was issued with its unique combination of coloured leg bands. The hihi/stitchbird is a small forest-dwelling passerine endemic to New Zealand. […]

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    'Eavesdropping' technology used to protect one of New Zealand's rarest birds

    by Dr John Ewen February 6, 2019, 11:36 PM 0 Comments

    5th February 2019 The hihi team pioneer new method of monitoring hihi reintroductions by listening in on bird ‘conversations’ Remote recording devices used to ‘eavesdrop’ on a reintroduced population of one of New Zealand’s rarest birds have been heralded as a breakthrough for conservation. Scientists from ZSL, Imperial College London and conservationists from the Rotokare […]

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    Tagged with: Conservation Management, Emma Williams, J. Marcus Rowcliffe, John Ewen, Mhairi McCready, Oliver Metcalf, Rotokare

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    The Great Hihi Sperm Race

    by Dr John Ewen March 26, 2018, 5:08 PM 0 Comments

    ‘SPERM RACE’ HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF NATIVE NEW ZEALAND BIRD Saving one of New Zealand’s vulnerable birds could come down to the speed of its sperm. Scientists working to save the hihi – or stitchbird -have devised a global competition for punters to guess which bird has the fastest little swimmers and raise money for hihi […]

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    Older and wiser? Age differences in foraging and learning by an endangered passerine

    by Dr John Ewen February 22, 2018, 3:02 AM 0 Comments

    Older and wiser? Age differences in foraging and learning by an endangered passerine   Published in: Behavioural Processes Authors: Victoria R. Franks & Rose Thorogood Abstract: Birds use cues when foraging to help relocate food resources, but natural environments provide many potential cues and choosing which to use may depend on previous experience. Young animals […]

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    Tagged with: Rose Thorogood, Victoria Franks, Zealandia

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    Older and wiser? Age differences in foraging and learning by an endangered passerine

    by Victoria Franks February 22, 2018, 2:29 AM 0 Comments

    Older and wiser? Age differences in foraging and learning by an endangered passerine   Published in: Behavioural Processes Authors: Victoria R. Franks & Rose Thorogood Abstract: Birds use cues when foraging to help relocate food resources, but natural environments provide many potential cues and choosing which to use may depend on previous experience. Young animals […]

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    Tagged with: Rose Thorogood, Victoria Franks, Zealandia

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    Animals: tamed, exploited and resurrected

    by Dr John Ewen November 9, 2017, 3:09 AM 0 Comments

    Listen here: BBC Radio 4 – Start the Week Amol Rajan discusses the uneasy interaction between the animal kingdom and humans. The anthropologist Alice Roberts looks back to the moment hunter-gatherers changed their relationship with other species and began to tame them, paving the way for our civilisation. Gaia Vince visits the Pacific Coast of Costa […]

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    Is individual variation relevant to population dynamics?

    by Dr John Ewen November 9, 2017, 3:02 AM 0 Comments

    Marsden Fund Success! What is the optimal level of complexity to consider when predicting population dynamics? The conventional wisdom is to keep models as simple as possible. However, the recent explosion of research on individual variation in animal personalities and life history traits is increasing our capacity to generate complex individual-based models of population dynamics. […]

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    Tagged with: Doug Armstrong, John Ewen, Kevin Parker

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    Animals: tamed, exploited and resurrected

    by Dr John Ewen November 9, 2017, 1:13 AM 0 Comments

     Listen here: BBC Radio 4 – Start the Week Amol Rajan discusses the uneasy interaction between the animal kingdom and humans. The anthropologist Alice Roberts looks back to the moment hunter-gatherers changed their relationship with other species and began to tame them, paving the way for our civilisation. Gaia Vince visits the Pacific Coast of Costa […]

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    Post-release effects in reintroduced populations

    by Dr John Ewen November 9, 2017, 12:58 AM 0 Comments

    Published in: Biological Conservation Authors: Doug Armstrong (1), Christie Le Coeur (2), Joanne M. Thorne (1), Julia Panfylova (1), Tim G. Lovegrove (3), Peter G.H. Frost (4) and John G. Ewen (5) (1) Wildlife Ecology Group, Massey University, PB 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand (2) Centre d’Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, Sorbonne Universités, MNHN, CNRS, UPMC, Paris, France (3) Auckland […]

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    Tagged with: Bushy Park, Doug Armstrong, John Ewen, Peter Frost, Tiritiri Matangi

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    New hihi colony established at Rotokare in Taranaki

    by Dr John Ewen June 7, 2017, 11:59 PM 0 Comments

    One of New Zealand’s rarest bush birds, the hihi or stitchbird, has returned to Taranaki after 130 years. Forty hihi were released into the bush at Rotokare Scenic Reserve near Eltham on Sunday, sanctuary manager Simon Collins said. The birds, 20 males and 20 females, were translocated from Tiritiri Matangi in the Hauraki Gulf. Full article […]

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    Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals

    by Dr John Ewen May 28, 2022 0 Comments

    Published in: Science Authors: Bonnet et al (there are 40!) Abstract: The rate of adaptive evolution, the contribution of selection to genetic changes that increase mean fitness, is determined by the additive genetic variance in individual relative fitness. To date, there are few robust estimates of this parameter for natural populations, and it is therefore […]

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