Natalie Forsdick

Research Interests:

Conservation genetics/genomics

Population genetics/genomics

Genome sequencing and assembly

Data management practice

Aotearoa New Zealand birds

Current Projects:

Genome sequencing and assembly for Giant Wētā (Deinacrida heteracantha), Kakī (Himantopus novaezelandiae), rātā Moehau (Metrosideros bartlettii) and Huhu (Prionoplus reticularis)

Population genomics of the critically endangered Whenua Hou Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides whenuahouensis)

Conservation genomics of Mahoenui Giant Wētā (Deinacrida mahoenui)

Comparative genomics of nectar-inhabiting yeasts (Metschnikowia spp.)

Recent Publications:

Steeves TE. 2023. Molecular Ecology Resources. Journeying towards best practice data management in biodiversity genomics. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13880. * Co-first authors.

NJ, Maitland M, Makan T, Martini D, Parlato E, Richardson K, Stone Z, Armstrong DP. 2023. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. Conservation translocations of fauna in Aotearoa New Zealand: a review. DOI: 10.20417/nzjecol.47.3561.

Forsdick NJ, Adams CIM, Alexander A, Clark AC, Collier-Robinson L, Cubrinovska I, Croll Dowgray M, Dowle EJ, Duntsch L, Galla SJ, Howell L, Magid M, Rayne A, Verry AJF, Wold of Conservation, Wellington.  57 p. Current applications and future promise of genetic/genomic data for conservation in an  Aotearoa New Zealand context. 

New Zealand, 5th Edition. Ornithological Society of New Zealand Occasional Publication No. 1. Wellington: Ornithological Society of New Zealand.

to the 2010 Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand. Ornithological Society of New Zealand Occasional Publication No. 2. Wellington: Ornithological Society of New Zealand.

Forsdick NJ, Martini D, Brown L, Maloney RJ, Steeves TE, Knapp M. 2021. Genomic sequencing confirms absence of introgression despite past hybridisation between a common and a critically endangered bird. Global Ecology and Conservation. DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01681.

Forsdick NJ, Cubrinovska I, Massaro M, Hale ML. 2021. Microsatellite genotyping detects extra-pair paternity in the Chatham Island black robin, a highly inbred, socially monogamous passerine. Emu – Austral Ornithology. DOI: 10.1080/01584197.2020.1812406.

Jarvis RM, Borrelle SB, Forsdick NJ, Pérez-Hammerle KV, Dubois NS, Griffin S, Recalde- Salas A, Buschke F, Rose DC, Archibald CL, Gallo J, Mair L, Kadykalo AN, Shanahan D, Prohaska BK. 2020. Navigating spaces between conservation research and practice: are we making progress? Ecological Solutions and Evidence 1:e12028. DOI: 10.1002/2688-8319.12028.