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Four students share their most interesting myrtle rust insights
Published 19 Dec 2023
Students make up a large part of the workforce in the myrtle rust research space in Aotearoa.
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/discover-our-research/biodiversity-biosecurity/ecosystem-resilience/beyond-myrtle-rust/news/four-students-share-their-most-interesting-myrtle-rust-insights/
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SINDI: Soil quality indicators
Updated 22 Feb 2023
SINDI (soil indicators) is a web-based tool designed to help you interpret the quality or health of a soil you have sampled.
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/tools-and-resources/databases/sindi-soil-quality-indicators/
Well-being Indicators Q&A (pdf)
Updated 16 Mar 2023
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/assets/Events/Link-series/Well-Being-Indicators_QA.pdf
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Explainer: Pressures opportunities land managers (pdf)
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Fauna of New Zealand 45: Nemonychidae, Belidae, Brentidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) (pdf)
Updated 16 Mar 2023
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/assets/Publications/Fauna-of-NZ-Series/FNZ45Belidae.pdf
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Trojan Female Pest Control. Dan Tompkins and Neil Gemmell (University of Otago), December 2103. (pdf)
Updated 16 Mar 2023
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/assets/Events/Link-series/Trojan_Female_Pest_Control.pdf
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Modelling complex eradication scenarios: predicting possum eradication success for Whakatipu Māhia – Predator Free Māhia
Published 8 May 2020
Predator Free 2050 has the goal of eradicating possums, rats, and mustelids from New Zealand by 2050.
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/publications/kararehe-kino/kararehe-kino-articles/modelling-complex-eradication-scenarios/
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ChooseYourWeaponCrossword (pdf)
Updated 16 Mar 2023
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/assets/Discover-Our-Research/Biosecurity/Biocontrol-ecology-of-weeds/2-Lessons-and-activities/ChooseYourWeaponCrossword.pdf
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The Story of Tūī | Ngā Kōrero O Te Tūī
Updated 9 Nov 2022
Did you know that kōkō is the traditional name for tūī? This name is still preferred by many native speakers.
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/tools-and-resources/education/the-story-of-tui/
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Te reo o te repo: The voice of the wetland
Updated 20 Oct 2021
Te Reo o Te Repo – the Voice of the Wetland is an online wetland handbook created collaboratively between the Waikato Raupatu River Trust and Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, and funded…
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Brushtail possum
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: hair from adult carcass
Updated 17 Nov 2020
This factsheet assists in the identification of sample hairs from a brushtail possum adult carcass.
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/tools-and-resources/identification/hair-sample-identification-and-factsheets/hair-from-animal-or-animal-skin/brushtail-possum-adult-carcass/
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Known problems
Updated 21 Feb 2023
A small list of issues one should be aware of when using the LRIS Portal.
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/tools-and-resources/databases/lris-portal-support-and-guides/known-problems/
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87 Gordon Responding to the research challenge 2009 (pdf)
Updated 16 Mar 2023
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/assets/researchpubs/87_Gordon_Responding_to_the_research_challenge_2009.pdf
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Puriri moth caterpillar
Updated 18 Sep 2020
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/tools-and-resources/identification/what-is-this-bug/puriri-moth-caterpillar/
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Updated 23 Aug 2023
The Soil Physics Laboratories are operated by our soils teams based at Palmerston North and Hamilton.
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/partner-with-us/laboratories-and-diagnostics/soil-physics-laboratory/
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Mist Flower Gall Fly (pdf)
Updated 16 Mar 2023
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/assets/Discover-Our-Research/Biosecurity/Biocontrol-ecology-of-weeds/1-Control-of-weeds-book/Mist_Flower_Gall_Fly.pdf
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darwins barberry seed weevil (pdf)
Updated 16 Mar 2023
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/assets/Discover-Our-Research/Biosecurity/Biocontrol-ecology-of-weeds/2022/darwins_barberry_seed_weevil.pdf
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