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Sara Kross
Sep 30, 20232 min read
PhD position- Effects of birds in vineyards and arable farms (now filled)
We are recruiting for a PhD student to join the lab by March 2024. Birds provide valuable pest-control services for farms, but sometimes...
Sara Kross
May 10, 20231 min read
Course-based biodiversity monitoring at Te Kaio
Sara co-led a 3rd year ecology course this term at the University of Canterbury that included a multi-day field trip focused on...
Sara Kross
May 10, 20231 min read
Welcome Kelly!
Kelly Herrmann is working on her masters research to understand the impact of visitors affect the behaviour of non-human primates in...
Sara Kross
Feb 27, 20231 min read
Fully funded PhD position in habitat connectivity (now filled)
Want to join the team? We have an fully-funded scholarship for a student to undertake doctoral research investigating the role of linear...
Sara Kross
Nov 25, 20221 min read
Duck, duck, goose!
Eric Schertler is back in the field again this winter- working to monitor the overwintering communities of waterfowl on ponds and small...
Sara Kross
Oct 1, 20221 min read
Welcome Fergus!
Fergus Lowen is working on his masters research to study habitat use of farmland birds on the Canterbury Plains during the breeding...
Sara Kross
Sep 22, 20221 min read
In the news: Our work on wildlife in NYC
Our work on understanding wildlife ecology in NYC was covered by Kevin Krajick in the State of the Planet Blog. "Scientists Are Mapping...
Sara Kross
Sep 12, 20221 min read
NYC Wildlife transect featured in State of the Planet
Myles Davis and Laura Plimpton have been busy in the field this summer- monitoring wildlife across the city (Myles) and tracking raccoons...
Sara Kross
Sep 1, 20221 min read
Kia ora! We've moved to Aotearoa | New Zealand
We've moved to the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. The campus is beautiful, the people here are lovely, and Sara...
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