Datasets
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Data from: Environmental drivers of spatial variation in myrtle rust...
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchData to support the publication: McCarthy, J.K., Bellingham, P.J., Jo, I., Grelet, G-A., Bartlett, M., Buxton, R.P., Fergus, A., Fraser, S., Peace, J., Probst, C.M., Padamsee, M., 2025. Environmental drivers of spatial variation in myrtle rust development on a critically endangered tree species. Biological Conservation 301, 110902....Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Natal soil shifts gut microbiome of Okarito kiwi
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchCaptive-rearing programmes for endangered birds, such as those in place for kiwi conservation in Aotearoa-New Zealand, can unintentionally deprive the birds access to a microbially-diverse and 'natural' developmental environment i.e., their natal rohe (territory). These programmes introduce external variables such as increased exposure to diseases,...Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Flora of Niue: supplementary notes
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchNotes on the flora of Niue by WR Sykes that are additional updates to the nomenclature and taxonomy used in Contributions to the flora of Niue published by WR Sykes in 1970.Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Lincoln long term ecology grassland management
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchData from the PhD study by Andrea Simpson (nee Leptin) to investigate the long term effects of biomass retention or removal on soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics. The data are used in Andrea's PhD thesisCreated 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Data from: Tree demographic drivers across temperate rain forests, after...
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchDiverse drivers such as climate, soil fertility, neighborhood competition, and functional traits all contribute to variation in tree stem demographic rates. However, these demographic drivers operate at different scales, making it difficult to compare the relative importance of each driver on tree demography. Using c. 20,000 stem records from New...Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Site records survey of Nettles (Urtica, Parietaria) and Admiral butterflies (Vanessa)
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchData collected in repeat visits to 68 sites containing nettle species to assess nettle foliage available and the relative density of juvenile stages of Vanessa hosted. Nelson - Tasman region.Created 1 February 2024 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Naturally regenerating vs. planted manuka forest restoration
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchData and code relating to the paper: Do forest restoration strategies impact ecosystem functions and trajectory? – a case-study in Aotearoa – New Zealand. Specifically, multi-kingdom soil biodiversity data, soil chemistry data, and sample metadata, from naturally regenerating and planted manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) plots at two sites.Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Moth pollen load and experimental exclusion data
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchData for the Nocturnal Moth Pollination in Subalpine New Zealand: Insights from pollen load and exclusion experiments manuscriptCreated 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
State of NZ Garden Birds 2023 | Reports
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchBirds act as 'backyard barometers' - telling us about the health of the environment we live in. They are signalling significant changes in our environment over the past 10- and 5-year periods. We should be listening. Using cutting-edge techniques, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research has distilled a substantial information base - bird counts gathered by New...Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Template for mapping wetlands under the NPS Freshwater Management 2020
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe attached GDB has a layer that is designed to open in ArcGIS Pro, as it offers multi-choice functionality. See the Bartlam and Burge (2024) report for a full explanation, and attached docx table for an explanation of each field, taken from the report.Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Wetland mapping resources
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchResources to assist Regional Councils with mapping wetlands to 0.05 hectares as required by the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management. Please cite the individual resources if you are using them; this is just an online collection for those resources. The resources are three reports (Bartlam and Burge 2024; Burge and Bartlam 2024; Martin et al...Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Helotiales on Elaeocarpus leaves
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchSummary of the species of Helotiales (Leotiomycetes, the inoperculate discomycetes) found on Elaeocarpus leaves in New Zealand, together with an identification key, brief descriptions, phylogeny, and citations of fungarium specimens, cultures, and GenBank accessionsCreated 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Checklist of the New Zealand flora - ferns and lycophytes (2024)
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchChecklist of the Names in the Allan Herbarium names database for ferns and lycophytesCreated 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Checklist of the New Zealand flora - hornworts, liverworts and mosses (2024)
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchChecklist of the Names in the Allan Herbarium names database for hornworts, liverworts and mossesCreated 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Native and non-native plant richness and cover per indigenous forest types 2009-14
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchTables supporting the analysis in manuscript named: Low richness of non-native plants in New Zealand indigenous forests may not reflect low impact. The table was generated by combining information from the National Vegetation Survey (LUCAS Vascular Recce 2009-14), the national vegetation classification of the LUCAS natural forest plots (Wiser, 2016) and...Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
core_weathering_wsa
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Researchchemical data: core and solutes submission to journal in reviewCreated 1 February 2024 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Checklist of the New Zealand flora - Vascular with NVS (2024)
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchChecklist of the Names in the Allan Herbarium names database for Vascular with NVSCreated 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Pacific islands GIS data
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchLocations and outlines of the islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. Methods are fully described in the following open access paper: Etherington TR, Dawson M, Sutherland A, McCarthy J 2025. Open data for biogeography research of the genus Metrosideros across the south-central Pacific region. Pacific Conservation Biology 31(2): PC24075....Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Ground-measured albedo data for New Zealand snow including Australian dust and algae
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchAn ASD Fieldspec 4 Hi-Res spectroradiometer was used to collect spectra from snow in Aotearoa New Zealand. The data are grouped into three different instances. 1. Tasman 1 - these data were collected from Tasman Saddle in February 2022. They represent an experiment in which Australian dust (collected from New Zealand glacier accumulation areas in February...Created 23 April 2025 • Updated 23 April 2025 -
Rat Population Parameter Data Sources
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchResult of PRJ3132 FY23 SSIF Rat Database. This project aimed to compile a list of potential data sources for parameterising a rat population model. The focus was on density estimates (to be able to calculate rates of increase) and vital rates (breeding state, number off offspring per litter, survival/mortality), although a few trap-catch datasets snuck in...Created 1 February 2024 • Updated 23 April 2025