Approximately half of the avifauna of New Zealand has been driven to extinction following the arrival of humans. Most of what remains is restricted to predator-free offshore islands.
Although once forested, the dry lowland regions of eastern New Zealand are now largely devoid of native woody vegetation and dominated by anthropogenic land-use.
New Zealand has an expanding eucalypt forestry industry with a focus on sustainable production of naturally durable timber that does not require chemical treatment for in-ground use.
Background. This CASE studentship will apply evolutionary genomic approaches to understand environmental adaptation in the Caribbean harmful bloom-forming macroalgae, Sargassum natans.
The OIST Graduate University offers an individualized PhD program providing a secure foundation in the fundamentals of your field, with unparalleled opportunities for cross-disciplinary research.
The ability of males to adjust offspring sex ratios has traditionally been dismissed on the assumption that their contribution is genetically determined during meiosis and therefore not under adaptive control.
Understanding outcomes across and beyond childhood. A longitudinal follow-up of children from infancy to early adulthood first registered in the Congenital Heart Disease Intervention Programme (CHIP).
