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I’m Helping
The great thing about publishing research is that you can help other people with their work. #proud #helping Thanks to the people who helped me. I wonder if this is…
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Knowledge, skills and enthusiasm gained by teaching and leading others
August 3, 2021 | By: Enviroschools Te Upoko te Ika a Māui A history of student leadership Whilst Korokoro School is relatively new to the Enviroschools kaupapa, they are a…
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Raising awareness of our native plants at Percy Scenic Reserve
Percy Scenic Reserve is playing a growing role in protecting New Zealand’s native plant species, and people from across the region can see how. The reserve is home to a…
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Bartlett’s rātā pollination at Percy Scenic Reserve
https://youtu.be/_fOqgfzEcPM
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Drone shows flowering on endangered tree
Council’s drones have once again proved valuable for the parks team, this time by being able to investigate whether an endangered species of tree in one of Lower Hutt’s reserves…
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Phylogeography of the endemic New Zealand tree Entelea arborescens (whau; Malvaceae)
By Lara D. Shepherd, Jonathan Frericks, Patrick J. Biggs, & Peter J. de Lange “Regardless of whether the southern populations derive from natural or human-mediated dispersal, they result from at…
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Illuminating the systematics of the Spiranthes sinensis species complex (Orchidaceae): ecological speciation with little morphological differentiation
By Matthew C. Pace, Giovanny Giraldo, Jonathan Frericks, Carlos A. Lehnebach, and Kenneth M Cameron. “...the most prudent taxonomic solution for this complex is the recognition of six species and…
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Phylogenetic affinities and in vitro seed germination of the threatened New Zealand orchid Spiranthes novae-zelandiae
By Jonathan Frericks, Andrew Munkacsi, Peter Ritchie, Yi-Bo Luo, and Carlos A. Lehnebach “Our experience with S. novae-zelandiae demonstrates that in vitro symbiotic seed germination is an extremely helpful tool…
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Five new species of Corybas endemic to New Zealand and phylogeny of the Nematoceras clade
By Carlos A. Lehnebach, Andreas J. Zeller, Jonathan Frericks & Peter Ritchie Five new species of Corybas endemic to New Zealand, C. confusus, C. obscurus, C. sanctigeorgianus, C. vitreus, and…
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Exploring symbiotic interactions in New Zealand terrestrial orchids to enable their conservation.
https://youtu.be/kMZfgnkqtUE