Publications

If you are unable to obtain full access to any of the following articles, please send us an email to request a copy (peoplecitiesnature@gmail.com). In date order:

Pedersen Zari, M; Mackinnon, M; Varshney, K; Bakshi, N. 2022. Regenerative living cities and the urban climate–biodiversity–wellbeing nexus
In: Nature Climate Change. Online https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01390-w

Wallace, K.J.; Clarkson, B.D.; Farnworth, B. Restoration Trajectories and Ecological Thresholds during Planted Urban Forest Successional Development. Forests 2022, 13, 199. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13020199.

Orlando, L.F.; DePinto, A.J.; Wallace, K.J. Ecohealth Villages: A Framework for an Ecosystem Approach to Health in Human Settlements. Sustainability 2022, 14, 7053. https://doi.org/10.3390/ su14127053.

Robinson, J.; Breed, A.; Camargo, A.; Redvers, N.; Breed, M. Biodiversity and Human Health: A Scoping Review and Case Studies on Underrepresented Linkages. Preprints 2022, 2022100275 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202210.0275.v1).

Lepczyk, C.A., Duffy, D.C., Bird, D.M. et al. A science-based policy for managing free-roaming cats. Biol Invasions 24, 3693–3701 (2022).

Daria A. Erastova, Kristal E. Cain, Josie A. Galbraith, Yolanda van Heezik & Margaret C. Stanley (2022) Season and sugar concentration affect bird behaviour at urban sugar-water feeders, Emu - Austral Ornithology.

Miller KF, Wilson DJ, Hartley S, Innes JG, Fitzgerald NB, Miller P, van Heezik Y. Invasive Urban Mammalian Predators: Distribution and Multi-Scale Habitat Selection. Biology. 2022; 11(10):1527.

Mackenzie, H.R., Latham, M.C., Anderson, D.P. et al. Detection parameters for managing invasive rats in urban environments. Sci Rep 12, 16520 (2022).

van Heezik, Y., Freeman, C., Falloon, A., Buttery, Y., & Heyzer, A. 2021. Relationships between childhood experience of nature and green/blue space use, landscape preferences, connection with nature and pro-environmental behavior. Landscape and Urban Planning 213.

Busbridge, S., Clarkson, B.D., Wallace, K.J. 2021. A tenuous link: information transfer between urban ecological research and restoration practice. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 60.

Lennon, O., Wittmer, H.U., Nelson, N.J. 2021. Modelling three‐dimensional space to design prey refuges using video game software. Ecosphere 12(1).

Bradbury, K., Wallace, K.J., Cross, A.T., Flies, E.J., Witehira, C., Keesing, A., Dudley, T., Breed, M.F., Howling, G., Weinstein, P., & Aronson, J. 2021. Four Islands EcoHealth Network: An Australasian initiative building synergies between the restoration of ecosystems and human health. Restoration Ecology 29(4).

Breed, M.F., Cross, A.T., Wallace, K., Bradby, K., Flies, E., Goodwin, N., Jones, M., Orlando, L., Skelly, C., Weinstein, P., & Aronson, J. 2020. Ecosystem Restoration: A Public Health Intervention. EcoHealth. Spinoff commentary: https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/30-06-2020/could-nature-really-be-the-best-medicine/

van Heezik, Y., Freeman, C., Davidson, K., & Lewis, B. 2020. Uptake and engagement of activities to promote native species in private gardens. Environmental Management 66: 42-55.

Freeman, C., Buttery, Y., & van Heezik, Y. 2020. Complexity and flexibility: Interviews with three-generation families in their homes. Qualitative Research. Advance online publication.

Walker, E.T., Wehi, P.M., Nelson, N.J., Beggs, J.R., & Whaanga, H. 2019. Kaitiakitanga, place and the urban restoration agenda. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 43(3): 1-8.

Woolley, C.K., Hartley, S., Hitchmough, R.A., Innes, J.G., van Heezik, Y., Wilson, D.J., & Nelson, N.J. 2019. Reviewing the past, present and potential lizard faunas of New Zealand cities. Landscape and Urban Planning 192: 103647.

Wallace, K.J., Clarkson, B.D. 2019. Urban forest restoration ecology: a review from Hamilton, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 49(3): 347-369.

Wallace, K.J., Laughlin, D.C., Clarkson, B.D. & Schipper, L.A. 2018. Forest canopy restoration has indirect effects on litter decomposition and no effect on denitrification. Ecosphere 9(12): 1-14.

Anton, V., Hartley, S. & Wittmer, H.U. 2018. Evaluation of remote cameras for monitoring multiple invasive mammals in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 42: 74-79.

Anton, V., Hartley, S., Geldenhuis, A. & Wittmer, H.U. 2018. Monitoring the mammalian fauna of urban areas using remote cameras and citizen science. Journal of Urban Ecology 4:1.

Wallace, K.J., Laughlin, D.C. & Clarkson, B.D. 2017. Exotic weeds and fluctuating microclimate can constrain native plant regeneration in urban forest restoration. Ecological Applications 27(4): 1268-1279.

Clarkson, B.D. & Kirby, C.L. 2016. Ecological restoration in urban environments in New Zealand. Ecological Management & Restoration 17(3): 180-190. An update, 2019: Ecological restoration in urban environments in New Zealand – UPDATE of EMR feature.

Towns, D.R., Miller, K.A., Nelson, N.J. & Chapple, D.G. 2016. Can translocations to islands reduce extinction risk for reptiles? Case studies from New Zealand. Biological Conservation 204(A): 120–127.

Books

Freeman, C. & van Heezik, Y. 2018. Children, Nature and Cities: Rethinking the Connections. Routledge, 318 pages.

Policy Reports

Clarkson, B.D., Kirby, C.L. & Wallace, K.J. 2018. Restoration targets for biodiversity depleted environments in New Zealand. Report prepared for the Biodiversity Collaborative Group.

Theses

Mitchell, G. 2022. The effects of urban forest restoration and environmental heterogeneity on microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning. MSc Thesis, University of Waikato, Hamilton.

Busbridge, S. 2020. Urban Forest Restoration Ecology: Factors influencing native tree regeneration and practitioner decision-making processes. MSc Thesis, University of Waikato, Hamilton.

Casasanto, L. 2020. How cross-sector partnerships are scaled up for urban ecological impacts: Strategising biodiversity and tackling grand challenges to create synergies for the planet, people and profit. MBM thesis, University of Waikato, Hamilton.

Falloon, A. 2020. Towards Greater Diversity in Biodiversity Conservation Action. MP thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin.

Florence-Bennet, B. 2020. Assessing bird predation on New Zealand’s lizard fauna using lizard-mimicking replicas. MSc thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.

Hall, M. 2020. Enrichment planting of late-successional plant species within restored urban forests. MSc thesis, University of Waikato, Hamilton.

Herbert, S. 2020. Is habitat enhancement a viable strategy for conserving New Zealand's endemic lizards? PhD thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.

Miller, K. 2020. ‘Bring me a shrubbery’: Assessing the habitat preference of mammalian predators in the urban green spaces of New Zealand cities. MSc thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin.

Woolley, C. 2020. Conservation of endemic lizards in New Zealand cities. PhD thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.

Anton, V. 2019. Understanding distributions of invasive mammals in urban environments using remote cameras and citizen science. PhD thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.

Balls, C. 2019. Understanding the distribution of introduced mammalian predators in an urban environment using monitoring tools and community trapping. MSc thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.

de Silva, K. 2019. Temporal Development and Regeneration Dynamics of Restored Urban Forests. MSc thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.

Lennon, O. 2019. Mitigation translocation for conservation of New Zealand skinks. PhD thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.

Aligned student - Davy, M. 2019. Foraging on café sugar packets by the house sparrow (Passer domesticus): Learning mechanisms, distribution, and human perception. MSc thesis, University of Waikato, Hamilton.

Aligned student - Florence-Bennett, B. 2020. Assessing bird predation on New Zealand’s lizard fauna using lizard-mimicking replicas. Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.

Technical Reports

Farnworth, B., K. J. Wallace, M. M. Hall, B. D. Clarkson. 2021 Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park 2021 Long-term Monitoring: Report on Ecological Restoration Progress. ERI Report 149. Client report prepared for Tui 2000 and the Hamilton City Council. Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, The University of Waikato, Hamilton. 54 pp.

Farnworth, B., K. J. Wallace, & T. Cornes. 2021. Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park Long-term Monitoring Report of Ecological Restoration Progress. ERI Report 141. Client report prepared for Tui 2000 and the Hamilton City Council. Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, The University of Waikato, Hamilton. 38 pp.

Elliot Noe E.., K. J. Wallace., T. Cornes and C. L. Kirby. 2020. A three-part report: Overview of the Kukutaaruhe Gully Restoration Initiative (36 pp.), Operational Forest Restoration Plan for Kukutaaruhe Gully (38 pp) and Ecological Restoration Plan Template. ERI Report 136. Client report prepared for the Kukutaaruhe Education Trust. Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, The University of Waikato, Hamilton.