Professor Bruce Clarkson
Dean, Faculty of Science & Engineering
Qualifications: BSc MSc DPhil Waikato
Contact Details
| Name | Extn. | Username | Room | Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkson, Prof Bruce | 4237 | clarkson | F.1.07A | Science & Engineering Dean's Office |
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About Bruce
Professor Bruce Clarkson is Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, and heads the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) within the Faculty. He is recognised as one of New Zealand’s foremost authorities on ecological restoration, and leads a $300,000 per year government-funded research programme looking at the best methods to restore indigenous biodiversity in cities. His research has had a direct impact on Hamilton gully restoration initiatives and the Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park project near Hamilton Zoo. In 2005, together with independent consultant Dr Wren Green he carried out a review of progress in the New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy for the chief executives of the sponsoring government agencies; in 2006 he was awarded the Loder Cup, New Zealand’s premier conservation award. Professor Clarkson is a member of the international expert panel developing the City Biodiversity Index to measure countries’ progress in relation to the UNEP Convention on Biological Diversity to which New Zealand is a signatory.Students Supervised
PhD
- Bridge, Doug (in progress). The impact of pasture species on selected threatened native plant species
- Brown, Marie (in progress). Biodiversity offsets in New Zealand: scientific, legal and planning challenges
- Weeks,Emily (submitted). Intensive Development of New Zealand's tussock grasslands:rates of change,assessment of vulnerability,and priorities for protection
- Froude, Victoria (2011). Naturalness on the edge : coastal natural character and factors affecting its preservation and loss in Northland, New Zealand
- Overdyck (nee Grove), Liz (in progress). Thresholds for sustainable regeneration in urban restoration plantings
MSc
- Carrad, Emma (in progress). Structure, composition and dynamics of the southern Herangi Range
- Dean, Hamish (in progress). Measuring the success of urban restoration in Tauranga City.
- Thomson, Rachel (in progress). Ecology and pollination of one of New Zealand’s most remarkable trees – Ixerba brexioides
- Myron, Kirsty (in progress). Pittosporum kirkii: autecology and conservation of an endemic epiphytic shrub.
- Bylsma, Rebecca (in progress). Structure, composition and dynamics of pohutukawa forest, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
- Efford, Jackson (in progress). Effects of recent volcanic eruptions on the treeline vegetation of Mt Taranaki, New Zealand.
- Bryan, Catherine (2011). Epiphytes in urban restoration with a focus on Griselinia lucida.
- Miller, Kieran (2011). Why are shade tolerant understorey species less prolific in disturbed and restored forests?
- Coleman, Emma (2010). Can the alien species grey Willow (Salix cinerea) be manipulated to enhance and restore kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydiodes) stands in the Waikato?
- McIntosh, Fiona (2010). Ecosystem susceptibility to weed invasion along an urban - 'back- country' gradient - the role of community composition and abiotic factors.
- Kapa, Mieke (2009). The ecology of Eleocharis sphacelata, a fibre resource used by Maori.
Expertise
Vegetation dynamics; autecology of threatened flora; restoration ecology.
Recent Publications
- Bryan, C., Clarkson, B., Clearwater, M. (2011) Biological flora of New Zealand 12: Griselinia lucida, puka, akapuka, akakōpuka, shining broadleaf
Refereed Journal Articles - New Zealand Journal of Botany - MacKay, D., Wehi, P., Clarkson, B. (2011) Evaluating restoration success in urban forest plantings in Hamilton, New Zealand
Refereed Journal Articles - Urban Habitats - Walker, L., Wardle, D., Bardgett, R., Clarkson, B. (2010) The use of chronosequences in studies of ecological succession and soil development
Refereed Journal Articles - Journal of Ecology - Kapa, M., Clarkson, B. (2009) Biological flora of New Zealand 11. Eleocharis sphacelata, kuta, paopao, bamboo spike sedge
Refereed Journal Articles - New Zealand Journal of Botany
