Dr Carolyn King
Senior Lecturer; Research Associate, Department of Philosophy
Contact Details
| Name | Extn. | Username | Room | Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King, AProf Carolyn (Kim) | 8515 | cmking | R.2.17 | Biological Sciences |
You can contact staff by:
- Calling +64 7 838 4466 then enter the extension
- Direct dialling +64 7 838 then extension (for extensions starting with 4)
- Direct dialling +64 7 858 then extension (for extensions starting with 5)
- Emailing username@waikato.ac.nz
- Using the campus map to locate their room
Research Interests
Ecology of small rodents and mustelids, especially stoats and weasels. Philosphy and management of national parks. Traditional and contemporary relationships between science and theology. Senior Editor, New Zealand Journal of Zoology.
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About Carolyn
Dr King received a Lifetime Achievement Award for her work in biological sciences at last year’s Kudos Awards. View the interview here.
Students Supervised
PhD Students:
- Bridgman, Lucy (in progress). Rodent ecology and behaviour.
MSc Students:
- Foster, Stacey (2010). Interspecific competitive interactions between Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus.
- Chubb, Tanya (2008). Genetics of New Zealand house mice.
- Connolly, Trevor (2008). Monitoring potential breaches in pest-proof fences.
- Watkins, Alison (2007). Detectability and patchiness of small mammals in three New Zealand forests.
- Newbold [nee Stevens], Haylie (2007). Learning and sensory abilities of stoats and ferrets - what light wavelengths can they detect?
- Sutton, Nicole (2005). Monitoring the distribution of the Mahoenui Giant weta using site occupancy estimation modelling.
Expertise
Ecology of mustelids and rodents; biology of introduced mammals; conservation and pest control; historical and contemporary relationships between science and theology.
Recent Publications
- King, C., Innes, J., Gleeson, D., Fitzgerald, N., Winstanley, T., O' Brien, B., Bridgman, L., Cox, N. (2011) Reinvasion by ship rats (Rattus rattus) of forest fragments after eradication
Refereed Journal Articles - Biological Invasions - King, C., Foster, S., Miller, S. (2011) Invasive European rats in Britain and New Zealand: same species, different outcomes
Refereed Journal Articles - Journal of Zoology - King, C., Powell, R. (2011) Managing an invasive predator pre-adapted to a pulsed resource: a model of stoat (Mustela erminea) irruptions in New Zealand beech forests
Refereed Journal Articles - Biological Invasions - Jones, C., Pech, R., Forrester, G., King, C., Murphy, E. (2011) Functional responses of an invasive top predator Mustela erminea to invasive meso-predators Rattus rattus and Mus musculus, in New Zealand forests
Refereed Journal Articles - Wildlife Research
