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Dr CM King

Role: Senior Lecturer; Research Associate, Department of Philosophy Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Liv, D.Phil Oxf, PhD Waik Email: c.king@waikato.ac.nz Location: R.2.17 Contact: [+64] (7) 838-4466 ext 8515

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. Scientific Editor, New Zealand Journal of Zoology.

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Research and postgraduate study are encouraged in the Department of Biological Sciences. All research students acquire basic research skills and a knowledge of techniques, as well as training in specialist disciplines.

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Selected Publications:

Wittmer, H.; Powell, R.A.; King, C.M. 2007. Understanding contributions of cohort effects to growth rates of fluctuating populations. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 946-956.

King, C.M.; McDonald, R.M.; Martin, R.D.; Tempero, G.W.; Holmes, S.J. 2007. Long-term, automated monitoring of the distribution of small carnivores. Wildlife Research 34: 140-148.

White, P.C.L, King, C.M. (2006). Predation on native birds in New Zealand beech forests: the role of functional relationships between stoats and rodents. Ibis, 148: 765-771.

King, C.M., and Powell, R.A. 2006. The Natural History of Weasels and Stoats: Ecology, Behaviour and Management. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, New York. pp 446.

King, Carolyn M. 2005. The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. pp 610. To order click here

Macdonald, D.W., King, C.M., and Strachan, R. 2007. What is the problem with invasive species? In: Macdonald, D.W., and Service, K., editors. Key Topics in Conservation Biology. Oxford: Blackwell Publications. pp 186-205.

King, C.M., White, P.C.L. 2004. Decline in capture rate of stoats at high mouse densities in New Zealand. Nothofagus forests. New Zealand Journal Ecology 28: 251-258.

Purdey, D.C.; King, C.M.; Lawrence, B. 2004. Age structure, dispersion and diet of a population of stoats (Mustela erminea) in southern Fiordland during the decline phase of the beechmast cycle. N.Z.J. Zoology 31: 205-225.

King, Carolyn M., White, Piran C.L., Purdey, Dan C., and Lawrence, Barry. 2003. Matching productivity to resource availability in a small predator, the stoat (Mustela erminea). Can. J. Zool, 81: pp662-669.

King, C.M, Davis, S.A., Purdey, D.C., Lawrence, B. 2003. Capture probability and heterogeneity of trap response in stoats, Mustela erminea. Wildlife Research 30: 611-619.

King, C.M. 2002. Cohort variation in the life-history parameters of stoats Mustela erminea in relation to fluctuating food resources: a challenge to boreal ecologists. Acta Theriologica 47: 225 244.


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