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Dr.
Colin D. Meurk
Scientist at Landcare Research
And Ecological Adviser to Christchurch City Council
Biography
Dr Meurk is a senior research scientist and has worked for the last
22 years in the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial
Research then Landcare Research - the first 3 years as an agronomist.
Latterly he has been seconded to the Christchurch City Council as
an ecological adviser in policy, planning and natural area design.
He has been a guest lecturer and supervisor at Lincoln University
over the past 10 years. His primary expertise is in the fields of
plant synecology, biogeography, climatology, and land management
with particular emphasis on grazing impacts, monitoring of vegetation
change, habitat restoration, urban ecology, cultural landscape ecology/dynamics,
and integrating conservation objectives and sustainable production.
He has worked primarily within New Zealand in tundra, dry grassland,
wetland, forest and urban systems. But has also had extensive work
experience in the subantarctic islands and Antarctica with field
visits to western and northern Europe, N America, Hawaii, Japan
and eastern Australia. Dr Meurk is especially concerned with providing
the scientific underpinning for raising awareness of the life processes
within cities and their importance for nature conservation, and
leads many community-based conservation projects in line with his
belief in the balance of theory and praxis. He has published over
75 articles and 100 reports.
Selected Publications
Davis, M., Meurk, C.D. 2001. Protecting and restoring our natural
heritage - a practical guide. NZ Department of Conservation, Christchurch.
Given, D.R.,
Meurk, C.D. 2000. Biodiversity of the urban environment: the importance
of indigenous species and the role urban environments can play in
their preservation. Pp 22-33 in G.H. Stewart & M.E. Ignatieva
(eds), Urban biodiversity and ecology as a basis for holistic planning
and design. Proceedings of a workshop held at Lincoln University,
28-29, 2000. Lincoln University International Centre for Nature
Conservation Publication 1. Wickliffe Press Ltd, Christchurch.
Meurk, C.D.
2001. Planterguide - a decision support tool for habitat restoration.
http://www.bush.org.nz/ecology/planterguide.
Meurk, C.D.,
Hall, G.M.J. 2000. Biogeography and ecology of urban landscapes.
Pp 34-45 in G.H. Stewart & M.E. Ignatieva (eds), Urban biodiversity
and ecology as a basis for holistic planning and design. Proceedings
of a workshop held at Lincoln University, 28-29, 2000. Lincoln University
International Centre for Nature Conservation Publication 1. Wickliffe
Press Ltd, Christchurch.
Meurk, C.D., Swaffield, S.R. 2000. A landscape ecological framework
for indigenous regeneration in rural New Zealand-Aotearoa. Landscape
& Urban Planning 50: 129-144.
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