The Ecology and Conservation Group
Ben Barr
Ben Barr and a chevron skink

Postgraduate Student

MSc Student
Email:
Building 5, Gate 4,
Oteha Rohe, Albany Campus,
Massey University.

Tel: +64 9 414 0800 ext 41197
Fax: +64 9 443 9790

Research Title:
Basic ecology and effect of rat control on chevron skink (Oligosoma homalonotum) populations on Great Barrier Island.
[Supervisors: Assoc Prof Dianne Brunton & Dr Weihong Ji]

PUBLICATIONS/ REPORTS

Barr B, Ji W & Brunton DH 2007. Habitat preference and dispersal of translocated shore skink (Oligosoma smithi) populations on Tiritiri Matangi and Motuora Islands (Abstract Only). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 34(3): 259-260.

Ji W, Baling M, Barry M, van Winkel D, Wedding C, Barr B & Brunton DH 2007. Translocation of Duvaucel's gecko and shore skinks to Tiritiri Matangi Island, Motuora Island and Massey University captive breeding facility (Abstract Only). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 34 (3): 264-265.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

2007 - Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand Biennial Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Barr B, Weihong J & Brunton DH 2007. Where are the shore skinks (Oligosoma smithi) on Tiritiri Matangi and Motuora Islands?
Ji W, Baling M, Barry M, Wedding C, van Winkel D, Barr B, Brunton DH 2007. Translocation of Duvaucel’s geckos and shore skinks to Tiritiri Matangi Island, Motuora Island and Massey Captive Breeding Facility. |Poster (PDF, 1.4 MB)|

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Department of Conservation, Great Barrier Airlines, Massey University, Ngati Rehua.

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