The Department currently comprises 19 academic staff, four postdoctoral researchers and research officers, 37 postgraduate students, and additional technical and support staff. We focus on modern approaches and tools in molecular, behavioural, community and ecosystem ecology. Research and teaching is supported by excellent laboratory and field facilities, as well as an Entomology Research Museum and a Plant Pathology Unit. The Te Mātāpuna Kaupapa Māori Unit is a unique component of the Ecology Department that provides Maori mentoring and tutoring.
Lincoln University introduced the first ecology course in New Zealand and continues to pioneer advances in this subject, providing practical hands-on experience in land-based applied ecology. Academic staff lead our flagship Bachelor of Science in Conservation and Ecology, and contribute to courses that include Bachelor of Science (Bio-protection and Bio-security), Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology, Bachelor of Environmental Management and Diploma of Agriculture. A large number of students progress to Honours awards and higher degrees (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) within the department. Many others pursue successful careers in the environment sector.
The Ecology Department focuses on Land-Based Applied Ecology, carrying out research and teaching in the following specialist areas:
- Conservation and Biodiversity
- Sustainable Agriculture and Ecosystem Services
- Evolutionary Biology
- Animal Behaviour
- Molecular Ecology
- Spatial Ecology
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- Restoration and Invasive Species
- Wildlife and Pest Management
- Māori and Ecology
- Entomology Museum
- Plant Pathology
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Staff are involved in a wide range of courses at diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate level into the academic programmes of the University.
The department has a large research infrastructure with a range of advanced facilities and equipment including an entomology museum.
Staff work closely with the Bio-Protection Research Centre, a campus based Centre of Research Excellence.
As well as teaching and research, staff in this department are also involved in extension, consultancy and commercial activities.
Research and postgraduate teaching are solidly linked.
Want more information?
Contact the Department of Ecology
Email: Emma Gambles
(Department Secretary)
Phone: +64 3 325 2811
Fax: +64 3 325 3882
Department of Ecology
P O Box 84
Lincoln University
Lincoln 7647
Canterbury
New Zealand