Staff Profile

Lecturer

Roddy Hale

BSc (Hons), PhD - University of Western Australia

Roddy Hale

Contact Details

Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Location B525
Phone 64 3 423 0743
Extension
Email Roddy.Hale@lincoln.ac.nz
 

Currently Teaching

 

Academic and Professional Background

Member of:
  • The Royal Entomology Society
  • The Entomological Society of New Zealand
  • Oceania Pollinator Initiative
  • Association of Animal Behaviour
  • Soil and Health New Zealand
 

Current Research and Publications / Selected Publications

At the broadest level I am interested in the landscape-scale interactions between animals and their environment and how both farmed and non-farmed organisms respond to the man-man-modified landscape. In particular I try to integrate ecological research into applied production (ie, farming) to maximise production, environmental and ethical values.

Some of the projects I am currently working on are:

  • The role of insect pollinators in crop and non-crop plant species
  • Ecology of the endangered bumblebee Bombus subterraneus
  • Practical assessment of sustainable farming practices
  • Applying theoretical landscape ecology to improve organic and conventional agricultural sustainable production and biodiversity
  • Landscape level conservation genetics of insects
  • Environmental and fiscal benefits of increased pasture diversity


Hale, R.J. (2012) Green deserts. In: R Lucas, N Gow, A Nicol editor(s). Ashley Dene Lincoln University Farm: The first 100 years. Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand: p. 127-129.

Stewart, L.C., Hale, R.J., Hale, M.L. (2010) Species-specific primers for the molecular identification of cryptic Bombus species in New Zealand. Conservation Genetics 11(3): 1207-1209.

Hale, M.L., Alabergere, G., Hale, R.J. (2010) Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Banks Peninsula tree weta Hemideina ricta, and cross amplification in H. femorata. Conservation Genetics Resources 2(1): 329-331.

Orre, S.G.U., Wratten, S.D., Jonsson, M., Hale, R.J. (2010) Effects of herbivore-induced plant volatile on arthropods from three trophic levels in brassicas. Biological Control, 53(1): 62-67.

Knight, M.E., Osborne, J.L., Sanderson, R.A., Hale, R.J., Martin, A.P., Goulson, D. (2009) Bumblebee nest density and the scale of available forage in arable landscapes. Insect Conservation and Diversity 2(2): 116-124.

Osborne, J.L., Martin, A.P., Shortall, C.R., Todd, A.D., Goulson, D., Knight, M.E., Hales, R.J., Sanderson, R.A. (2008) Quantifying and comparing bumblebee nest densities in gardens and countryside habitats. Journal of Applied Ecology 45(3): 784-792.

 

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