Science and Engineering Papers
This collection houses research from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Waikato.
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Functional group‐dependent responses of forest bird communities to invasive predator control and habitat fragmentation
(Wiley, 2022)Aim Mounting global pressure on bird populations from invasive predators and habitat loss has driven a rapid growth in restoration and conservation action around the world, yet the efficacy of such actions is still not ... -
The right place at the right time: Seasonal variation of bacterial communities in arid Avicennia marina soils in the Red Sea is specific to its position in the intertidal
(2022)Mangrove forests play an important role in facilitating biogeochemical pathways and cycling acting as blue carbon sinks. These services are primarily regulated by the activity of the soil microbiome. However, there is still ... -
Estimating the numbers of aquatic birds affected by oil spills: pre-planning, response, and post-incident considerations
(Canadian Science Publishing, 2022)Oil spills most visibly affect waterbirds and often the number of birds affected, a key measure of environmental damage from an incident, is required for public communication, population management, and legal reasons. We ... -
Quantifying functionality of buildings to natural hazards
(2021)Continued functionality of critical infrastructure systems shortly after an earthquake is expected. However, experience has shown that this is often not the case. Building with limited or no structural damage may still ... -
Multi-hazard analysis and mapping in support of coastal city growth planning and resilience building
(2020)High growth in Tauranga is causing increased pressure to develop hazard-prone land. A key tool in evaluating safer potential growth areas is the quantification and spatial mapping of individual natural hazards. In a ... -
Advancing NZ hospital seismic readiness: creating a post-earthquake functionality dashboard
(2022)Continued functionality of critical infrastructure systems, such as hospitals, shortly after an earthquake is expected. However, experience indicates that there may be some disruption due to damage, outages, or access that ... -
A review of 3D/4D printing of poly-lactic acid composites with bio-derived reinforcements
(Elsevier BV, 2022)Poly-lactic acid (PLA) has become a commonly used polymer for additive manufacturing because of its bio-derived nature, useful mechanical properties, and excellent processability. Reinforcing PLA with bio-derived materials ... -
Morphological evolution of creek networks in 10 restored coastal wetlands in the UK
(Nature Portfolio, 2022)Coastal wetlands provide crucial ecosystem services including flood protection and carbon storage, but are being lost rapidly worldwide to the combined effects of sea-level rise, erosion and coastal urbanisation. Managed ... -
Habitat provision is a major driver of native bird communities in restored urban forests
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2022)Urbanization, and the drastic loss of habitat it entails, poses a major threat to global avian biodiversity. Ecological restoration of urban forests is therefore increasingly vital for native bird conservation, but control ... -
Riparian reforestation on the landscape scale – Navigating trade‐offs among agricultural production, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity
1. Stream–riparian networks are subject to multiple human pressures that threaten key functions of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, drive habitat and diversity losses, affect riparian connectivity and cause stakeholder ... -
Depth-differentiated, multivariate control of biopore number under different land-use practices
(Elsevier BV, 2022)Earthworms and (tap-)roots impact the soil structure by creating large biopores, affecting infiltration capacity, seepage, nutrient cycling, and soil aeration. Despite the importance of biopores for the functions of soils ... -
Soil priorities for Antarctica
(Elsevier BV, 2022)While most of Antarctica is covered by ice sheets, a small part of the continent is permanently ice-free, sometimes for millions of years, where soils developed. Ice-free regions represent about 0.44% of the total area of ... -
Energy digital twin technology for industrial energy management: Classification, challenges and future
(Elsevier BV, 2022)Digitalisation of the process and energy industries through energy digital twin technology promises step-improvements in energy management and optimisation, better servicing and maintenance, energy-efficient design and ... -
Machine learning identifies ecological selectivity patterns across the end-Permian mass extinction
(Cambridge University Press, 2022)The end-Permian mass extinction occurred alongside a large swath of environmental changes that are often invoked as extinction mechanisms, even when a direct link is lacking. One way to elucidate the cause(s) of a mass ... -
Distinguishability of battery equivalent-circuit models containing CPEs: Updating the work of Berthier, Diard, & Michel
(Elsevier, 2022)This manuscript revisits the assertion of Berthier et al. that competing fractional-element equivalent-circuit models of battery cells are indistinguishable in the presence of noise. Starting with Westerhoff’s general ... -
Full 2-port vector-corrected network analyzer in the acoustic domain
(Audio Engineering Society, 2022)This manuscript presents the theory and design of a Vector-corrected Network Analyzer (VNA) realized in the acoustic domain. This is a novel measurement instrument based on the established microwave vector network analyzer. ... -
Electrode Assembly
(2020)An electrode assembly for an active implantable medical device comprising: an elongated, biocompatible, electrically non-conductive body, having a first portion and a second portion; one or more biocompatible, electrically ... -
Geochemically defined space-for-time transects successfully capture microbial dynamics along lacustrine chronosequences in a polar desert
(Frontiers Media SA, 2022)The space-for-time substitution approach provides a valuable empirical assessment to infer temporal effects of disturbance from spatial gradients. Applied to predict the response of different ecosystems under current climate ... -
The genomic footprint of coastal earthquake uplift
(Royal Society, 2020)Theory suggests that catastrophic earth-history events can drive rapid biological evolution, but empirical evidence for such processes is scarce. Destructive geological events such as earthquakes can represent large-scale ... -
Coastal hypoxia and the importance of benthic macrofauna communities for ecosystem functioning
(Springer, 2017)Coastal ecosystems are important because of the vital ecosystem functions and services they provide, but many are threatened by eutrophication and hypoxia. This results in loss of biodiversity and subsequent changes in ...
