Student theses

PhD theses

Vaishnav, Tirth 2025. Temporal patterns in avian ecology and behaviour – a multi-scale approach. Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/7WGC-F0QN

McCallum, Ella 2025. The causes and consequences of individual variation in inhibitory control in the North Island robin (Petroica longipes). Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.28200260

McAuliffe, Liam 2024. Avian Responses to Novel Landscapes in Aotearoa. Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.25816855

Vámos, Tas 2023. The influence of spatial memory on caching behaviour and reproductive success in the North Island robin (Petroica longipes). Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.24086136

MacKinlay, Regan 2022. The application of animal personality in conservation biology: Investigating a new tool in north island robin (Petroica longipes). Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.19954310

Donoghue, Daniel 2021. Social learning and networks in Nestor parrots. Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.14833791.v2

Loepelt, Julia 2016. Can you teach an old parrot new tricks? Individual variation in the problem-solving abilities of wild kaka (Nestor meridionalis). Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.17019821.v1

Masters theses

Richardson, Max 2025. Investigating factors driving breeding success, phenology, breeding dispersal, and pair-breeding dynamics of the toutouwai (North Island robin; Petroica longipes). Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.29484353

Ireland, Matthew 2024. Captive trials of a potential predator exclusion device for kea (Nestor notabilis) burrows and analysis of burrow monitoring footage. Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.26046817

Hartshorne, Olivia 2023. An investigation of the song complexity of toutouwai (Petroica longipes). Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.22815323

Armstrong, Isaac 2022. Life in the city: the influence of the urban environment on behaviour and spatial distributions in North Island kākā (Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis). Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.21569139

Clark, Lisabertha 2017. Brood division and the ontogeny of caching behaviour in the North Island robin (Petroica longipes). Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.17060048.v1