Janet Wilmshurst
Janet Wilmshurst FRSNZ | |
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Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Andover, Hampshire, England |
Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleoecology |
Institutions | Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research |
Thesis | A 2000 year history of vegetation and landscape change in Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand (1995) |
Doctoral advisors | Vida Stout Matt McGlone |
Janet Mary Wilmshurst
Education
Born in
Research
Wilmshurst's research focuses on the use of different fossil types to explore ecological history. Her research has employed a variety of samples including fossilised dung, seeds, pollen, and charcoal.
Wilmshurst used fossilised
Wilmshurst was president of the New Zealand Ecological Society in 2001/2002, and currently works as principal scientist in long-term ecology at Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research.[10][11]
Honours and awards
In 2013, Wilmshurst won the "Te Tohu Taiao Award for Ecological Excellence", conferred by the New Zealand Ecological Society.[12] Wilmshurst won the New Zealand Ecological Society's "Outstanding Publication on New Zealand Ecology" award in 2016 for her paper Use of pollen and ancient DNA as conservation baselines for offshore islands in New Zealand, published in Conservation Biology.[13]
Wilmshurst was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2015.[4]
Selected publications
- Janet M Wilmshurst; Wikidata Q28754348.
- M. J. Power; J. Marlon; N. Ortiz; et al. (14 December 2007). "Changes in fire regimes since the Last Glacial Maximum: an assessment based on a global synthesis and analysis of charcoal data". Wikidata Q57264410.
- Janet M. Wilmshurst; Terry L. Hunt; Carl P. Lipo; Wikidata Q29028441.
References
- ^ England & Wales, civil registration birth index, 1916–2007. Vol. 6b 238. General Register Office, United Kingdom. July 1966.
- ^ a b "Our people". Manaaki Whenua. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Wilmshurst, Janet Mary (1995). A 2000 year history of vegetation and landscape change in Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand (PhD). University of Canterbury. p. 167. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ a b "View our current Fellows". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Putting the dead to work: reconstructing NZ's ecological past | Nelson". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Wikidata Q28754348.
- ^ "New Zealand's Colonization 1000 Years Later Than Previously Thought?". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. "Fossilised moa poo paints a picture of the past". phys.org. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Reconstructing the past from poop: now we know what the little bush moa ate". Manaaki Whenua. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Council Members". NZES. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Putting the dead to work: reconstructing NZ's ecological past | Nelson". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Te Tohu Taiao – Award for Ecological Excellence". NZES. 18 March 2010. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Outstanding Publication on New Zealand Ecology". NZES. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.