Corinne Watts

Corinne Hannah Watts is a New Zealand entomologist and ecologist. Specimens collected by Watts are held at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[1]

Education

Watts graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a MSc (Hons) in Ecology in 1999, and gained a PhD in Invertebrate Ecology from the University of Canterbury in 2006.[2]

Conservation and entomology work

Watts is employed by Landcare Research in Hamilton, New Zealand, in the Biodiversity and Conservation team.[2] Watts has been involved in the conservation of wētā, including the Mahoenui giant wētā, a large and endangered species native to New Zealand.[3][4] Watts has also been involved with Landcare's tui conservation work.[5] Watts has also researched the impacts of predator-fences at Maungatautari, Waikato.[6] In 2006, Watts was part of a team who first described Houdinia flexilissima, a species of moth endemic to New Zealand.[7][8]

Selected works
  • Innes, J.; Watts, C.; Fitzgerald, N.; Thornburrow, D.; Burns, B.; Mackay, J.; Speedy, C. (8-12 February 2010). Unexpected behaviour of invader ship rats experimentally released behind a pest-proof fence. Island invasives: eradication and management. Auckland. pp. 38.
  • Innes, J.G.; Watts, C.H.; Burns, B.R. (5-9 December 2011). Research in community-led sanctuaries in New Zealand. 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB): "Engaging Society in Conservation". Auckland. pp. 129.
  • Innes, J.; Watts, C.; Fitzgerald, N.; Thornburrow, D.; Burns, B.; MacKay, J.; Speedy, C. (2011). "Behaviour of invader ship rats experimentally released behind a pest-proof fence, Maungatautari, New Zealand." Occasional papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. 42: 437-440.
  • Watts, C.; Thornburrow, D. (2011). "Habitat use, behavior and movement patterns of a threatened New Zealand giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha (Anostostomatidae: Orthoptera)." Journal of Orthoptera Research. 20 (1): 127-135.
  • Watts, C.; Stringer, I.; Gibbs, G. (2012). "Insect conservation in New Zealand: an historical perspective." In Insect Conservation: Past, Present and Prospect. Springer Science + Business Media. pp. 213–243. ISBN 978-94-007-2963-6
  • Watts, C.; Empson, R.; Thornburrow, D.; Rohan, M. (2012). "Movements, behaviour and survival of adult Cook Strait giant weta (Deinacrida rugosa; Anostostomatidae: Orthoptera) immediately after translocation as revealed by radiotracking." Journal of Insect Conservation. 16 (5): 763-776. doi:10.1007/s10841-012-9461-8.
  • Watts, C.; Thornburrow, D.; Innes, J. (2012). "Monitoring invertebrates in community-led sanctuaries." Kararehe Kino - Vertebrate Pest Research. 20: 16-17.
  • Watts, Corinne; Thornburrow, Danny; Stringer, Ian; Cave, Vanessa. (2017). "Population expansion by Cook Strait giant wētā, Deinacrida rugosa (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae), following translocation to Matiu/Somes Island, New Zealand, and subsequent changes in abundance." Journal of Orthoptera Research. 26 (2): 171-180. doi: 10.3897/jor.26.21712.

References
  1. "Dr Corrine Watts | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. "Staff details". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. "Saving the 'god of ugly things': New Zealand battles to bring back its rodent-sized insects". Science | AAAS. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. Watts, Corinne; Stringer, Ian; Sherley, Greg; Gibbs, George; Green, Chris (2008), "History of weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) translocation in New Zealand: lessons learned, islands as sanctuaries and the future", Insect Conservation and Islands, Springer Netherlands, pp. 165–176, doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8782-0_14, ISBN 9781402087813
  5. "Let the tui breeding begin". Stuff. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  6. "Impacts of mice alone on biodiversity: final report of a Waikato field trial. | Request PDF". ResearchGate. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  7. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 457. ISBN 9781877257728. OCLC 340800193.
  8. Hoare, Robert; Dugdale, John; Watts, Corinne (1 January 2006). "The world's thinnest caterpillar? A new genus and species of Batrachedridae (Lepidoptera) from Sporadanthus ferrugineus (Restionacea), a threatened New Zealand plant". Invertebrate Systematics - INVERTEBR SYST. 20 (5): 571. doi:10.1071/IS06009.


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