Yolanda van Heezik

Yolanda van Heezik is a New Zealand academic and a professor of zoology at the University of Otago.[1] She is considered one of New Zealand's first urban ecologists.[2]

Yolanda van Heezik
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago
Thesis

In 1988 van Heezik completed a PhD at the University of Otago in animal biology, writing her thesis on penguin ecology.[3] Her research is focused on birds and other wildlife in urban areas, and biodiversity of gardens. She also researches and writes about children's connections with nature.[4]

Selected works
  • Yolanda, H., & Claire, F. (2018). Children, Nature and Cities: Rethinking the Connections.[5]
  • Saint, J. M., Van, H. Y., Paillat, P., & Eichaner, X. (2011). Propagation of the houbara bustard.[6]

References
  1. Zoology, Department of. "Professor Yolanda van Heezik". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. "Living with nature in an urban world". Science Learning Hub. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. Heezik, Yolanda van (1988). The growth and diet of the yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes: a thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Otago, Dunedin (Thesis).
  4. "Yolanda van Heezik, Author at The Nature of Cities". The Nature of Cities. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  5. Yolanda van Heezik; Claire Freeman (2018). Children, Nature and Cities: Rethinking the Connections. OCLC 1191029111.
  6. Saint Jalme, M; Van Heezik, Yolanda; Paillat, P; Eichaner, X (2011). Propagation of the houbara bustard. ISBN 978-0-203-03873-4. OCLC 882232429.


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