Affeld, Kathrin
Wiser, Susan K.
Payton, Ian J.
DeCáceres, Miquel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Meridian Energy Limited, New Zealand
New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Science and Innovation Group (Core Funding for Crown Research Institutes)
Article History
Received: 1 August 2017
Accepted: 14 December 2017
First Online: 22 January 2018
Authors’ information
: KA received her PhD from Lincoln University, NZ in Ecology & Conservation. She has held positions as a Lecturer in Ecology & Conservation at Lincoln University and a Plant Community Ecologist at Landcare Research, NZ. She is currently the editor for the Performance-based Research Fundin the Research Management Office of Lincoln University. SKW is a Senior Scientist (Plant Ecology). Her research interests include i) vegetation classification and its application; ii) large-scale ecological synthesis; iii) ecological informatics and; iv) ecology of naturally rare ecosystems and habitat islands. IP is a Research Associate at Landcare Research, NZ. His research interests include i) carbon storage and sequestration in natural ecosystems; ii) the development of monitoring systems for biodiversity and carbon in both NZ and the Pacifac islands; and iii) ecology of tussock grasslands. MD is a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology Laboratory of the Forest Science Center of Catalonia. His current research interests include i) the development of quantitative frameworks to analyse the spatial and temporal variation of vegetation; ii) the development and application of models to simulate functioning and dynamics of Mediterranean forests.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.