Webinar Series

SRARNZ run a 3-monthly seminar series for its members. The speakers are from a mix of academics and industry, and we also encourage the involvement of student speakers. If you would like to give a talk, or know someone who would like to give a talk, or if you would like access to the recorded talks, please email Anne Besson.

Past webinars

We thank all speakers who have participated in the SRARNZ webinars (list below).

NoDateSpeaker/ Title
821 Feb 2025Hayley Alena: Examining the diet of three skink species on Aotea Great Barrier Island using DNA metabarcoding
Bryony Alden: Pond microplastics and its effect on amphibians
730 Aug 2024Ludo Dutoit & Sarah Walters: The many bridges between conservation and genomics
627 Jun 2024Tobia Dale: http://www.nzfrogs.org – our first year, website and outreach
Scott Bourke: Effect of of scrub fire on a population of Southern Alps geckos in the Mackenzie Basin
522 Mar 2024Scott Jarvie & Nicola Nelson: Conservation translocations of tuatara: restoring popu­lations of an evolutionary relict in Aotearoa New Zealand
425 Aug 2023Cam Hoffbeck: Gut microbiome of tuatara reveals variation with biogeography and host condition, but shows conserved bacteria across latitudinal gradient

Jade Christiansen: Habitat use and translocation techniques for the critically endangered Kapitia skink (Oligosoma salmo)
326 May 2023Cameron Baker: Friends or foes? The social behaviours and system of estuarine crocodiles
Dave Towns: Reptiles and island restoration: expecting the unexpected?
224 Feb 2023Joe Altobelli: Estimating utilisation distributions for the Hamilton’s frog Leiopelma hamiltoni on Te Pakeka
Shelly Butcher: Pathogen prevalence and diversity in native and invasive NZ lizards
Sarah Lamar: Traits associated with high sperm quality in male tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)
125 Nov 2022Jodi Rowley: A mass mortality event in Australia frogs
Richard Gibson: Status, conservation, and ex-situ management of Leiopelmatid frogs