QUEEN ELIZABETH II SCHOLARSHIPS

Forest and Bird, Volume 16, Issue 1, 1 February 1985, Page 29

QUEEN ELIZABETH II SCHOLARSHIPS

This year eight post-graduate students have been awarded Queen Elizabeth II scholarships by the Society in December. The scholarships will be used for research into the _ preservation and protection of indigenous flora and fauna. Jenny Edwards, is preparing her thesis for a M. Applied Science degree at Lincoln College. She is researching Land use conflict in Protected Natural Areas of Western Northland. Alison Davis, is studying for a M. Sc (Hons) at Auckland University, and will look at the behaviour and general ecology of the shore plover on South East Island of the Chathams, where the total wild population of this species lives. Alan Liddle, a _ science graduate of Waikato University, will research the general biology of two cave harvestmen, insects which prey upon the glow-worms in the Waitomo Caves towards his M.Sc. degree. Christopher Lusk, researching for his PhD in botany at Auckland University will reconstruct the age structure of an area of podocarp-hardwood forest in the Tongariro National Park. Peter Carey, will research site selection by New Zealand fur seals and how this effects their breeding, towards his PhD Studies in Zoology at Canterbury University. Elisabeth Slooten and Stephen Dawson, two Master Science graduates in Zoology will

study the endemic Hector’s dolphin in New Zealand waters under the guidance of Professor Pilleri of Bern University of Switzerland. Grant Dumbell, in preparing his thesis for his PhD degree at Auckland University will continue his work with the brown teal on Great Barrier Island. Alan Hemmings, is_ investigating the significance of cooperative breeding in the brown skua gull on the Chatham Islands, towards his PhD degree at the Auckland University.