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Journal Articles
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Saunders, T. E., & Ward, D. F. (2018). Variation in the diversity and richness of parasitoid wasps based on sampling effort. PeerJ, 6, e4642.
[Online | Free Full-Text | Blog Post]
[Online | Free Post-Print | Blog Post]
Theses
Saunders, T. E. (2016) Optimising capture methods for the evaluation of parasitoid wasp diversity (Masters thesis, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand).
[University Repository | Thesis Commons]
Posters & Presentations
Saunders, T. E., Holwell, G. I., & Avila, G. A. (2019) Sizing Up The Samurai Wasp For Stink Bug Control: Injecting Chemical Ecology and Behaviour into Classical Biocontrol Programmes. Poster presented on July 8th at the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Saunders, T. E., Holwell, G. I., & Avila, G. A. (2019) Sizing up the samurai wasp for control of BMSB in NZ. Presentation given on February 7th at the Entomological Society of New Zealand conference, Hanmer Springs, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Lefort, M-C., Saunders, T. E., Beggs, J. R., Glare, T. R., Boyer, S. (2018) A new DNA sampling method to describe the diet of social wasps and evaluate their impact on native biodiversity. Presentation given on November 26 to the New Zealand Ecological Society Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
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Saunders, T. E., Holwell, G. I., & Avila, G. A. (2018) Sizing up the samurai wasp for control of BMSB. Presentation given on October 17 to the Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour Group, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland.
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Saunders, T. E., Holwell, G. I., & Avila, G. A. (2018) Improving Pre-Release Risk Prediction for Classical Biocontrol Agents. Presentation given on May 7-8 to the B3 Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
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Saunders, T. E. & Ward, D. F. (2016) Uncovering New Zealand’s Alien Wasps. Poster presented at Exposure postgraduate poster competition, University of Auckland
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Opinion
05 June 2019 Newsroom: Let taxpayers access research they fund
22 April 2019 Newsroom: Taxonomy – the neglected science of discovery
09 April 2019 SciBlogs: Dissecting the ‘insect apocalypse’
05 February 2018 Newsroom: Tiny wasp could be answer to stink bug problem
Videos
“Uncovering New Zealand’s Alien Wasps” | 3 Minute Thesis Finals (2016)
Podcast Host
“SciFri Panel: What is Natural?” | Scigest | 16 September 2019
“A Lesson from Europe” | Scigest | 26 July 2019
“From Elephants to Entomology” | Scigest | 22 January 2019