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82

Overview

Hannah L. Buckley is affiliated with Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a substantial focus on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Some of their recent papers demonstrate the scope and focus of their research contributions:

  • Using soil bacterial communities to predict physico-chemical variables and soil quality, 2020, Microbiome
  • A Systematic Review of Sources of Variability and Uncertainty in eDNA Data for Environmental Monitoring, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact, 2021, Conservation Biology
  • A global framework for linking alpine-treeline ecotone patterns to underlying processes, 2020, Ecography
  • Shoot flammability of vascular plants is phylogenetically conserved and related to habitat fire-proneness and growth form, 2020, Nature Plants

The scientist frequently publishes in specific journals, with the most common venues including:

  • New Zealand Journal of Ecology
  • Ecology
  • PeerJ
  • iScience
  • Journal of Vegetation Science

Collaborations are an important aspect of Hannah L. Buckley's research output. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Bradley S. Case
  • Gavin Lear
  • Syrie M. Hermans
  • Nicola J. Day
  • Margaret C. Stanley

Best Publications

  • Bacteria as Emerging Indicators of Soil Condition

    Syrie M. Hermans;Hannah L. Buckley;Bradley S. Case;Fiona Curran-Cournane

  • Using soil bacterial communities to predict physico-chemical variables and soil quality

    Syrie M. Hermans;Hannah L. Buckley;Bradley S. Case;Fiona Curran-Cournane

  • A Critical Review of Twenty Years' Use of the Resource-Ratio Theory

    Thomas E. Miller;Jean H. Burns;Pablo Munguia;Eric L. Walters;Eric L. Walters

  • Climate and coastal dune vegetation disturbance, recovery, and succession

    T. E. Miller;E. S. Gornish;H. L. Buckley

  • Climate and coastal dune vegetation: disturbance, recovery, and succession.

    Thomas E. Miller;Elise S. Gornish;Hannah L. Buckley

  • Towards robust and repeatable sampling methods in eDNA-based studies

    Ian A. Dickie;Ian A. Dickie;Stephane Boyer;Stephane Boyer;Hannah L. Buckley;Richard P. Duncan

  • Methods for the extraction, storage, amplification and sequencing of DNA from environmental samples

    Gavin Lear;Ian Dickie;Jonathan C. Banks;Stephane Boyer

  • Agricultural intensification drives landscape-context effects on host-parasitoid interactions in agroecosystems

    Mattias Jonsson;Mattias Jonsson;Hannah L. Buckley;Bradley S. Case;Steve D. Wratten

  • Fine-scale spatial patterns in bacterial community composition and function within freshwater ponds

    Gavin Lear;Julia Bellamy;Bradley S Case;Jack E Lee

  • Experimental evidence that the effectiveness of conservation biological control depends on landscape complexity

    Mattias Jonsson;Mattias Jonsson;Cory S. Straub;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Hannah L. Buckley

  • Reverse latitudinal trends in species richness of pitcher-plant food webs

    Hannah L. Buckley;Hannah L. Buckley;Thomas E. Miller;Aaron M. Ellison;Nicholas J. Gotelli

  • Morphological variation in Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae): geographic, environmental, and taxonomic correlates

    Aaron M. Ellison;Hannah L. Buckley;Thomas E. Miller;Nicholas J. Gotelli

  • A Systematic Review of Sources of Variability and Uncertainty in eDNA Data for Environmental Monitoring

    Chloé Mathieu;Syrie M. Hermans;Gavin Lear;Thomas R. Buckley;Thomas R. Buckley

  • Increased stem density and competition may diminish the positive effects of warming at alpine treeline

    Yafeng Wang;Neil Pederson;Aaron M. Ellison;Hannah L. Buckley;Hannah L. Buckley

  • The biogeography of stream bacteria

    Gavin Lear;Vidya Washington;Martin Neale;Brad Case

  • Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact

    Molly K. Grace;Molly K. Grace;H. Resit Akçakaya;H. Resit Akçakaya;Elizabeth L. Bennett;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks

  • Implications of floral resources for predation by an omnivorous lacewing

    Katherine A. Robinson;Mattias Jonsson;Steve D. Wratten;Mark R. Wade

  • Optimal extraction methods for the simultaneous analysis of DNA from diverse organisms and sample types

    Syrie M. Hermans;Hannah L. Buckley;Gavin Lear

  • Urban biotopes of aotearoa New Zealand (URBANZ) II: floristics, biodiversity and conservation values of urban residential and public woodlands, Christchurch.

    Glenn H. Stewart;C. Meurk;Maria Ignatieva;Hannah L. Buckley

  • Microbial assemblages and bioindicators as proxies for ecosystem health status: potential and limitations

    Carmen Astudillo-García;Syrie M. Hermans;Bryan Stevenson;Hannah L. Buckley

  • Understanding the role of species dynamics in abundance–occupancy relationships

    Hannah L. Buckley;Robert P. Freckleton

  • URban Biotopes of Aotearoa New Zealand (URBANZ) (I): composition and diversity of temperate urban lawns in Christchurch

    Glenn H. Stewart;Maria E. Ignatieva;Colin D. Meurk;Hannah Buckley

Frequent Co-Authors

Gavin Lear
Gavin Lear University of Auckland
Aaron M. Ellison
Aaron M. Ellison Harvard University
Thomas E. Miller
Thomas E. Miller Florida State University
Steve D. Wratten
Steve D. Wratten Lincoln University
David A. Norton
David A. Norton University of Canterbury
Raphael K. Didham
Raphael K. Didham University of Western Australia
Nicholas J. Gotelli
Nicholas J. Gotelli University of Vermont
Mattias Jonsson
Mattias Jonsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
David A. Orwig
David A. Orwig Harvard University
Thomas R. Buckley
Thomas R. Buckley Landcare Research

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