NZES Awards
Awards & Prizes (see new prize money)
Te Tohu Taiao - Award for Ecological
Excellence
Best Student NZES Conference Paper
Best Student NZES Conference Poster
NZES Award for Best
Publication by a New Researcher
Student Travel Grants
Honorary Life Membership
Past Recipients: Te Tohu Taiao/NZES Awards
Past Recipients: Best Paper by a New Researcher
Past Recipients: Best
Student NZES Conference Papers
Past Recipients: Best
Student NZES Conference Posters
The NZES offers several awards and prizes, described below. These are coordinated by the NZES
Awards Convenor, Chris Bycroft.
All nominations and queries about NZES awards and prizes should
be emailed to Chris at awards@nzes.org.nz.
Council aims to spread the judging of awards across a
range of disciplines and to balance the representation from different institutions
and agencies. Please contact Chris if you can help.
Te Tohu Taiao - Award for Ecological Excellence
Te tohu taiao - award for ecological excellence (formerly New Zealand Ecological Society Award) is made annually to recognise a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the study and application of ecological science. The award is made to the person(s) who have published the best original research into the ecology of New Zealand, and its dependences (including the Ross Dependency) or the person(s) who have made the most outstanding contribution to applied ecology, particularly conservation and management, in New Zealand and its dependencies.
Best Student NZES Conference Paper
The society makes an annual award to the student who is judged to have presented the best oral paper at the Society's annual conference. The award comprises one year's free membership of the society, a certificate, and a prize of NZ $400.
All papers (including joint papers) presented solely by students at the main conference are eligible for consideration. Note that this award does not consider papers presented at the student session of the conference.
Best Student NZES Conference Poster
The society makes an annual award to the student (senior author) who is judged to have presented the best poster at the Society's annual conference. The award comprises one year's free membership of the society, a certificate, and a prize of NZ$200.
Student Travel Grants
Travel grants are awarded annually to encourage student participation at the Society's annual conference. All bona-fide students enrolled at a secondary or tertiary educational institute are eligible. Membership of the Society is not required.
Students should apply in writing to the Conference Organiser at least one week before the start of the Conference, and should include a statement of support from an appropriate staff member. The number of grants is limited. Priority is given to those presenting papers at the main conference and those who have furthest to travel. Grants are collected from the Conference Organiser during the conference.
NZES Award for Best Publication by a New Researcher
The New Zealand Ecological Society awards an annual prize of NZ $500 for the best published paper of an ecological nature, by a new researcher. This award is targeted at people at the start of their research career. The award will be presented at the NZ Ecological Society's annual conference, and reported in the NZ Ecological Society's Newsletter.
Authors wishing to be considered for this award must meet the following criteria:
Be the first-named or sole author of the paper.
Be a current member of the NZ Ecological Society.
Either currently be a student or have graduated within the last 3 years, and be at the start of their research career.
The paper should be of an ecological nature, preferably published in an ecological journal (not restricted to publications in the NZ Journal of Ecology).
Authors wishing to be considered for this award should send 4 copies of their
publication to the NZ Ecological Society Awards Convenor no later than 1 July 2008. All publications will be reviewed by a committee nominated by the New Zealand
Ecological Society Council. At the discretion of the nominated committee, no award
may be made in any given year.
Honorary life memberships are conferred from time to time to recognise excellence and longstanding service in the study or application of ecological science in New Zealand.
Nominations should be seconded and must include statements of support. The selection committee will consider candidates' eminence in their scientific field, their contribution to original research or the application of such research in New Zealand, and the extent of their association with the Society.
NZES Honorary Life Members
K.R. Allen (elected 1964), K.E. Lee (1965), N.L. Elder (1971), R. Mason (1974), G.R. Williams (1978), J.A. Gibbs (1978), K.A. Wodzicki (1984), J. Nicholls (1985), M. Rudge (1988), J. Parkes (1997), P. Wardle (1999), I. Atkinson (2001), M. Williams (2001), J. Ogden (2002), A. Mark (2004), L. Batcheler (2004), P. Williams (2005)
Past Recipients of NZES Awards and Prizes
Past Recipients: Te Tohu Taiao - Award for Ecological Excellence/NZES Awards
1990. Henrik Moller, Otago University, Dunedin.
1991. Colin Burrows, University of Canterbury.
1992. E. G. White, Lincoln University, Canterbury.
1993. Not presented.
1994. Not presented.
1995. Bill Lee, Landcare Research, Dunedin.
1996. Nigel Barlow, AgResearch, Lincoln.
1997. John McLennan, Landcare Research, Palmerston North.
1998. John Innes, Landcare Research, Hamilton.
1999. Carolyn King, University of Waikato.
2000. Dave Kelly, University of Canterbury.
2001. David Wardle, University of Sheffield, England.
2002. Phil Cowan, Landcare Research, Palmerston North.
2003. Not presented.
2004. Mike Winterbourn, University of Canterbury.
2005. David Given, Lincoln University.
2007. Mick Clout, University of Auckland.
Past Recipients: Best Paper by a New Researcher
2001. Duane Peltzer, Landcare Research, for the paper,
Peltzer, D.A.; Wilson, S.D. 2001: Variation in plant responses to neighbors at local and regional scales. The American Naturalist 157(6): 610-625.2002. Angela Moles, for the paper,
Moles, A.T.; Westoby, M. 2003: Latitude, seed predation, and seed mass. Journal of Biogeography 30(1): 105-128.2003. Not presented.
2004. Rachel Standish, for the paper,
Standish, R.J.; Williams, P.A.; Roberston, A.W.; Scott, N.A.2005. Michael Joy, for the paper,
and Hedderley, D.I. 2004: Invasion by a perennial herb increases
decomposition rate and alters nutrient availability in warm
temperate lowland forest remnants. Biological Invasions 6: 71-81.
Joy, M.K. and Death, R.G. 2004: Predictive modelling and spatial2007. Robert Ewers, for the paper,
mapping of freshwater fish and decapod assemblages using GIS and neural networks.Freshwater Biology 49: 1036-1052.
Ewers, R.M. Thorpe, S. and Didham R.K. 2007: Synergistic
interactions between edge and area effects in a heavily
fragmented landscape.Ecology 88: 96-106.
Past Recipients: Best Student NZES Conference Papers
1990. Liz Slooten, University of Canterbury.
Stephen Dawson, University of Canterbury.
1991. Mel van Aalst, Auckland University.
Fran Hyland, Victoria University, Wellington.
Chris Lusk, Auckland University.
1992. Janet Wilmshurst, University of Canterbury.
1993. Not presented.
1994. Not presented.
1995. Eric Edwards Otago University, Dunedin.
David Forsyth Lincoln University, Canterbury.
1996. Shona Lamoureaux, University of Canterbury.
1997. Lynette Hartley Waikato University, Hamilton.
1998. Alison Evans Lincoln University, Canterbury.
Nick Bond, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Paula Peters, Monash University, Australia
1999. Deborah Wilson, University of British Colombia, Canada.
Souzi McGill, Lincoln University, Canterbury
2000. Wade Tozer, Waikato University
2001. Yanbin Deng, University of Auckland.
Angela Moles, Macquarie University, Australia
2002. Yanbin Deng, University of Auckland.
2003. Harshi Gamage, Victoria University.
2004. Priscilla McAllum, University of Waikato.
2005. Michelle Greenwood, University of Canterbury.
2007. Susan Cunningham, Massey University.
Past Recipients: Best Student NZES Conference Posters
1997. James Ross, Lincoln University, Canterbury.
2000. Ben Reddiex, Lincoln University, Canterbury.
2001. Paul Leisnham, University of Otago.
2003. Jenny Lux, University of Auckland.
2004. Harshi Gamage, Victoria University of Wellington.
2005. Rebecca Eivers, University of Canterbury.
2007. Haylie Newbold, University of Waikato.
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