| About us |
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| Thomas
Mattern* |
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| Position |
PhD student
(Zoology) at the University of Otago, Dunedin (NZ),
Initiator of Eudyptula.Net
and Eudyptes.Net. |
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| Main
task |
- Studies on the Snares
Crested penguins' foraging ecology
(Foraging
routes, diving patterns, prey spectrum) |
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- Determine Snares Crested
penguins' reproductive success |
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- Drinking coffee |
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| Previous
activities |
2000/2001 - Studies of
environmental related foraging strategies in Little penguins
(Eudyptula minor) at two colonies in New Zealand
(Motuara Island, Marlborough Sounds and Oamaru) in the
course of a 'Diploma' (Institut fuer Meereskunde, Kiel,
Germany) and MSc thesis (University of Otago, Dunedin,
NZ) |
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2001/2002 - Work in a
research project to determine anthropogenic influences
on Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldtii)
on Isla Choros, Chile |
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| Publications |
Mattern T, Davis LS, Culik
BM & Houston DM (in review), Foraging ranges and
breeding success in Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor):
a comparison of two breeding populations in New Zealand.
Behavioral Ecology |
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Mattern T, Davis LS, Culik
BM & Houston DM (in review), Geographical variation
in diving behavior of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)
in New Zealand. Behavioral Ecology |
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Mattern T, Ellenberg U,
Luna-Jorquera G & Contreras M (submitted), South American
Marine otter (Lutra felina) predation on chicks
of Peruvian-diving Petrels (Pelecanoides garnotii),
Marine Ornithology |
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| *
I'm the one, who's refered to as 'I' in the dispatches on these
pages. |
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| Dave
Houston |
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| Position |
Ranger with
the Department of Conservation (NZ),
Co-founder and scientific director of the Oamaru
Blue Penguin Colony,
Leiter des Skink Recovery Programmes Otago.
Initiator von New
Zealand Penguins. |
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| Main
task |
- Studies on the Snares
Crested penguin's foraging ecology |
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- Determine reproductive
success |
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- Making Coffee |
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| Previous
activities |
since 1993 scientific
director of Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony |
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1998 - Studies on brood
reduction in the Erect Crested penguins (Eudyptes
sclateri) on Antipodes Islands (with Lloyd S. Davis,
Martin Renner) |
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1999/2000 - Yellow-eyed
penguin census (Megatyptes antipodes) on Stewart
Island |
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2000 - Snares Crested
penguin cansus (Eudyptes robustus) on Snares
Islands |
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2000/2001 - Studies on
foraging strategies in Little penguins (Eudyptula
minor) (with Thomas Mattern, Lloyd S. Davis, Boris
M. Culik) |
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| Publications |
Perrimen L, Houston DM,
Steen H & Johannesen E (2000), Climate fluctuation
effects on breeding blue penguins (Eudyptula minor).
New Zealand Journal of Zoology 27:261-267.
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Mattern T, Davis LS, Culik
BM & Houston DM (in review), Foraging ranges and
breeding success in Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor):
a comparison of two breeding populations in New Zealand.
Behavioral Ecology |
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Mattern T, Davis LS, Culik
BM & Houston DM (in review), Geographical variation
in diving behavior of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)
in New Zealand. Behavioral Ecology |
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| Lloyd
S. Davis |
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| Position |
Associate
Professor at the University of Otago, Dunedin (NZ),
Leading Member of Natural History and Filmmaking Society
(NZ),
Book author, Filmmaker. |
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| Main
task |
- Projectleader and Coordinator |
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- Being famous |
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| Previous
activities |
1998 - Studies on brood
reduction in the Erect Crested penguins (Eudyptes
sclateri) on Antipodes Islands (with Dave Houston,
Martin Renner) |
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since 2000 - Studies on
brood reduction in the Crested penguins (Eudyptes
spec.) and Yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes)
(with John Darby, Melanie Massaro, Alvin Setiawan) |
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2000/2001 - Studies on
foraging strategies in Little penguins (Eudyptula
minor) (with Thomas Mattern, Dave Houston, Boris
M. Culik) |
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| Films |
Meet the real penguins
(1999) |
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| Publications |
Croxall J & Davis
LS (1999) Penguins: paradoxes and patterns. Marine
Ornithology 27: 1-12 (1999) |
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Kooyman G, Hull C, Olsson
O, Robertson G, Croxall J & Davis L (1999), Foraging
patterns of polar penguins. In: Adams, NJ & Slotow
RH (eds) Proc. 22 Int. Ornithol. Congr., Durban, pp 2021-2039.
Birdlife South Africa, Johannesburg |
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Numata M, Davis LS &
Renner M (2000), Prolonged foraging trips and egg
desertion in little penguins (Eudyptula minor). New
Zealand Journal of Zoology 27: 277-289 |
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Davis LS (2001), The
Plight of the Penguin. Longacre Press, Dunedin |
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Mattern T, Davis LS, Culik
BM & Houston DM (in review), Foraging ranges and
breeding success in Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor):
a comparison of two breeding populations in New Zealand.
Behavioral Ecology |
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Mattern T, Davis LS, Culik
BM & Houston DM (in review), Geographical variation
in diving behavior of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)
in New Zealand. Behavioral Ecology |
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