Pascale Michel

Assitant Research Fellow

Office: Botany School Annex
Phone 64 3 479 5981
Fax 64 3 479 7583
Email

Research Interests

• Alpine Ecology Research Group
• GLORIA (Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments)
• Threatened Bird Research Group
• Plant-animal interactions: community ecology with implications for biological conservation
• Ecological patterns and processes in native forest and alpine ecosystems
• Applying remote sensing techniques for the mapping of spatio-temporal changes in plant communities
• Habitat selection in reintroduced bird populations and invertebrate assemblages on off-shore ecological sanctuaries
• Environmental and biological factors influencing bird breeding ecology

Selected Publications

Journal Articles & Reports

Michel P, Dickinson KJM, Barratt B, Jamieson IG 2008. Multi-scale habitat models in re-introduced bird populations: the case study of South Island saddlebacks on Motuara Island. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 32: IN PRESS.

Michel P, Mathieu R, Mark AF 2008. Applying spatial analysis methods to terrestrial photo-point images for the mapping of spatio-temporal changes in plant communities. Report for the Department of Botany, University of Otago.

Michel P, Ollason JC, Grosbois V, Thompson PM 2003. The influence of body size, breeding experience and environmental variability on egg size in the Northern Fulmar. Journal of Zoology London 261: 427-432.

Michel P, Thompson PM 2003. A simple photometric technique for estimating egg volume from field measurements. Atlantic Seabirds 5:31-34.

Conference Presentations & Seminars

Michel P 2007. Habitat selection in Stewart Island robins and South Island saddlebacks. Meeting of the Ornithological Society of Otago (oral presentation)

Michel P 2006. Insights of South American flora and fauna. Meeting of the Botanical Society of Otago, Dunedin (oral presentation)

Michel P, Whigham PA, Dickinson KJM, Jamieson I 2005. Density-dependent breeding site selection in translocated populations of South Island Robin and South Island Saddleback. Proceedings of the 17^th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre (oral presentation)

Michel P, Dickinson KJM, Barratt B, Jamieson IG 2005. Breeding site preferences in translocated bird populations in New Zealand. XIX annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Brazil (oral presentation)

Michel P 2004. The influence of habitat selection in the breeding ecology of translocated populations of New Zealand endangered forest birds. BTNY223-New Zealand Plant Ecology, University of Otago (lecture)

Michel P, Dickinson KJM, Jamieson IG 2004. The importance of vegetation structure in determining nest location for South Island Saddlebacks and Stewart Island Robins. Annual NZ Ecological Society Conference, Invercargill (poster)

Michel P 2004. Breeding site preferences in Stewart Island robins and South Island saddlebacks on Ulva Island. Lyons Club, Stewart Island (seminar)

Michel P 2003. The effect of vegetation structure, nest characteristics and food availability on habitat selection in translocated bird populations. ‘Threatened Bird Island’ Workshop (oral presentation)

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