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Dr Elizabeth Parlato
Research Officer in Zoology and Ecology
School of Food Technology and Natural SciencesResearch Projects
Current Projects
Project Title: Gene flow to the rescue? An analytical framework for estimating impacts of genetic augmentation on wildlife population dynamics
Genetic rescue—gene flow leading to increased population growth and persistence—is a promising strategy for reducing extinction risk in small populations. However, the impacts of genetic augmentation on the viability of threatened populations remain unclear. Is it really possible to genetically rescue wildlife populations? Our project will answer this critical question using an innovative interdisciplinary framework across long-term demographic and genetic datasets for kakaruia (black robin), hihi, kōkako and tūturuatu (shore plover) populations. Aotearoa New Zealand’s outstanding history of conservation practice has generated exceptional datasets across a diversity of species, providing a unique opportunity to assess the impacts of genetic augmentation over a range of scenarios. This work will forge new links between population biology and genetics to rigorously test genetic rescue theory and contribute globally to the genetic management of imperilled populations.
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Date Range: 2023 - 2026
Funding Bodies: Marsden Fund - Full; Royal Society of New Zealand
Project Team:
- Dr Elizabeth Parlato - Project Leader
Completed Projects
Project Title: Is individual variation relevant to population dynamics?
What is the optimal level of complexity to consider when predicting population dynamics? The conventional wisdom is to keep models as simple as possible. However, the recent explosion of research on individual variation in animal personalities and life history traits is increasing our capacity to generate complex individual-based models of population dynamics. But will this increased complexity significantly improve our capacity to predict population dynamics, justifying the need for detailed individual-based monitoring in threatened species programmes? Our project will answer this question using our multiple long-term data sets for reintroduced robin and hihi populations, combined with new data relating personality traits to demographic rates.
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Date Range: 2018 - 2023
Funding Body: Royal Society of New Zealand
Project Team:
- Emeritus Professor Doug Armstrong - Project Leader
- Dr John Ewen - Team Member
- Professor Richard Barker - Team Member
- Dr Kevin Parker - Team Member
- Dr Elizabeth Parlato - Team Member
Research Outputs
Journal
Parlato, EH., Fischer, JH., Steeves, TE., Graydon, K., Kennedy, E., Makan, T., . . . Parker, KA. (2024). To translocate or not to translocate? Embedding population modelling in an inclusive structured decision-making process to overcome a conservation impasse. Animal Conservation.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Armstrong, DP., Stone, ZL., Parlato, EH., Ngametua, G., King, E., Gibson, S., . . . Parker, KA. (2024). Combining prior and post-release data while accounting for dispersal to improve predictions for reintroduction populations. Animal Conservation.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Parker, KA., Ewen, JG., Innes, J., Weiser, EL., Rayne, A., Steeves, TE., . . . Armstrong, DP. (2023). Conservation translocations of fauna in Aotearoa New Zealand: a review. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 47(1)
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Armstrong, DP., Parlato, EH., Egli, B., Dimond, WJ., Berggren, Å., McCready, M., . . . Ewen, JG. (2021). Capturing the dynamics of small populations: A retrospective assessment using long-term data for an island reintroduction. Journal of Animal Ecology. 90(12), 2915-2927
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Armstrong, DP., Parlato, EH., & Frost, PGH. (2021). Incorporating individual variation in survival, reproduction and detection rates when projecting dynamics of small populations. Ecological Modelling. 455
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Parlato, EH., Ewen, JG., McCready, M., Gordon, F., Parker, KA., & Armstrong, DP. (2021). Incorporating data-based estimates of temporal variation into projections for newly monitored populations. Animal Conservation. 24(6), 1001-1012
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Parlato, EH., Ewen, JG., McCready, M., Parker, KA., & Armstrong, DP. (2021). A modelling framework for integrating reproduction, survival and count data when projecting the fates of threatened populations. Oecologia. 195(3), 627-640
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Armstrong, DP., Parlato, EH., Egli, B., Dimond, WJ., Kwikkel, R., Berggren, Å., . . . Ewen, JG. (2021). Using long-term data for a reintroduced population to empirically estimate future consequences of inbreeding. Conservation Biology. 35(3), 859-869
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Richardson, KM., Parlato, EH., Walker, LK., Parker, KA., Ewen, JG., & Armstrong, DP. (2019). Links between personality, early natal nutrition and survival of a threatened bird. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 374(1781)
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Parlato, EH., & Armstrong, DP. (2018). Predicting reintroduction outcomes for highly vulnerable species that do not currently coexist with their key threats. Conservation Biology. 32(6), 1346-1355
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Parlato, EH., Armstrong, DP., & Innes, JG. (2015). Traits influencing range contraction in New Zealand’s endemic forest birds. Oecologia. 179(2), 319-328
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Parlato, EH., Armstrong, DP., & Innes, JG. (2015). Traits influencing range contraction in New Zealand’s endemic forest birds. Oecologia.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Parlato, EH., & Armstrong, DP. (2013). Predicting post-release establishment using data from multiple reintroductions. Biological Conservation. 160, 97-104
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Parlato, EH., & Armstrong, DP. (2012). An Integrated Approach for Predicting Fates of Reintroductions with Demographic Data from Multiple Populations. Conservation Biology. 26(1), 97-106
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Rosenfeld, JS., & Raeburn, E. (2009). Effects of habitat and internal prey subsidies on juvenile coho salmon growth: Implications for stream productive capacity. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 18(4), 572-584
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Rosenfeld, JS., Raeburn, E., Carrier, PC., & Johnson, R. (2008). Effects of side channel structure on productivity of floodplain habitats for juvenile coho salmon. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 28(4), 1108-1119
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Armstrong, DP., Raeburn, EH., Lewis, RM., & Ravine, D. (2006). Estimating the viability of a reintroduced new zealand robin population as a function of predator control. Journal of Wildlife Management. 70(4), 1020-1027
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
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Armstrong, DP., Raeburn, EH., Lewis, RM., & Ravine, D. (2006). Modeling vital rates of a reintroduced New Zealand robin population as a function of predator control. Journal of Wildlife Management. 70(4), 1028-1036
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
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Armstrong, DP., Raeburn, EH., Powlesland, RG., Howard, M., Christensen, B., & Ewen, JG. (2002). Obtaining meaningful comparisons of nest success: Data from New Zealand robin (Petroica australis) populations. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 26(1), 1-13
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
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Springett, BP., Alexander, RR., Holland, J., & Raeburn, E. (2000). Valuing the New Zealand wallabies. Ecological Management and Restoration. 1(2), 149-150
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Journal article]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Book
Armstrong, DP., Parlato, EH., & Ewen, JG. (2022). Five Reasons to Consider Long-Term Monitoring: Case Studies from Bird Reintroductions on Tiritiri Matangi Island. In Conservation Translocations. (pp. 429 - 435).
[Chapter]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Chapter]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Chauvent, ALM., Parlato, EH., Gedir, JV., & Armstrong, DP. (2017). Advances in modelling projections for reintroduced populations. In DP. Armstrong, MW. Hayward, D. Moro, & PJ. Seddon (Eds.) Advances in Reintroduction Biology of Australian and New Zealand Fauna. (pp. 91 - 104). Australia: CSIRO Publishing
[Chapter]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Chapter]Authored by: Parlato, E.
Thesis
Parlato, EH. (2014). Predicting reintroduction outcomes using data from multiple populations. (Doctoral Thesis, Massey University, New Zealand) Parlato, EH. (2014). Predicting reintroduction outcomes using data from multiple populations. (Doctoral Thesis)
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Parlato, E.
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Parlato, E.
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