Corinne Watts


Corinne Hannah Watts is a New Zealand entomologist and ecologist. Specimens collected by Watts are held at Museum of New Zealand [Te Papa Tongarewa].

Education

Watts graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a MSc in Ecology in 1999, and gained a PhD in Invertebrate Ecology from the University of Canterbury in 2006.

Conservation and entomology work

Watts is employed by Landcare Research in Hamilton, New Zealand, in the Biodiversity and Conservation team. Watts has been involved in the conservation of wētā, including the Mahoenui giant wētā, a large and endangered species native to New Zealand. Watts has also been involved with Landcare's tūī conservation work. Watts has also researched the impacts of predator-fences at Maungatautari, Waikato. In 2006, Watts was part of a team who first described Houdinia flexilissima, a species of moth endemic to New Zealand.

Selected works

  • Innes, J.; Watts, C.; Fitzgerald, N.; Thornburrow, D.; Burns, B.; Mackay, J.; Speedy, C.. Unexpected behaviour of invader ship rats experimentally released behind a pest-proof fence. Island invasives: eradication and management. Auckland. pp. 38.
  • Innes, J.G.; Watts, C.H.; Burns, B.R.. 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology : "Engaging Society in Conservation". Auckland. pp. 129.
  • Innes, J.; Watts, C.; Fitzgerald, N.; Thornburrow, D.; Burns, B.; MacKay, J.; Speedy, C.. Occasional papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. 42: 437–440.
  • Watts, C.; Thornburrow, D.. "Habitat use, behavior and movement patterns of a threatened New Zealand giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha." Journal of Orthoptera Research. 20 : 127–135.
  • Watts, C.; Stringer, I.; Gibbs, G.. "Insect conservation in New Zealand: an historical perspective." In Insect Conservation: Past, Present and Prospect. Springer Science + Business Media. pp. 213–243.
  • Watts, C.; Empson, R.; Thornburrow, D.; Rohan, M.. "Movements, behaviour and survival of adult Cook Strait giant weta immediately after translocation as revealed by radiotracking." Journal of Insect Conservation. 16 : 763–776. doi:.
  • Watts, C.; Thornburrow, D.; Innes, J.. Kararehe Kino - Vertebrate Pest Research. 20: 16–17.
  • Watts, Corinne; Thornburrow, Danny; Stringer, Ian; Cave, Vanessa.. "Population expansion by Cook Strait giant wētā, Deinacrida rugosa, following translocation to Matiu/Somes Island, New Zealand, and subsequent changes in abundance." Journal of Orthoptera Research. 26 : 171–180. doi: .