Corinne Hannah Watts is a New Zealand entomologist and ecologist. Specimens collected by Watts are held at

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Education

Watts graduated from

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well know ...

with a MSc (Hons) in Ecology in 1999, and gained a PhD in Invertebrate Ecology from the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

in 2006.

Conservation and entomology work

Watts is employed by

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, 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 Maungatautari is a mountain, rural community, and ecological area near Cambridge in the Waikato region in New Zealand's central North Island. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "mountain of the upright ...

, 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. (8-12 February 2010). 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. (5-9 December 2011)
Research in community-led sanctuaries in New Zealand.
25th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB): "Engaging Society in Conservation". Auckland. pp. 129. *Innes, J.; Watts, C.; Fitzgerald, N.; Thornburrow, D.; Burns, B.; MacKay, J.; Speedy, C. (2011)
"Behaviour of invader ship rats experimentally released behind a pest-proof fence, Maungatautari, New Zealand."
''Occasional papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission.'' 42: 437–440. *Watts, C.; Thornburrow, D. (2011). "Habitat use, behavior and movement patterns of a threatened New Zealand giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha (Anostostomatidae: Orthoptera)." ''Journal of Orthoptera Research.'' 20 (1): 127–135. *Watts, C.; Stringer, I.; Gibbs, G. (2012). "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. (2012). "Movements, behaviour and survival of adult Cook Strait giant weta (''Deinacrida rugosa''; Anostostomatidae: Orthoptera) immediately after translocation as revealed by radiotracking." ''Journal of Insect Conservation.'' 16 (5): 763–776. doibr>10.1007/s10841-012-9461-8
*Watts, C.; Thornburrow, D.; Innes, J. (2012)
"Monitoring invertebrates in community-led sanctuaries."
''Kararehe Kino - Vertebrate Pest Research.'' 20: 16–17. *Watts, Corinne; Thornburrow, Danny; Stringer, Ian; Cave, Vanessa. (2017). "Population expansion by Cook Strait giant wētā, Deinacrida rugosa (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae), following translocation to Matiu/Somes Island, New Zealand, and subsequent changes in abundance." ''Journal of Orthoptera Research''. 26 (2): 171–180. doi
10.3897/jor.26.21712

References

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