Dr Eckehard G. Brockerhoff

Senior Scientist (Forest Entomology), Team Leader (Forest Protection), and Project Leader (Border Biosecurity)

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Qualifications

PhD (Forest Entomology and Forest Ecology), University of Toronto, Canada -1998
MSc (equivalent), (Zoology), University of Kiel, Germany -1994

Research capabilities

Forest biosecurity, entomology, biodiversity, forest ecology.

Career highlights

  • Invited symposium speaker, International Congress of Entomology, Durban, South Africa, July 2008 (Invasion patterns and ecology of invasive forest insects).
  • Associate Guest Editor, Biodiversity and Conservation, special issue (Vol. 17(5), May 2008) with proceedings from three conferences in Bordeaux, Brisbane, and Bilbao.
  • President, Entomological Society of New Zealand (2007-2009) (Vice-president -2007).
  • Associate Guest Editor, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, special issue (Vol. 36(2), 2006) on “The ecology of forest insect invasions and advances in their management“ - conference proceedings from international (IUFRO) conference.
  • Keynote Speaker, international IUFRO / WWF conference on ‘Biodiversity and Conservation Biology in Plantation Forests’, Bordeaux, France, April 2005.

Selected papers

Brockerhoff, E.G., Barratt, B.I.P., Beggs, J.R., Fagan, L.L., Kay, M.K., Phillips, C.B., Vink, C.J. 2010. Impacts of exotic invertebrates on New Zealand’s indigenous species and ecosystems. New Zealand Journal of Ecology (in press)
Suckling, D.M., Brockerhoff, E.G. 2010. Invasion biology, ecology, and management of the light brown apple moth (Tortricidae). Annual Review of Entomology (in press)
Brockerhoff, E.G., Jactel, H., Parrotta, J.A., Quine, C.P., Sayer, J. 2008. Plantation forests and biodiversity: Oxymoron or opportunity? Biodiversity and Conservation 17, 925–951.
Pawson, S.M., Brockerhoff, E.G., Meenken, E. and Didham, R.K. 2008. Non-native plantation forests as alternative habitat for native forest beetles in a heavily modified landscape. Biodiversity and Conservation 17, 1127–1148.
Brockerhoff, E.G., Shaw, W.B., Hock, B., Paul, T., Quinn, J., Pawson, S. 2008. Re-examination of recent loss of indigenous cover in New Zealand and the relative contributions of different land uses. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 32, 115–126.
Jactel, H., Brockerhoff, E.G. 2007. Tree diversity reduces herbivory by forest insects. Ecology Letters 10, 835–848.
Brockerhoff, E.G., Bain, J., Kimberley, M., Knížek, M. 2006. Interception frequency of exotic bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) and relationship with establishment in New Zealand and worldwide. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36, 289–298.