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Email: graham.mcculloch@otago.ac.nzGraham_McCulloch

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Research Interests

  • Biogeography of endemic insects
  • Molecular systematics
  • Macroecology
  • Evolutionary genetics/genomics
  • Biological control

Current Postdoctoral project

Has deforestation reshaped our endemic insect fauna? Testing the evolutionary impacts of lowered treelines (Marsden Fast Start; Royal Society of New Zealand)

Publications

Ara, M. G., McCulloch, G. A., Dutoit, L., Wallis, G. P., & Ingram, T. (2024). Genomics reveals repeated landlocking of diadromous fish on an isolated island. Ecology & Evolution, 14, e10987. doi: 10.1002/ece3.10987

Waters, J. M., Ni, S., & McCulloch, G. A. (2024). Freshwater eDNA reveals dramatic biological shifts linked to deforestation of New Zealand. Science of the Total Environment, 908, 168174. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168174

Nawaz, M., Brookes, D. R., McCulloch, G. A., & Walter, G. H. (2023). Host-specificity of biocontrol agents in the field : The significance of sampling sympatric relatives of target weeds (Acacia holosericea versus A. auriculiformis). Biological Control, 187, 105388. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105388

Foster, B. J., McCulloch, G. A., Foster, Y., Kroos, G. C., King, T. M., & Waters, J. M. (2023). ebony underpins Batesian mimicry in melanic stoneflies. Molecular Ecology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/mec.17085

Gurdasani, K., Makinson, J. R., Purcell, M. F., Walter, G., & McCulloch, G. A. (2023). Genetic structure and host associations of the noctuid moth Callopistria exotica, a potential biological control agent for Lygodium microphyllum. Biocontrol Science & Technology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/09583157.2023.2217676

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