Flora of Macraes and potential skink/plant interactions in a changing environment

A talk by Mike Thorsen, DoC. Flora surveys of the Macraes area has shown a surprising diversity of plant species and a high number of threatened plant species. This talk introduces some of the unusual species found at Macraes and discusses how the vegetation in this area has changed in the past, how it continues to change, and how this change could impact on the population of grand and Otago skink found there. At the Zoology Benham Building, 346 Great King Street, behind the Zoology car park by the Captain Cook Hotel. Use the main entrance of the Benham Building to get in and go to the Benham Seminar Room, Rm. 215, 2nd floor. Please be prompt as we have to hold the door open, and seats fill fast.