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 (), also known by its shorter names "VUW" or "Vic", is a public university, public research university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of New Zealand Parliament, Parliament, and w ...

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

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury (UC; ; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbur ...

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 Wētā (also spelled weta in English) is the common name for a group of about 100 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae endemism, endemic to New Zealand. They are giant wingless insect, flightless cricket (insect ...

, including the Mahoenui giant wētā, a large and endangered species native to New Zealand. Watts has also been involved with Landcare's

tūī The tūī (''Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae'') is a medium-sized bird native to New Zealand. It is blue, green, and bronze coloured with a distinctive white throat tuft (poi). It is an endemism, endemic passerine bird of New Zealand, and the on ...

conservation work. Watts has also researched the impacts of predator-fences at

Maungatautari Maungatautari is a mountain near Cambridge in the Waikato region in New Zealand's central North Island. The mountain is an extinct stratovolcano. It is a prominent peak and is visible across the Waipa District. The mountain is the site of Sanc ...

, Waikato. In 2006, Watts was part of a team who first described ''

Houdinia flexilissima ''Houdinia'' is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Batrachedridae. Its sole species, ''Houdinia flexilissima'', is endemic to raised bogs in northern New Zealand. It is classified as "At Risk, Relict" by the Department of Conservation. The ...

'', 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

Living people New Zealand entomologists New Zealand women scientists Victoria University of Wellington alumni University of Canterbury alumni 21st-century women scientists Year of birth missing (living people) Women entomologists {{NewZealand-scientist-stub