Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

• Binny RN., Baker MG., Hendy SC., James A., Lustig A., Plank MJ., Ridings KM. and Steyn N. (2021) Early intervention is the key to success in COVID-19 control. Royal Society Open Science 8(11) http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210488.

• Binny RN., Innes J., Fitzgerald N., Pech R., James A., Price R., Gillies C. and Byrom AE. (2021) Long-term biodiversity trajectories for pest-managed ecological restorations: eradication vs. suppression. Ecological Monographs 91(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1439.

• Hackney M., James A. and Plank MJ. (2021) Cooperative and non-cooperative behaviour in the exploitation of a common renewable resource with environmental stochasticity. Applied Mathematical Modelling 89: 1041-1054. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2020.06.079.

• Hendy S., Steyn N., James A., Plank MJ., Hannah K., Binny RN. and Lustig A. (2021) Mathematical modelling to inform New Zealand’s COVID-19 response. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 51(S1): S86-S106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2021.1876111.

• James A., Plank MJ., Binny RN., Lustig A., Hannah K., Hendy SC. and Steyn N. (2021) A structured model for COVID-19 spread: Modelling age and healthcare inequities. Mathematical Medicine and Biology 38(3): 299-313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/imammb/dqab006.

• James A., Plank MJ., Hendy S., Binny R., Lustig A., Steyn N., Nesdale A. and Verrall A. (2021) Successful contact tracing systems for COVID-19 rely on effective quarantine and isolation. PLoS ONE 16(6 June) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252499.

• James A., Plank MJ., Hendy S., Binny RN., Lustig A. and Steyn N. (2021) Model-free estimation of COVID-19 transmission dynamics from a complete outbreak. PLoS ONE 16(3 March) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238800.

• Mugford J., Moltchanova E., Plank M., Sullivan J., Byrom A. and James A. (2021) Citizen science decisions: A Bayesian approach optimises effort. Ecological Informatics 63 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101313.

• Plank MJ., James A. and Steyn N. (2021) Comment: Weekly COVID-19 testing with household quarantine and contact tracing is feasible and would probably end the epidemic. Royal Society Open Science 8(6) http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201546.

• Steyn N., Binny R., Hannah K., Hendy S., James A., Lustig A., Ridings K., Plank M. and Sporle A. (2021) Māori and Pacific people in New Zealand have a higher risk of hospitalisation for COVID-19. New Zealand Medical Journal 134(1538): 29-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.25.20248427.

• Steyn N., Binny RN., Hannah K., Hendy SC., James A., Lustig A., Ridings K., Plank MJ. and Sporle A. (2021) Māori and Pacific people in New Zealand have a higher risk of hospitalisation for COVID-19. The New Zealand medical journal 134(1538): 28-43.

• Steyn N., Plank MJ., James A., Binny RN., Hendy SC. and Lustig A. (2021) Managing the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak from border arrivals. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 18(177) http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0063.

• Turner RM., Brockerhoff EG., Bertelsmeier C., Blake RE., Caton B., James A., MacLeod A., Nahrung HF., Pawson SM. and Plank MJ. (2021) Worldwide border interceptions provide a window into human-mediated global insect movement. Ecological Applications 31(7) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.2412.

• Vattiato G., Plank MJ., James A. and Binny RN. (2021) Individual heterogeneity affects the outcome of small mammal pest eradication. Theoretical Ecology 14(2): 219-231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12080-020-00491-6.

• Whitcombe AL., McGregor R., Craigie A., James A., Charlewood R., Lorenz N., Dickson JMJ., Sheen CR., Koch B. and Fox-Lewis S. (2021) Comprehensive analysis of SARS-CoV-2 antibody dynamics in New Zealand. Clinical and Translational Immunology 10(3) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cti2.1261.

• Barrett-Walker T., Plank MJ., Ka'ai-Mahuta R., Hikuroa D. and James A. (2020) Kia kaua te reo e rite ki te moa, ka ngaro: Do not let the language suffer the same fate as the Moa. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 17(162) http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0526.

• Brower A. and James A. (2020) Research performance and age explain less than half of the gender pay gap in New Zealand universities. PLoS ONE 15(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226392.

• Köhnke MC., Binny RN., Holland EP. and James A. (2020) The necessity of tailored control of irrupting pest populations driven by pulsed resources. Theoretical Ecology 13(2): 261-275. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12080-020-00449-8.

• Peterson EE., Santos-Fernández E., Chen C., Clifford S., Vercelloni J., Pearse A., Brown R., Christensen B., James A. and Anthony K. (2020) Monitoring through many eyes: Integrating disparate datasets to improve monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Environmental Modelling and Software 124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.104557.

• Steyn N., Binny R., Hannah K., Hendy S., James A., Kukutai T., Lustig A., McLeod M., Plank MJ. and Ridings K. (2020) Estimated inequities in COVID-19 infection fatality rates by ethnicity for Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal 133: 28-39.

• Turner RM., Plank MJ., Brockerhoff EG., Pawson S., Liebhold A. and James A. (2020) Considering unseen arrivals in predictions of establishment risk based on border biosecurity interceptions. Ecological Applications 30(8) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.2194.

• Hackney M., James A. and Plank MJ. (2019) Emergence of balanced harvesting in an agent-based model of an open-access small-scale fishery. Mathematical Biosciences 316 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2019.108245.

• James A., Binny RN., Lee WG., Payne J., Stringer N. and Holland EP. (2019) Predicting water levels in ephemeral wetlands under climate change scenarios. Theoretical Ecology 12(4): 427-435. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12080-019-0409-4.

• James A., Chisnall R. and Plank MJ. (2019) Gender and societies: A grassroots approach to women in science. Royal Society Open Science 6(9) http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190633.

• James A., McLeod J., Hendy S., Marks K., Rusu D., Nik S. and Plank MJ. (2019) Using family network data in child protection services. PLoS ONE 14(10) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224554.

• Lustig A., James A., Anderson D. and Plank M. (2019) Pest control at a regional scale: Identifying key criteria using a spatially explicit, agent‐based model. Journal of Applied Ecology 56(7): 1515-1527. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13387.

• Lustig A., James A., Anderson D. and Plank MJ. (2019) Pest control at a regional scale: Identifying key criteria using a spatially explicit, agent‐based model. Journal of Applied Ecology 56(7): 1515-1527. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13387.

• Plank MJ., Stringer N., Lamoureaux SL., Bourdôt GW. and James A. (2019) Limiting Effect of Self-Shading on the Height of Tradescantia fluminensis Mats. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 81(10): 3918-3932. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11538-019-00631-y.

• Penelope Holland E., Binny RN. and James A. (2018) Optimal control of irrupting pest populations in a climate-driven ecosystem. PeerJ 2018(12) http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6146.

• Holland EP., Mugford J., Binny RN. and James A. (2017) How Herbivore Browsing Strategy Affects Whole-Plant Photosynthetic Capacity. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 79(4): 772-787. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11538-017-0253-x.

• James A., McLeod J., Rouco C., Richardson K. and Tompkins D. (2017) Spatial utilization predicts animal social contact networks are not scale-free. Royal Society Open Science 4(12) 171209: 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171209.

• Binny RN., Haridas P., James A., Law R., Simpson MJ. and Plank MJ. (2016) Spatial structure arising from neighbour-dependent bias in collective cell movement. PeerJ 4(16) e1689: 24pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1689.

• Binny RN., James A. and Plank MJ. (2016) Collective Cell Behaviour with Neighbour-Dependent Proliferation, Death and Directional Bias. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 78(11): 2277-2301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11538-016-0222-9.

• Plank MJ., Pitchford JW. and James A. (2016) Evolutionarily Stable Strategies for Fecundity and Swimming Speed of Fish. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 78(2): 280-292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11538-016-0143-7.

• Binny RN., Plank MJ. and James A. (2015) Spatial moment dynamics for collective cell movement incorporating a neighbour-dependent directional bias. Interface 12(106) 20150228: 14pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0228.

• Holland EP. and James A. (2015) Assessing the efficacy of population-level models of mast seeding. Theoretical Ecology 8(1): 121-132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12080-014-0238-4.

• Holland EP., James A., Ruscoe WA., Pech RP. and Byrom AE. (2015) Climate-Based Models for Pulsed Resources Improve Predictability of Consumer Population Dynamics: Outbreaks of House Mice in Forest Ecosystems. PLoS ONE 10(3) e011913 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119139.

• James A., Molloy SM., Ponder-Sutton A., Plank MJ., Lamoureaux SL., Bourdot GW. and Kelly D. (2015) Modelling Tradescantia fluminensis to assess long term survival. Peer Journal 3 e1013.

• James A., Plank MJ., Rossberg AG., Beecham J., Emmerson M. and Pitchford JW. (2015) Constructing random matrices to represent real ecosystems. American Naturalist 185(5): 680-692. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/680496.

• Clark K., James A. and Montelle C. (2014) "We definitely wouldn't be able to solve it all by ourselves, but together..": group synergy in tertiary students' problem-solving practices. Research in Mathematics Education 16(3): 306-323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2014.950687.

• Hannah J., James A. and Williams P. (2014) Does computer-aided formative assessment improve learning outcomes? International Journal of Mathematics Education in Science and Technology 45(2): 269-281. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2013.822583.

Conference Contributions - Other

• Plank M., James A., Binny R., Lustig A., Hendy S. and Steyn N. (2021) Mathematical modelling to support New Zealand’s COVID-19 elimination strategy. Virtual conference: ANZIAM Annual Conference, 31 Jan-5 Feb 2021.

• Steyn N., Binny R., Hendy S., James A., Lustig A. and Plank M. (2020) The effect of border controls on the risk of COVID-19 re-incursion in New Zealand. Online conference: Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Conference, 17 Aug 2020.

• James A., Plank MJ. and Chisnall R. (2019) Gender and society. Nelson, New Zealand: Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics conference, 3 Feb 2019.

• Lustig A., James A. and Plank M. (2019) Situating social and ecological influence process to combat invasive species: a socioecological approach. Queenstown: New Zealand Geospatial Research Conference 2019, 18 Sep 2019.

• Lustig A., James A., Anderson D. and Plank M. (2019) Large-scale invasive species control on mixed ownership land: a socio-ecological approach. Belfast, UK: British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, 10 Dec 2019.

• Turner R., Pawson S., Brockerhoff E., James A. and Plank MJ. (2019) Insights from global interception data for predicting establishment risk. Gold Coast, Australia: Australian Biosecurity Symposium, 12 Jun 2019.

• Vattiato G., Binny R., James A. and Plank MJ. (2019) Effect of individual heterogeneity on emergent population characteristics. Nelson, New Zealand: Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics conference, 3 Feb 2019.

• Lustig A., James A., Anderson D. and Plank M. (2018) Pest control at a regional scale - identifying key criteria using a spatially explicit and agent-based model. Birmingham: British Ecological Society, 1 Dec 2018.

• Lustig A., James A., Anderson D. and Plank M. (2018) Pest control at a regional scale: identifying key criteria using a spatially explicit and agent-based model. Lincoln, Christchurch: Bio-Protection Research Centre Seminar, 7-7 Nov 2018.

• Lustig A., James A., Tyson W. and Plank M. (2017) Large-scale control of invasive predators A socio-ecological approach. Landcare Research, Christchurch, NZ: Cape-to-city annual research meeting, 29 May 2017.

• Lustig A., James A., Tyson W. and Plank M. (2017) Socio­Ecological modelling for large­scale pest management. University of Canterbury, NZ: University of Canterbury Biomath Day, 4 Jul 2017.

• Plank M., James A., Kelly D., Lamoureaux S. and Bourdot G. (2017) Light and shade: modelling the growth of Tradescantia fluminensis. University of Auckland: New Zealand Mathematics Society Colloquium, 5 Dec 2017.

• Plank M., James A., Kelly D., Lamoureaux S. and Bourdôt G. (2017) Light and shade: modelling the growth of Tradescantia fluminensis. Valencia, Spain: International Workshop on Industrial Mathematics, 18 May 2017.

• Hackney M., James A. and Plank M. (2016) Applying the prisoner's dilemma to fishing, with increased sustainability at the cooperative solution. Prague: Conflict, Competition, Cooperation and Complexity: Using Evolutionary Game Theory to Model Realistic Populations, 27 Jun 2016.

• Hackney M., Plank MJ. and James A. (2016) Competing fishers and the balanced harvesting of marine resources. Canberra, Australia: Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 8 Feb 2016.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Lustig A., James A., Anderson D. and Plank M. (2018) Pest control at a regional scale: identifying key criteria using a spatially explicit and agent-based model. In.

• Lustig A., James A., Plank M., Pech R. and Anderson D. (2017) Lost in space ? Modelling space use and dispersal of mammals in realistic landscapes. In Campbell L (Eds).

• Lustig A., James A., Plank M., Pech R. and Anderson D. (2017) Regional-scale control of invasive predators in productive land. In.

Reports

• Binny R., Hendy S., James A., Lustig A., Plank M. and Steyn N. (2020) Effect of Alert Level 4 on effective reproduction number: review of international COVID-19 cases.medRxiv. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.30.20086934.

• Binny R., Lustig A., Brower A., Hendy S., James A., Parry M., Plank M. and Steyn N. (2020) Effective reproduction number for COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand.Te Pūnaha Matatini. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.10.20172320.

• James A., Hendy S., Plank M. and Steyn N. (2020) Suppression and mitigation strategies for control of COVID-19 in New Zealand.medRxiv. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.26.20044677.

• James A., Plank M., Binny R., Hannah K., Hendy S., Lustig A. and Steyn N. (2020) A structured model for COVID-19 spread: modelling age and healthcare inequities.medRxiv. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.17.20104976.

• Plank M., Binny R., Hendy S., Lustig A., James A. and Steyn N. (2020) A stochastic model for COVID-19 spread and the effects of Alert Level 4 in Aotearoa New Zealand. In A stochastic model for COVID-19 spread and the effects of Alert Level 4 in Aotearoa New Zealand, medRxiv. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.08.20058743.

• Steyn N., Binny R., Hannah K., Hendy S., James A., Kukutai T., Lustig A., McLeod M., Plank M. and Ridings K. (2020) Estimated inequities in COVID-19 infection fatality rates by ethnicity for Aotearoa New Zealand.medRxiv. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.20.20073437.

Oral Presentations

• Plank M. (2020) Mathematical modelling to support New Zealand’s response to COVID-19. via Zoom: University of Otago modellers group, 21 May 2020.

• Plank M., James A. and McLeod J. (2018) Relational data in child protection services. Wellington, New Zealand: Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children seminar.

• Plank M., James A. and McLeod J. (2017) Social network analysis for identifying vulnerable children. University of York, UK: York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis seminar series, 12 May 2017.

Student Supervision

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Current
• PhD - Hackney M: Cololaborative models of fishing (2018)
• PhD - Mugford J: Citizen Science
• Masters - Stringer N: Modelling Tradescantia fluminensis (2015)
• Honours - Gibson L: UC's gender pay gap (2021)
• Honours - Peel C: Multiple variants of infectious diseases
• Honours - Poehler M: Multiple variants of infectious diseases
• Summer Student - Baker-Clemas G: Inequities in healthcare
• Summer Student - Gibson L: Neutralizing antibody decay (2021)
• Summer Student - Hughes E: Infection testing rates
• Summer Student - Peters N: Rock wren populations
• Summer Student - Poehler M: Neutralizing antibody decay
Completed
• PhD - Binny R: Cell dynamics (2015)
• PhD - Goulartt M Carvalho Fernandes M: Acoustic monitoring of Whales (2015)
• PhD - Graybill S: Modelling kidney dynamics (2009)
• PhD - Halafihi T: Ecology of Tongan snapper (2015)
• PhD - Parente J: Sepsis dynamics (2013)
• PhD - Turner L: Modelling bacteria (2014)
• Masters - Hall L: Assessing orange roughy populations (2016)
• Masters - McBride J: Ecology of honeydew scale insects (2013)
• Masters - Merry S: Quantifying the effect of individual heterogeneity in epidemic spread on a network. (2021)
• Masters - Moyse H: Population dynamics of Powelliphanta Augusta (2010)
• Masters - Pyman W: Honeydew - scale insect interactions (2008)
• Masters - van Gennipp S: Modelling the growth of Tradescantia fluminensis (2009)
• Masters - Kohnke M: Mouse plagues
• Honours - Barret Walker T: Ethnicity and attrition in academia
• Honours - Campbell D: Population dynamics of Orange Roughy (2005)
• Honours - Hackney M: 2014-Honours-Hackney, Michael (2014)
• Honours - Hann A: Brood size in stochastic environments
• Honours - Jamieson-Lane A: Modelling responses to pulsed resources (2011)
• Honours - Logan T: Modelling environmental best management practices in the Okeover stream (2013)
• Honours - Rose T: Modelling larval fish dynamics (2004)
• Honours - Stringer N: Modelling ephemeral wetlands (2012)
• Honours - Todd S: Modelling linguistic evolution (2012)
• Summer Student - Armstrong B: Mouse monitoring (2016)
• Summer Student - Barret Walker T: Modelling Te Reo use
• Summer Student - Basevi J: Californian Thhistle
• Summer Student - Bell J: Honeydew dynamics (2007)
• Summer Student - Candy R: Developing possum contact networks (2013)
• Summer Student - Chisnall R: Detecting the gender pay gap (2018)
• Summer Student - Davison S: detection probabilities (2018)
• Summer Student - de Jong J: Possum TB spread (2013)
• Summer Student - Geldenhuis A: Masting dynamics (2012)
• Summer Student - Hackney M: Tradescantia control (2014)
• Summer Student - Hanson B: Alpine pest detection (2018)
• Summer Student - Irons C: Tradescantia control (2014)
• Summer Student - Ito R: Honeydew Dynamics (2005)
• Summer Student - Jenkins M: Bat population trends (2018)
• Summer Student - Kotula H: Modelling stoat-kiwi interactions (2018)
• Summer Student - Logan T: MIgration phenology (2012)
• Summer Student - Mugford J: Foliar leaf browse (2014)
• Summer Student - Nokes J: Maths Education (2007)
• Summer Student - Sudan J: Biosecurity innovations
• Summer Student - Todd S: Bombardier beetles (2012)
• Summer Student - Williams P: Fractals (2006)

Editorial Work

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• Theoretical Ecology Editor ( 2014 - 2023)

Review and Refereeing

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• American Naturalist ( 2006 - 2023)
• Biology Letters ( 2006 - 2023)
• Biology Letters ( 2006 - 2023)
• Ecology Letters ( 2006 - 2023)
• Journal of the Royal Society ( 2006 - 2023)

Research Groups