Alison Cree
{{Short description|New Zealand herpetologist and academic}}
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| nationality = New Zealand
| fields = Herpetology
| workplaces = University of Otago
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| alma_mater = University of Waikato
| thesis1_title = Water relations of the endemic New Zealand frogs Leiopelma archeyi, L. Hamiltoni and L. Hochstetteri
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Alison Marion Cree {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=85%}} is a New Zealand herpetologist. She is currently a professor at the University of Otago.{{cite web|url=http://www.otago.ac.nz/zoology/staff/cree.html |title=Professor Alison Cree, Our People, Department of Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand |publisher=Otago.ac.nz |date=16 February 2016 |accessdate=14 October 2017}}
Academic career
Cree graduated from the University of Waikato in 1986 with a D.Phil. for her thesis titled "Water relations of the endemic New Zealand frogs Leiopelma archeyi, L. Hamiltoni and L. Hochstetteri".{{Cite web|title=Water relations of the endemic New Zealand frogs Leiopelma archeyi, L. Hamiltoni and L. Hochstetteri|url=https://cdn-waikato-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=64WAIKATO_ALMA2138182720003401&vid=64WAIKATO&search_scope=WAIKATO_ALL&tab=waikato_all&lang=en_US&context=L|access-date=2021-03-01|website=University of Waikato Library|language=en}} Prior to this she had attained a diploma on environmental pollution in Christchurch, through the University of Canterbury.{{cite thesis |last=Cree |first=Alison |year=1982 |type=Diploma thesis |title=Existing and potential policies for reducing smoke pollution in Christchurch City |publisher=Research@Lincoln, University of Canterbury |hdl=10182/2530}}{{Cite web |title=Professor Alison Cree |url=https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1385-assoc-prof-alison-cree |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Science Learning Hub |language=en}}
Cree's work has been on a number of species, but her work with tuatara has attracted the most media attention.{{cite web|last=Gilchrist |first=Shane |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/tuatara-tale-tell-all |title=Tuatara tale a tell-all | Otago Daily Times Online News |publisher=Odt.co.nz |date=20 September 2014 |accessdate=14 October 2017}}{{cite web|last=Green |first=Carla |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/tuatara-hatching-first-500-years |title=Tuatara hatching first for 500 years | Otago Daily Times Online News |publisher=Odt.co.nz |date=22 May 2015 |accessdate=14 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/science-orokonui |title=The science of Orokonui | Otago Daily Times Online News |publisher=Odt.co.nz |date=7 August 2017 |accessdate=14 October 2017}}
In the 2023 King's Birthday and Coronation Honours, Cree was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to herpetology, particularly tuatara.{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/kings-birthday-and-coronation-honours-list-2023 |title=The King's Birthday and Coronation honours list 2023 |date=5 June 2023 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=5 June 2023}}
Selected publications
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= Book =
- {{Cite book|last=Cree|first=Alison|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/888553607|title=Tuatara: Biology and conservation of a venerable survivor|date=2014|publisher=Canterbury University Press|isbn=978-1-927145-44-9|location=Christchurch, New Zealand|oclc=888553607}}
= Journal articles =
- {{Cite Q|Q57178857}}
- {{Cite Q|Q101402446}}
- {{Cite Q|Q93164259}}
References
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External links
- [https://scholar.google.co.nz/citations?user=0Z2TK2AAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao google scholar]
- [http://www.otago.ac.nz/zoology/staff/cree.html institutional homepage]
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Category:New Zealand women academics
Category:New Zealand herpetologists
Category:Academic staff of the University of Otago
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century New Zealand women scientists
Category:University of Canterbury alumni
Category:University of Waikato alumni
Category:Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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