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Emily Koot

Scientist, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited
Verified email at plantandfood.co.nz
Cited by 181

Climate change and alpine-adapted insects: modelling environmental envelopes of a grasshopper radiation

EM Koot, M Morgan-Richards… - Royal Society Open …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mountains create steep environmental gradients that are sensitive barometers of climate
change. We calibrated 10 statistical models to formulate ensemble ecological niche models for …

Global warming leads to habitat loss and genetic erosion of alpine biodiversity

…, M Morgan‐Richards, EM Koot… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Species living on steep environmental gradients are expected to be especially sensitive
to global climate change, but little is known about the factors influencing their responses to …

Species-wide genomics of kākāpō provides tools to accelerate recovery

J Guhlin, MF Le Lec, J Wold, E Koot, D Winter… - Nature ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
The kākāpō is a critically endangered, intensively managed, long-lived nocturnal parrot
endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand. We generated and analysed whole-genome sequence data …

Insights into the effect of human civilization on Malus evolution and domestication

…, C Li, Y Yan, Y Zou, D Micheletti, E Koot… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The evolutionary history of the Malus genus has not been well studied. In the current study,
we presented genetic evidence on the origin of the Malus genus based on genome …

Genome‐wide analysis reveals the genetic stock structure of hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)

E Koot, C Wu, I Ruza, E Hilario, R Storey… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The assessment of the genetic structuring of biodiversity is crucial for management and
conservation. This is particularly critical for widely distributed and highly mobile deep‐water …

An alpine grasshopper radiation older than the mountains, on Kā Tiritiri o te Moana (Southern Alps) of Aotearoa (New Zealand)

EM Koot, M Morgan-Richards, SA Trewick - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In New Zealand, 13 flightless species of endemic grasshopper are associated with alpine
habitats and freeze tolerance. We examined the phylogenetic relationships of the New …

Genome-wide patterns of genetic diversity, population structure and demographic history in mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium) growing on indigenous Māori land

E Koot, E Arnst, M Taane, K Goldsmith… - Horticulture …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Leptospermum scoparium JR Forst et G. Forst, known as mānuka by Māori, the indigenous
people of Aotearoa (New Zealand), is a culturally and economically significant shrub species, …

Climate and ice in the last glacial maximum explain patterns of isolation by distance inferred for alpine grasshoppers

…, M Morgan‐Richards, EM Koot… - Insect Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cold‐adapted species are likely to have had more widespread ranges and greater population
connectivity during the last glacial period than is the case today. This contrasts with the …

Resistance of New Zealand Provenance Leptospermum scoparium, Kunzea robusta, Kunzea linearis, and Metrosideros excelsa to Austropuccinia psidii

…, J Soewarto, G Houliston, AT Marsh, E Koot… - Plant …, 2020 - Am Phytopath Society
Resistance to the pandemic strain of Austropuccinia psidii was identified in New Zealand
provenance Leptospermum scoparium, Kunzea robusta, and K. linearis plants. Only 1 …

[HTML][HTML] Single nucleotide polymorphism analysis in Leptospermum scoparium (Myrtaceae) supports two highly differentiated endemic species in Aotearoa New …

…, C Kirk, C Mitchell, P Heenan, E Koot - Tree Genetics & …, 2023 - Springer
Leptospermum scoparium is the basis of a flourishing honey industry in Aotearoa New
Zealand (NZ) and Australia. The genetic structure of L. scoparium across its range in NZ and …