Yolanda van Heezik
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago
Thesis

Yolanda van Heezik is a New Zealand academic and a professor of zoology at the University of Otago.[1] She is considered one of New Zealand's first urban ecologists.[2]

In 1988 van Heezik completed a PhD at the University of Otago in animal biology, writing her thesis on penguin ecology.[3] Her research is focused on birds and other wildlife in urban areas, and biodiversity of gardens. She also researches and writes about children's connections with nature.[4]

Personal life

She married fellow Otago Zoology Ph.D. graduate Phil Seddon prior to moving to Saudi Arabia. They have a son who was born in 1997.[5]

Selected works

Book

  • Saint Jalme, M., van Heezik, Yolanda, Paillat, P., & Eichaner, X. (2001). Propagation of the houbara bustard[6]
  • van Heezik, Yolanda, & Freeman, Claire (2018). Children, Nature and Cities: Rethinking the Connections.[7]

Journal articles

  • Danielle F Shanahan; Thomas Astell-Burt; Elizabeth A Barber; et al. (10 June 2019). "Nature-Based Interventions for Improving Health and Wellbeing: The Purpose, the People and the Outcomes". Sports. 7 (6). doi:10.3390/SPORTS7060141. ISSN 2075-4663. PMC 6628071. PMID 31185675. Wikidata Q92662057.
  • Yolanda van Heezik; Claire Freeman; Katherine Davidson; Blake Lewis (27 April 2020). "Uptake and Engagement of Activities to Promote Native Species in Private Gardens". Environmental Management. 66 (1): 42–55. doi:10.1007/S00267-020-01294-5. ISSN 0364-152X. PMID 32338302. Wikidata Q93250467.
  • Claire Freeman; Debra L Waters; Yvette Buttery; Yolanda van Heezik (25 January 2019). "The impacts of ageing on connection to nature: the varied responses of older adults". Health & Place. 56: 24–33. doi:10.1016/J.HEALTHPLACE.2019.01.010. ISSN 1353-8292. PMID 30690279. Wikidata Q91251743.

References

  1. ↑ Zoology, Department of (10 February 2020). "Professor Yolanda van Heezik". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Living with nature in an urban world". Science Learning Hub. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Heezik, Yolanda van (1988). The growth and diet of the yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes: a thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Otago, Dunedin (Thesis). OCLC 152745246.
  4. ↑ "Yolanda van Heezik, Author at The Nature of Cities". The Nature of Cities. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "AFTER NINE YEARS IN SAUDI ARABIA, DR PHIL SEDDON RETURNS TO OTAGO TO DIRECT THE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT DIPLOMA COURSE" (PDF).
  6. ↑ Saint Jalme, M; Van Heezik, Yolanda; Paillat, P; Eichaner, X (2011). Propagation of the houbara bustard. ISBN 978-0-203-03873-4. OCLC 882232429.
  7. ↑ van Heezik, Yolanda; Freeman, Claire (2018). Children, Nature and Cities: Rethinking the Connections. Routledge. OCLC 1191029111.


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