Yolanda van Heezik

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]

Yolanda van Heezik
Alma mater	University of Otago
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Otago
Thesis	The growth and diet of the yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes  (1988)

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.