Cor's research interests include the systematics and taxonomy of spiders (the New Zealand fauna) using both molecular and morphological techniques; biosecurity, especially spiders; the molecular biology and systematics of Microctonus spp. (Hymenoptera); conservation of New Zealand terrestrial arthropods and spider ecology.

His current projects include and analysis of traits of invasive spiders and weevils, PCR analyses of gut contents of pasture arthropods, and the systematics of New Zealand spiders.

Recent publications

Vink, C.J., Derraik, J.G.B., Phillips, C.B. & Sirvid, P.J. (2011) The invasive Australian redback spider, Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell 1870, (Araneae: Theridiidae): current and potential distributions, and likely impacts. Biological Invasions, 13, 1003-1019.

Vink, C.J., McNeill, M.R., Winder, L.M., Kean, J.M. & Phillips, C.B. (2011) PCR analyses of gut contents of pasture arthropods. In: Ridgway, H.J., Glare, T.R., Wakelin, S.A. & O’Callaghan, M. (Eds.), Paddock to PCR: Demystifying Molecular Technologies for Practical Plant Protection. New Zealand Plant Protection Society, Lincoln, pp. 125-134.

Kean, J.M., Vink, C.J., Till, C., Crosby, T.K., Marris, J.W.M. & Fagan, L.L. (2011) Real-time remote diagnostics for ecology: Wheeler’s vision realised. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, in press (e-View).

Paquin, P., Vink, C.J. & Dupérré, N. (2010) Spiders of New Zealand: Annotated Family Key & Species List. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, vii +118 pp.

For more publications, see http://www.australasian-arachnology.org/arachnologists/vink/