Gregor William Yeates

Gregor W. Yeates
Born	Gregor William Yeates 1944 New Zealand
Died	August 4, 2012

Gregor William Yeates, publishing as GW Yeates (1944 – 6 August 2012), was a New Zealand soil zoologist and ecologist. He was "considered the world's leading authority in soil nematode ecology, a subject of economic and ecological importance."

His PhD (under W.C. Clarke) and DSc were both at Canterbury University.

He spent most of his working life at Soil Bureau, a division of DSIR, which became Landcare Research. He published over 200 papers and described over 100 species in genera including , , Hemicycliophora, , Dorylaimida and Iotonchus.

Holotypes of Yeates's are the earliest in the National Nematode Collection of New Zealand

Yeates's early work on nematodes in sand dunes represented some of the first detailed work on nematodes in non-agricultural settings, and 'representing some of the most detailed assessments of nematode communities ever conducted in natural environments.'

He conducted long-term work on CO2 enrichment in pasture.

He studied the New Zealand flatworm Arthurdendyus triangulatus in its native environment, supporting work in the UK where it became established as an invasive pest.

Yeates was the son of Massey founding staff member John Stuart Yeates. He and wife Judy lived in Upper Hutt and Palmerston North, with two children. He was elected to the Rimutaka ward of the Upper Hutt City Council (1973–1977) and the Hutt Valley Drainage Board (1973–1977). He was later involved with Te Manawa in Palmerston North and the Royal Society of New Zealand at both a local and a national level.

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