N.Z.J.Ecol., Volume 30(2), 2006

Table of Contents


Review Article

The impact of brodifacoum on non-target wildlife: gaps in knowledge

Joanne M. Hoare
Kelly M. Hare
Pages: 157-167
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Research Article

Recent loss of indigenous cover in New Zealand

Susan Walker
Robbie Price
Daniel Rutledge
R. T. Theo Stephens
William G. Lee
Pages: 169-177
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Positive effects of forest edges on plant reproduction: literature review and a case study of bee visitation to flowers of Peraxilla tetrapetala (Loranthaceae)

Victoria J. Burgess
Dave Kelly
Alastair W. Robertson
Jenny J. Ladley
Pages: 179-190
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An experimental study of the impacts of understorey forest vegetation and herbivory by red deer and rodents on seedling establishment and species composition in Waitutu Forest, New Zealand

Deborah J. Wilson
Wendy A. Ruscoe
Larry E. Burrows
Lisa M. McElrea
David Choquenot
Pages: 191-207
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Intraspecific adoption and foster feeding of fledglings in the North Island robin

Åsa Berggren
Pages: 209-217
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Estimating abundance, age structure and sex ratio of a recently discovered New Zealand tusked weta Motuweta riparia (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae), using mark-recapture analysis

Jay McCartney
Doug P. Armstrong
Darryl T. Gwynne
Clint D. Kelly
Richard J. Barker
Pages: 229-235
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The impact of defoliation on the foliar chemistry of southern rātā (Metrosideros umbellata)

Jeanne M. Kuhajek
Ian J. Payton
Adrian Monks
Pages: 237-249
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Modelling environmental limits to light use efficiency for a canopy of two broad-leaved tree species with contrasting leaf habit

Roger J. Dungan
David Whitehead
Pages: 251-259
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Short Communication

Identification of weta foraging on brodifacoum bait and the risk of secondary poisoning for birds on Quail Island, Canterbury, New Zealand

Mike H. Bowie
James G. Ross
Pages: 219-228
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Herbivory by hares as a threat to the native brooms Carmichaelia juncea and C. vexillata

Ingrid G. Grüner
David A. Norton
Pages: 261-265
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Non-native pollen found in short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata) guano from the central North Island

P. G. Peterson
A. W. Robertson
B. Lloyd
S. McQueen
Pages: 267-272
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Movement patterns and gallery use by the sexually dimorphic Wellington tree weta

Clint D. Kelly
Pages: 273-278
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Preliminary evidence suggests that beech scale insect honeydew has a negative effect on terrestrial litter decomposition rates in Nothofagus forests of New Zealand

Carl W. Wardhaugh
Raphael K. Didham
Pages: 279-284
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Forum Article

The role of blackbirds (Turdus merula) in weed invasion in New Zealand

Peter A. Williams
Pages: 285-291
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