N.Z.J.Ecol., Volume 31(1), 2007

Table of Contents


Research Article

Biomass allocation, shade tolerance and seedling survival of the invasive species Berberis darwinii (Darwin’s barberry)

Kate G. McAlpine
Linley K. Jesson
Pages: 1-12
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Site conditions affect seedling distribution below and outside the crown of kauri trees (Agathis australis)

Eric Verkaik
Rhys O. Gardner
Wim G. Braakhekke
Pages: 13-21
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Secondary forest succession differs through naturalised gorse and native kānuka near Wellington and Nelson

Jon J. Sullivan
Peter A. Williams
Susan M. Timmins
Pages: 22-38
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Kauri trees (Agathis australis) affect nutrient, water and light availability for their seedlings

Eric Verkaik
Wim. G. Braakhekke
Pages: 39-46
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Estimating density of ship rats in New Zealand forests by capture- mark-recapture trapping

Deborah J. Wilson
Murray G. Efford
Samantha J. Brown
John F. Williamson
Gary J. McElrea
Pages: 47-59
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Morphology, distribution and desiccation in the brown garden snail (Cantareus aspersus) in northern New Zealand

John K. Perrott
Iris I. Levin
Elizabeth A. Hyde
Pages: 60-67
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Ratite and ungulate preferences for woody New Zealand plants: influence of chemical and physical traits

Meg L. Pollock
William G. Lee
Susan Walker
Guy Forrester
Pages: 68-78
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Introduced red deer reduce tree regeneration in Pureora Forest, central North Island, New Zealand

Sean W. Husheer
Pages: 79-87
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Selection of alpine grasslands over beech forest by stoats (Mustela erminea) in montane southern New Zealand

Des H. V. Smith
Deborah J. Wilson
Henrik Moller
Elaine C. Murphy
Yolanda van Heezik
Pages: 88-97
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Short Communication

Rhodamine-B-marked eggs identify individual predators of artificial nests

Chris Jones
Pages: 98-103
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Bait consumption and residual concentrations of diphacinone in the Wellington tree weta (Hemideina crassidens) (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)

Penny Fisher
Eric B. Spurr
Shaun C. Ogilvie
Charles T. Eason
Pages: 104-110
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Detectability, movements and apparent lack of homing in Hoplodactylus maculatus (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) following translocation

Marieke Lettink
Pages: 111-116
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