Research upon feral goats (Capra hircus L.)
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Behaviour and territorialism in Trichosurus vulpecula (Marsupialia)
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In New Zealand Trichosurus vulpecula was first liberated about the year 1840 (Pracy 1962) and during the following century it became distributed throughout the greater part of the country. In 1953 research was begun primarily for the purpose of evolving practical methods for killing the animals on farm lands and in forests. The terms of reference precluded formal experimentation on fundamental aspects such as behaviour, but continued observations led to some tentative conclusions.
Plant Succession on the Braided Bed of the Orongorongo River, Wellington, New Zealand, 1973-1990
Vegetation on 5 km (c. 100 ha) of the braided bed of the Orongorongo River, Wellington, was sampled in March from 1973 to 1990. The riverbed has become aggraded since an earthquake in 1855. Surface water covered little of the riverbed; Callitriche stagnalis was the only common vascular aquatic plant. Most grasses and dicot herbs were adventive. The scabweed Raoulia tenuicaulis was the commonest dicot. The extent of plant cover was measured on 300 circular plots (radius 1.5 m); it ranged between years from 5% to 22%, depending on the severity of floods.