New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Editor-in-Chief: Thomas Etherington

Managing Editor: James Brock

Technical Editors: Kat Collier and Kate Lee

The New Zealand Journal of Ecology is a peer-reviewed journal publishing ecological research relevant to Aotearoa New Zealand and the South Pacific. It has been published since 1952 (as a 1952 issue of New Zealand Science Review and as the Proceedings of the New Zealand Ecological Society until 1977).

The Journal is published by the New Zealand Ecological Society and is covered by Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Science, GEOBASE, Geo Abstracts, Google Scholar and Web of Knowledge.

Journal Metrics for 2023

Impact factor 1.9, 5-year Impact factor 1.9, Scopus CiteScore 3.0

 

Latest Special Issue:

Volume 47, issue 2, 2023. New Zealand native frogs: a special tribute to honour Phil Bishop (1957-2021)

All New Zealand Journal of Ecology special issues can be viewed in the Special Issues archive

 

Current Issue:

Research Article

The shifting floristic complexion of Molesworth : 3565
Sean W. Husheer
Simon H. Moore
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An invasive species model and dataset for bioacoustic monitoring of common brushtail possum : 3566
Ben McEwen
Andrew Bainbridge-Smith
Stefanie Gutschmidt
Richard Green
James Atlas
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Vegetation assessment of an urban restoration at Styx Mill Conservation Reserve, Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand : 3567
Emma J. Walters
Mark Bloomberg
Sarah V. Wyse
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The role of frost tolerance in defining the kauri line floristic boundary : 3568
Tobias A W Elliott
Bruce R Burns
George L W Perry
Cate Macinnis-Ng
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Adjacent land-use intensification facilitates plant invasions into indigenous shrubland fragments : 3569
Gretchen Brownstein
Adrian Monks
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Capturing the imminent extinction of a kakaruai/South Island robin population : 3571
Manaia Pearmain-Fenton
Ann-Kathrin V. Schlesselmann
Joanne M. Monks
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What is pollinating the critically threatened calcicolous plants in the Waitaki Valley? : 3564
Sharn Milliken
Clement Lagrue
Janice Lord
Sheri Johnson
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Short Communication

Effect of a scrub fire on a population of Southern Alps geckos in the Mackenzie Basin : 3570
Scott D. Bourke
Samantha Turner
Joanne M. Monks
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Obituary

Melvyn (Mel) Peter Galbraith : 3563
Graham Jones
Dan Blanchon
David Pattemore
Marie Doole
Margaret Stanley
Shona Myers