N.Z.J.Ecol., Volume 1, 1978

Table of Contents


Editorial

Editorial

M. C. Crawley
Pages: 1-1
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Presidential Address

A perspective at year 26

C. L. Batcheler
Pages: 2-6
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Research Article

Studies on the vegetation of Mount Colenso, New Zealand. 4. An assessment of the processes of canopy maintenance and regeneration strategy in a red beech (Nothofagus fusca) forest

S. R. June
J. Ogden
Pages: 7-15
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On the diameter growth rates of red beech (Nothofagus fusca) in different parts of New Zealand

John Ogden
Pages: 16-18
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Management impacts on nutrient fluxes in beech-podocarp-hardwood forests

D. G. Neary
A. J. Pearce
C. L. O'Loughlin
L. K. Rowe
Pages: 19-26
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Alpine phytomass and primary productivity in central Otago, New Zealand

Colin D. Meurk
Pages: 27-50
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Freezing resistance of New Zealand trees and shrubs

A. Sakai
P. Wardle
Pages: 51-61
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A study of the respiration and microflora of the mud of the heathcote river, Christchurch

John R. L. Walker
Rosemary F. McCallion
Pages: 62-65
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Variability in New Zealand montane and alpine pollinator assemblages

Richard B. Primack
Pages: 66-73
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Blue-green lucerne aphid damage to lucerne seedlings—cultivar differences

E. B. McSweeney
M. W. Dunbier
Pages: 74-76
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Records of nektonic existence of the sessile barnacle (Megabalanus decorus)

M. B. Jones
B. A. Foster
Pages: 77-80
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Notes on the distribution, activitiy and breeding of the whistling frog (Litoria Ewingi Anura: Hylidae) in the coastal Manawatu district, New Zealand

Brian J. Gill
Pages: 81-83
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Comparisons of the climates of the two habitats of Hamilton's Frog (Leiopelma Hamiltoni (McCulloch))

D. G. Newman
I. G. Crook
Ch. Imboden
Pages: 84-90
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The influence of the tuatara on fairly prion breeding on Stephens Island, Cook Strait

G. Y. Walls
Pages: 91-98
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The food of the New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaseelandiae novaeseelandiae)

W. Mary McEwen
Pages: 99-108
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Differential intensity of moorhen Gallinula chloropus (Rallidae) feeding at dawn and dusk in spring

R. A. Fordham
Pages: 109-117
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Organochlorine residues in New Zealand birds of prey

N. C. Fox
J. W. Lock
Pages: 118-125
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Foods of the Australian brush-tailed opossum (Trichosurus vulpecula) in an exotic forest

B. Warburton
Pages: 126-131
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Weddell seal harvesting at Scott Base, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, 1970–76

M. C. Crawley
Pages: 132-137
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Pup mortality of the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri, Lesson)

R. H. Mattlin
Pages: 138-144
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The history and control of red deer in the takahe area, Murchison Mountains, Fiordland National Park

J. Parkes
K. Tustin
L. Stanley
Pages: 145-152
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The effects of hunting on the numbers and group sizes of Himalayan thar (Hemitragus jemlahicus) In Carneys Creek, Rangitata catchment

K. G. Tustin
C. N. Challies
Pages: 153-157
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Policy Submission

Nuclear power generation in New Zealand

Anonymous
Pages: 158-165
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The future of West Coast forests and forest industries

Anonymous
Pages: 166-172
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The effect on seed germination of volatiles from Pinus radiata litter

R. E. Lill
J. A. McWha
A. L. J. Cole
Pages: 173-173
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Modern niche theory and plant ecology

Richard B. Primack
Pages: 173-174
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Competition between alpine grasses in the Lewis Pass–Arthurs Pass regions

C. J. Burrows
Pages: 175-175
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Aspects of the biology of some lumbricid earthworms in New Zealand pastures

N. A. Martin
Pages: 175-176
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Age-specific survival patterns in plants

David G. Lloyd
Pages: 176-177
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The potential role of chemosterilants in vertebrate pest control

M. E. R. Godfrey
Pages: 177-178
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Aspects of the ecology of bellbirds on Tiritiri Island

John L. Craig
Murray E. Douglas
Pages: 178-179
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Fiordland sand and dune vegetation and its management for conservation

P. N. Johnson
Pages: 178-178
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Progress and techniques in the management of the New Zealand falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae)

N. C. Fox
Pages: 179-180
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Breeding of the grey warbler at Kowhai Bush, Kaikoura

Brian J. Gill
Pages: 180-181
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Ecophysiology--leaf elongation and photosynthesis--in some alpine snow tussocks from central Otago

D. H. Greer
Pages: 181-182
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Stream invertebrate communities in a west coast beech forest catchment

Brent Cowie
Pages: 182-183
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The allelopathic potential of kahikatea. A progress report

B. P. J. Molloy
J. D. Ferguson
P. J. Fletcher
Pages: 183-184
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Book Review

The Unsteady State, Environmental Problems, Growth and Culture Culture. Kenneth E. F. Watt, Leslie F., Molloy, C. K. Varshney, Dudley Weeks, Soetjipto Wirosardjono. An East-West Centre Book, Hawaii, 1977. 287 pp.

Wren Green
Pages: 185-186
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Energetical Significance of the Annelids and Arthropods in a Swedish Grassland Soil Soil. Persson, T. and Lohm, U. Ecological Bulletins 23. 211 pp. Swedish Natural Science Research Council (NFR) 1977.

John Wightman
Pages: 185-185
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New Zealand Freshwater Fishes---a guide and natural history. McDowall, R. M. Heinemann Educational Books (NZ) Ltd., Auckland. 232 pp. Retail Price $NZ 24.75.

Vivienne Burrows
Pages: 186-187
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The Famine Business. Colin Tudge (Faber and Faber, London.)

G. A. Knox
Pages: 187-188
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Annual Report

Annual report for year ending 30 June 1978

New Zealand Ecological Society Council
Pages: 189-192
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