N.Z.J.Ecol., Volume 29(2), 2005

Table of Contents


Research Article

An ecological and historical review of bracken (Pteridium esculentum) in New Zealand, and its cultural significance

Matt S. McGlone
Janet M. Wilmshurst
Helen M. Leach
Pages: 165-184
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Mosquitoes breeding in phytotelmata in native forests in the Wellington region, New Zealand

José G. B. Derraik
Pages: 185-191
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Effects of an aerial 1080 possum poison operation using carrot baits on invertebrates in artificial refuges at Whirinaki Forest Park, 1999 – 2002

R. G. Powlesland
I. A. N. Stringer
D. I. Hedderley
Pages: 193-205
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Importance of ground weta (Hemiandrus spp.) in stoat (Mustela erminea) diet in small montane valleys and alpine grasslands

D. H. V Smith
I. G. Jamieson
R. M. E. Peach
Pages: 207-214
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Invasibility of native habitats by Argentine ants, Linepithema humile, in New Zealand

Darren F. Ward
Richard J. Harris
Pages: 215-219
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Habitat selection by South Island saddlebacks and Stewart Island robins reintroduced to Ulva Island

Kate E. Steffens
Philip J. Seddon
Renaud Mathieu
Ian G. Jamieson
Pages: 221-229
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Factors influencing mate guarding and territory defence in the stitchbird (hihi) Notiomystis cincta

Matthew Low
Pages: 231-242
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Effect of the blood-sucking mite Ornithonyssus bursa on chick growth and fledging age in the North Island robin

Åsa Berggren
Pages: 243-250
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Habitat use by three rat species (Rattus spp.) on Stewart Island/ Rakiura, New Zealand

Grant A. Harper
Katharine J. M. Dickinson
Philip J. Seddon
Pages: 251-260
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Vegetation recovery in rural kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides) forest fragments in the Waikato region, New Zealand, following retirement from grazing

Mark C. Smale
Craig W. Ross
Gregory C. Arnold
Pages: 261-269
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Effects of red deer on tree regeneration and growth in Aorangi Forest, Wairarapa

Sean W. Husheer
Q. W. (Joe) Hansen
Stephen C. Urlich
Pages: 271-277
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Floristic changes over 30 years in a Canterbury Plains kānuka forest remnant, and comparison with adjacent vegetation types

Chris E. Ecroyd
Eckehard G. Brockerhoff
Pages: 279-290
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Population age structure and recent Dracophyllum spread on subantarctic Campbell Island

Kim L. Bestic
Richard P. Duncan
Matt S. McGlone
Janet M. Wilmshurst
Colin D. Meurk
Pages: 291-297
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Benefits of aerial 1080 possum control to tree fuchsia in the Tararua Range, Wellington

Stephen C. Urlich
Phillip J. Brady
Pages: 299-309
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Browse on mahoe and kamahi leaf-fall as a trigger for possum control

David M. Forsyth
John P. Parkes
Pages: 311-320
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Short Communication

Reduced maternal fecundity of the high Andean perennial herb Alstroemeria umbellata (Alstroemeriaceae) by aphid herbivory

Carlos E. Valdivia
Hermann M. Niemeyer
Pages: 321-324
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