N.Z.J.Ecol., Volume 36(2), 2012

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Table of Contents


Research Article

Age-specific differences in settlement rates of saddlebacks (Philesturnus carunculatus) reintroduced to a fenced mainland sanctuary

Bryce M. Masuda
Ian G. Jamieson
Pages: 123-130
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Quantifying the benefits of long-term integrated pest control for forest bird populations in a New Zealand temperate rainforest

Colin F. J. O’Donnell
Joanne M. Hoare
Pages: 131-140
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Predator control allows critically endangered lizards to recover on mainland New Zealand

James T. Reardon
Nathan Whitmore
Karina M. Holmes
Lesley M. Judd
Andrew D. Hutcheon
Grant Norbury
Darryl I. Mackenzie
Pages: 141-150
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Assessment of microbranding as an alternative marking technique for long-term identification of New Zealand lizards

Rod Hitchmough
Keri Neilson
Kara Goddard
Mike Goold
Brett Gartrell
Stu Cockburn
Nicholas Ling
Pages: 151-156
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Cleared and uncleared pellet plots as indices of brown hare density

Michael E. Perry
Alastair W. Robertson
Pages: 157-163
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First coprolite evidence for the diet of Anomalopteryx didiformis, an extinct forest ratite from New Zealand

Jamie R. Wood
Janet M. Wilmshurst
Trevor H. Worthy
Alan Cooper
Pages: 164-170
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Are introduced birds unimportant mutualists? A case study of frugivory in European blackbirds (Turdus merula)

K. C. Burns
Pages: 171-176
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Seed rain and soil seed banks limit native regeneration within urban forest restoration plantings in Hamilton City, New Zealand

Elizabeth Overdyck
Bruce D. Clarkson
Pages: 177-190
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Carbon and plant diversity gain during 200 years of woody succession in lowland New Zealand

Fiona E. Carswell
Lawrence E. Burrows
Graeme M. J. Hall
Norman W. H. Mason
Robert B. Allen
Pages: 191-202
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Sensitivity of GIS patterns to data resolution: a case study of forest fragmentation in New Zealand

Charlotte Staples
Sadia Ahmed
Robert M. Ewers
Pages: 203-209
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Quantification of mycorrhizal limitation in beech spread

Ian A. Dickie
Murray Davis
Fiona E. Carswell
Pages: 210-215
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Characterising alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides; Amaranthaceae) invasion at a northern New Zealand lake

Imogen Bassett
Quentin Paynter
Robin Hankin
Jacqueline R. Beggs
Pages: 216-222
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Short Communication

Are introduced takahe populations on offshore islands at carrying capacity? Implications for genetic management

Catherine E. Grueber
Jane M. Maxwell
Ian G. Jamieson
Pages: 223-227
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Seed dispersal of matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia) by feral pigs (Sus scrofa)

Sarah-Jane O’Connor
Dave Kelly
Pages: 228-231
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Forum Article

Role of predator-proof fences in restoring New Zealand’s biodiversity: a response to Scofield et al. (2011)

John Innes
William G. Lee
Bruce Burns
Colin Campbell-Hunt
Corinne Watts
Hilary Phipps
Theo Stephens
Pages: 232-238
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Fenced sanctuaries need critical evaluation: a reply to Innes et al. (2012)

R. Paul Scofield
Ross Cullen
Pages: 239-242
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A unified approach to conservation prioritisation, reporting and information gathering in New Zealand

Susan Walker
R. T. Theo Stephens
Jacob McC. Overton
Pages: 243-251
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Potential for invasive mammalian herbivore control to result in measurable carbon gains

Robert J. Holdaway
Larry E. Burrows
Fiona E. Carswell
Anna E. Marburg
Pages: 252-264
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