N.Z.J.Ecol., Volume 38(1), 2014

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Table of Contents


Review Article

Fire, grazing and the evolution of New Zealand grasses

Matt S. McGlone
George L. W. Perry
Gary J. Houliston
Henry E. Connor
Pages: 1-11
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Research Article

Thermal environment of New Zealand’s gradual and abrupt treeline ecotones

Ellen Cieraad
Matt McGlone
Pages: 12-25
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Simulating long-term vegetation dynamics using a forest landscape model: the post-Taupo succession on Mt Hauhungatahi, North Island, New Zealand

Timothy Thrippleton
Klara Dolos
George L. W. Perry
Jürgen Groeneveld
Björn Reineking
Pages: 26-38
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When belowground rumbles: a plant’s interactions with antagonists are robust to earthquake-induced shifts in the below-ground environment

Roseanna Gamlen-Greene
John Clemens
Justin Morgenroth
Marcus Lechner
William Godsoe
Pages: 39-44
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Prey capture behaviour by pygmy bluetongue lizards with simulated grazing

Melissa Pettigrew
C. Michael Bull
Pages: 45-52
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Habitat complexity and management intensity positively influence fledging success in the endangered hihi (Notiomystis cincta)

Troy Makan
Isabel Castro
Alastair W. Robertson
Michael K. Joy
Matthew Low
Pages: 53-63
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Habitat use by kiore (Rattus exulans) and Norway rats (R. norvegicus) on Kapiti Island, New Zealand

Gary N. Bramley
Pages: 64-75
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Multiple paternity and differential male breeding success in wild ship rats (Rattus rattus)

Carolyn King
Tom Winstanley
John Innes
Dianne Gleeson
Pages: 76-85
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How can we detect introduced mammalian predators in non-forest habitats? A comparison of techniques

Georgina A. Pickerell
Colin F. J. O’Donnell
Deborah J. Wilson
Philip J. Seddon
Pages: 86-102
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A principles-based decision tree for future investigations of native New Zealand birds during aerial 1080 operations

Clare J. Veltman
Ian M. Westbrooke
Ralph G. Powlesland
Terry C. Greene
Pages: 103-109
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Anticoagulant rodenticide brodifacoum detected in dead nestlings of an insectivorous passerine

Bryce M. Masuda
Penny Fisher
Ian G. Jamieson
Pages: 110-115
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Efficacy of bird repellents at deterring North Island robins (Petroica australis longipes) and tomtits (P. macrocephala toitoi) from baits

B. Kay Clapperton
Dai K. J. Morgan
Tim D. Day
Kerry E. Oates
Alison M. Beath
Neil R. Cox
Lindsay R. Matthews
Pages: 116-123
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Declining eastern rockhopper (Eudyptes filholi) and erect-crested (E. sclateri) penguins on the Antipodes Islands, New Zealand

Johanna A. Hiscock
B. Louise Chilvers
Pages: 124-131
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Factors influencing occupancy of modified artificial refuges for monitoring the range-restricted Banks Peninsula tree weta Hemideina ricta (Anostostomatidae)

Mike H. Bowie
Warwick J. Allen
Jill McCaw
Rachel van Heugten
Pages: 132-138
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Compensating for ecological harm – the state of play in New Zealand

Marie A. Brown
Bruce D. Clarkson
R.T. Theo Stephens
Barry J. Barton
Pages: 139-146
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Short Communication

Changes in Australian brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) den site use following density reduction

Belinda I. Whyte
James G. Ross
Hannah L. Buckley
Pages: 147-151
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Use of forensic genetics to detect a potential incursion of the brushtail possum onto Great Barrier Island

Ana Ramón-Laca
Dianne Gleeson
Pages: 152-155
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