N.Z.J.Ecol., Volume 40(3), 2016

Table of Contents


Review Article

The current state of community-based environmental monitoring in New Zealand

Monica A. Peters
David Hamilton
Chris Eames
John Innes
Norman W. H. Mason
Pages: 279-288
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Research Article

One hundred years of vegetation change at Cass, eastern South Island high country

Laura M. Young
David A. Norton
Michelle T. Lambert
Pages: 289-301
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Effects of tree control method, seed addition, and introduced mammal exclusion on seedling establishment in an invasive Pinus contorta forest

Kate G. McAlpine
Clayson J. Howell
Debra M. Wotton
Pages: 302-309
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Land snail communities respond to control of invasive rats in New Zealand forests

Gary M Barker
Pages: 310-320
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Frass drop for monitoring relative abundance of large arboreal invertebrates in a New Zealand mixed beech forest

Peter Sweetapple
Mandy Barron
Pages: 321-329
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Fine-scale association between parasites and sex in Potamopyrgus antipodarum within a New Zealand lake

Mark J. McKone
Amanda K. Gibson
Dan Cook
Laura A. Freymiller
Darcy Mishkind
Anna Quinlan
Jocelyn M. York
Curtis M. Lively
Maurine Neiman
Pages: 330-333
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Resource selection by tuatara following translocation: a comparison of wild-caught and captive-reared juveniles

Scott Jarvie
Mariano R Recio
Stephen C Adolph
Philip J Seddon
Alison Cree
Pages: 334-341
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Acute toxicity and risk to lizards of rodenticides and herbicides commonly used in New Zealand

Scott M. Weir
Shuangying Yu
Ami Knox
Larry G. Talent
Joanne M. Monks
Christopher J. Salice
Pages: 342-350
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MHC genetic diversity and avian malaria prevalence in Mokoia Island saddlebacks

Jolene T. Sutton
Isabel Castro
Bruce C. Robertson
Daniel M. Tompkins
Jo-Ann L. Stanton
Ian G. Jamieson
Pages: 351-360
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Dead birds found after aerial poisoning operations targeting small mammal pests in New Zealand 2003–14

Grant A. Morriss
Graham Nugent
Jackie Whitford
Pages: 361-370
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Spatiotemporal changes in relative rat (Rattus rattus) abundance following large-scale pest control

James W. Griffiths
Mandy C. Barron
Pages: 371-380
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Encapsulated sodium nitrite as a new toxicant for possum control in New Zealand

Lee Shapiro
Charles Eason
Craig Bunt
Steve Hix
Paul Aylett
Duncan MacMorran
Pages: 381-385
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Short Communication

Early field experience with microencapsulated zinc phosphide paste for possum ground control in New Zealand

Lee Shapiro
Duncan MacMorran
James Ross
Charles Eason
Pages: 386-389
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Forum Article

Is collaboration good for the environment? Or, what’s wrong with the Land and Water Forum?

Ann L. Brower
Pages: 390-397
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Future-proofing weed management for the effects of climate change: is New Zealand underestimating the risk of increased plant invasions?

Christine S Sheppard
Bruce R Burns
Margaret C Stanley
Pages: 398-405
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