Research article
Presidential-Address—Opportunities for Ecological Restoration
I. A. E. Atkinson
Pages: 1–12
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Research article
The Invasion of Lake Taupo by the Submerged Water Weed Lagarosiphon major and Its Impact on the Native Flora
Clive Howard-Williams and John Davies
Pages: 13–19
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 622 KB)

Research article
A Forest Succession in the Catlins Ecological Region, Southeast Otago, New Zealand
R. B. Allen
Pages: 21–29
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 351 KB)

Research article
Trend in bare ground from tussock grassland surveys, Canterbury, New Zealand
I. E. Whitehouse, J. R. I. Cuff, G. R. Evans and C. Jensen
Pages: 31–38
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 249 KB)

Research article
Canopy Closure, a Factor in Rata (Metrosideros)-Kamahi (Weinmannia) Forest Dieback in Westland, New Zealand
I. J. Payton
Pages: 39–50
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 2.2 MB)

Research article
Daily Movement and Activity of Female and Juvenile Himalayan Thar (Hemitragus jemlahicus) in the Eastern Southern Alps, New- Zealand
K. G. Tustin and J. P. Parkes
Pages: 51–59
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 954 KB)

Research article
Diet and Food Preferences of White-Tailed Deer in Northeastern Stewart-Island
G. Nugent and C. N. Challies
Pages: 61–71
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 683 KB)

Research article
Diet of Feral Pigs in the Podocarp-Tawa Forests of the Urewera Ranges
C. Thomson and C. N. Challies
Pages: 73–78
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 217 KB)

Research article
Reproductive-Biology of Rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L), in Central Otago, New Zealand
K. W. Fraser
Pages: 79–88
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 581 KB)

Research article
Breeding of North Island Brown Kiwi, Apteryx australis mantelli, in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
J. A. McLennan
Pages: 89–97
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 139 KB)

Research article
Diet of the Stewart-Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx australis lawryi) at Scollays Flat, Southern Stewart-Island
R. Colbourne and R. G. Powlesland
Pages: 99–104
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 116 KB)

Research article
Shoot Growth in 2-3 Year Old Nothofagus Seedlings
N. J. Ledgard and D. A. Norton
Pages: 105–108
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 128 KB)

Research article
Mineral Element Concentrations in Foliage and Bark of Woody Species on Auckland-Island, New Zealand
W. G. Lee
Pages: 109–111
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 82 KB)

Research article
Nocturnal Foraging by Chatham-Island Skuas
E. C. Young, P. F. Jenkins, M. E. Douglas and T. G. Lovegrove
Pages: 113–117
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 125 KB)

Book Review
Southern Beeches. A.L. Poole. Science Information Publishing Centre, Wellington, 1987. 148 pp. NZ$27.50.
R. B. Allen
Pages: 119–120
Article (pdf file, 32 KB)

Conference Report
Annual Conference 1988
Anonymous
Pages: 121–122
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
A review of vegetation succession following recent (450 years) volcanic disturbance in North Island, New Zealand
Bruce D. Clarkson
Pages: 122–123
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
The impact of volcanism on ecosystems in the North Island
V. E. Neall and C. M. Lees
Pages: 122
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Abiotic disturbance in New Zealand ecosystems: a geomorphological perspective
Philip J. Tonkin
Pages: 122
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
The importance of snow avalanches as a disturbing influence in South Island mountain vegetation
Colin J. Burrows
Pages: 123
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Disturbance and the vegetation of the Urewera ranges — an overview
W. B. Shaw
Pages: 123
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Techniques for analysing forest disturbance history
Glenn H. Stewart and Alan B. Rose
Pages: 123–124
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Biotic disturbance and vegetation dynamics
Thomas T. Veblen
Pages: 123
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Can natural disturbance and red deer impact be distinguished in simple mountain beech?
Graham T. Jane
Pages: 124
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
How is anthropic disturbance to be accommodated in landscape ecology and nature conservation?
Kevin F. O'Connor and Simon R. Swaffield
Pages: 124–125
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Reconstructing disturbance on Mt Ruapehu
Marion Steel
Pages: 124
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
A systems perspective of disturbance
E. G. White
Pages: 124
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
The impact, past, present, and future of ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) on plant communities in Tongariro National Park
Hazel M. Chapman
Pages: 125
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
The invasion of lake taupo by the submerged waterweed Lagarosiphon major: implications for the native flora
Clive Howard-Williams
Pages: 125
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Clematis vitalba: an invader of disturbed ecosystems
Carol West
Pages: 125–126
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
The Waikaia ecological region: results of protected natural area surveys of the Umbrella and Nokomai ecological districts
Katharine J. M. Dickinson
Pages: 126
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
The status of ecology of kowhai ngutu-kaka (Clianthus puniceus) at Lake Waikaremoana, Urewera National Park
W. B. Shaw and B. R. Burns
Pages: 126
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Effects of overstorey dieback on understorey light environment and seedling photosynthesis in Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides
David Y. Hollinger
Pages: 127–128
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Conference Abstract
Permeability of protected natural areas to problem plants
Susan M. Timmins and Peter A. Williams
Pages: 127
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Conference Abstract
The diversity and conservation status of pakihi vegetation in north Westland
P. A. Williams, S. P. Courtney, D. Glenny and G. Hall
Pages: 127
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Conference Abstract
The structure and composition of two forests buried by the Taupo eruption
Beverley R. Clarkson, Bruce D. Clarkson and Raj N. Patel
Pages: 128
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Movements, diet, and breeding of New Zealand pigeons
M. N. Clout, P. D. Gaze and B. J. Karl
Pages: 128
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Vegetation qualities and whitehead stock size
John L. Craig and Neil D. Mitchell
Pages: 128–129
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Habitat use by cockroaches in kanuka-beech forest
Mary E. McIntyre
Pages: 128
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Feeding energetics of kaka in South Island beech forest
J. R. Beggs and P. R. Wilson
Pages: 129–130
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
The distributions and abundance of Vespula wasps in New Zealand
K. Clapperton, G. R. Sandlant and H. Moller
Pages: 129
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Effects of feral honey bees and wasps on honeydew
P. D. Gaze, H. Moller, B. W. Thomas and J. A. Tilley
Pages: 129
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Deer diet on Stewart Island, and its significance in relation to the impact of deer on New Zealand forests
G. Nugent and C. N. Challies
Pages: 129
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Population genetics of the brush-tail possum
Susan Triggs
Pages: 129
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
A comparison of life forms of New Zealand alpine plants with those of the Andes
Stephen Halloy
Pages: 130
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Mast seeding by the dioecious temperate forest tree Dacrydium cupressinum (Podocarpaceae) in New Zealand
David A. Norton and David Kelly
Pages: 130–131
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Conference Abstract
Movements and habitat use by kaka (Nestor m. meridionalis) in South Island beech forests
P. R. Wilson, J. R. Beggs and B. J. Karl
Pages: 130
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 74 KB)

Annual Report
Annual report for the year ending 31 March 1988
New Zealand Ecological Society Council
Pages: 132–136
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 50 KB)