Review article
The origin of the indigenous grasslands of southeastern South Island in relation to pre-human woody ecosystems
M. S. McGlone
Pages: 1–15
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Research article
Fruit features in relation to the ecology and distribution of Acaena (Rosaceae) species in New Zealand
William G. Lee, B. H. Macmillan, T. R. Partridge, R. Lister and K. M. Lloyd
Pages: 17–27
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 538 KB)

Research article
Estimating impacts of poison operations using mark-recapture analysis and population viability analysis: an example with New Zealand robins (Petroica australis)
Doug P. Armstrong and John G. Ewen
Pages: 29–38
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 135 KB)

Research article
A Chionochloa/Sphagnum/cushion valley bog in east Otago, New Zealand
Susan Walker, John B. Steel, G. L. Rapson, Stephen H. Roxburgh, Warren McG. King, Anni J. Watkins, Tom E. Myers, Jonathon A. Keogh, Amelia A. M. McQueen and J. Bastow Wilson
Pages: 39–52
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 733 KB)

Research article
Summer/autumn movements, mortality rates and density of feral ferrets (Mustela furo) at a farmland site in North Canterbury, New Zealand
Peter Caley and Grant Morriss
Pages: 53–60
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 479 KB)

Research article
Diet of moreporks (Ninox novaeseelandiae) in Pureora Forest determined from prey remains in regurgitated pellets
J. M. Haw, M. N. Clout and R. G. Powlesland
Pages: 61–67
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 651 KB)

Research article
Scarce or distracted? Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) foraging and diet in an area of inadequate mistletoe pollination
David J. Murphy and Dave Kelly
Pages: 69–81
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 651 KB)

Short Communication
Colonisation of new areas by stoats: time to establishment and requirements for detection
David Choquenot, Wendy A. Ruscoe and Elaine Murphy
Pages: 83–88
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 471 KB)

Short Communication
Increased predation on pukeko eggs after the application of rabbit control measures
John Haselmayer and Ian G. Jamieson
Pages: 89–93
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 486 KB)

Short Communication
Lack of pre-dispersal seed predators in introduced Asteraceae in New Zealand
Michael Fenner and William G. Lee
Pages: 95–99
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 448 KB)

Forum article
Publishing by New Zealand and Australian ecologists: trends and comparisons
Wayne L. Linklater and Elissa Z. Cameron
Pages: 101–106
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 499 KB)