Research article
Early Maori settlement impacts in northern coastal Taranaki, New Zealand
Janet M. Wilmshurst, Thomas F. G. Higham, Harry Allen, Dilys Johns and Caroline Phillips
Pages: 167–180
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 817 KB)

Research article
Successional processes induced by fires on the northern offshore islands of New Zealand
Ian A.E. Atkinson
Pages: 181–194
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 369 KB)

Research article
Effects of forest edges on herbivory in a New Zealand mistletoe, Alepis flavida
Catherine E. Bach and Dave Kelly
Pages: 195–206
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 171 KB)

Research article
Desmoschoenus spiralis displacement by Ammophila arenaria: the role of drought
Pip Dixon, Mike Hilton and Peter Bannister
Pages: 207–214
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 129 KB)

Research article
Little geographic or host plant genetic variation in a Chionochloa (Poaceae) seed predator (Cecidomyiidae: undescribed species)
Andrew C. McCall, Dave Kelly and Hazel M. Chapman
Pages: 215–224
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 116 KB)

Research article
Distribution and forage use of exotic bumblebees in South Island, New Zealand
D. Goulson and M.E. Hanley
Pages: 225–232
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 98 KB)

Research article
Extra-pair copulation and paternity defense in the hihi (or stitchbird) Notiomystis cincta
John G. Ewen, Doug P. Armstrong, Brice Ebert and Lars H. Hansen
Pages: 233–240
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 96 KB)

Research article
Size matters: predation risk and juvenile growth in North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
J. A. McLennan, L. Dew, J. Miles, N. Gillingham and R. Waiwai
Pages: 241–250
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 154 KB)

Research article
Decline in capture rate of stoats at high mouse densities in New Zealand Nothofagus forests
C. M. King and Piran C. L. White
Pages: 251–258
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 100 KB)

Research article
A house mouse (Mus musculus) population eruption in response to rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) seedfall in southern New Zealand
Wendy A. Ruscoe, Deborah Wilson, Lisa McElrea and Sarah J. Richardson
Pages: 259–266
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 179 KB)

Research article
Improving search strategies for the cryptic New Zealand striped skink (Oligosoma striatum) through behavioural contrasts with the brown skink (Oligosoma zelandicum).
Keri Neilson, David Duganzich, Bernard Goetz and Joseph R. Waas
Pages: 267–278
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 144 KB)

Short Communication
Can trapping control Asian paper wasp (Polistes chinensis antennalis) populations?
Richard J. Toft and Richard J. Harris
Pages: 279–282
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 54 KB)

Short Communication
A simple gravimetric technique for estimating honeydew or nectar production
Roger J. Dungan, Jacqueline R. Beggs and David A. Wardle
Pages: 283–288
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 85 KB)

Short Communication
Mountain beech seedling responses to removal of below-ground competition and fertiliser addition
Kevin H. Platt, Robert B. Allen, David A. Coomes and Susan K. Wiser
Pages: 289–294
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 102 KB)

Forum article
Assessing significance for biodiversity conservation on private land in New Zealand
David A. Norton and Judith Roper-Lindsay
Pages: 295–305
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 98 KB)

Book Review
Planes, trains, and automobiles: Introduction pathways of nonindigenous species
Ruiz, G.M. and Carlton, J.T. (Editors) 2003. Invasive Species: Vectors and management strategies. Island Press, Washington D.C., USA. xiii + 518pp. Hardback ISBN: 1-55963-903-2, $75.00 (USD); Paperback, ISBN: 1-55963-903-2, $40.00 (USD).
Ian Duggan
Pages: 307–309
Article (pdf file, 46 KB)

Book Review
Hawai’i as an Ecosystem Model
Vitousek, P.M. 2004. Nutrient cycling and limitation. Hawai’i as a model system. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., U.S.A. xx + 223 pp. Cloth, ISBN: 0-691-11579-6, $79.50 (USD); paper, ISBN: 0-691-11850-X, $35.00 (USD).
David Wardle
Pages: 307
Article (pdf file, 46 KB)

Book Review
Ecological genetics
Lowe, A., Harris, S. and Ashton, P. 2004. Ecological Genetics: Design, Analysis, and Application. Blackwell Science, Oxford, U.K. 320 p.p. pbk. ISBN: 1-4051- 0033-8, £29.99.
Dianne Gleeson
Pages: 309
Article (pdf file, 46 KB)