Research article
An ecological and historical review of bracken (Pteridium esculentum) in New Zealand, and its cultural significance
Matt S. McGlone, Janet M. Wilmshurst and Helen M. Leach
Pages: 165–184
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Mosquitoes breeding in phytotelmata in native forests in the Wellington region, New Zealand
José G. B. Derraik
Pages: 185–191
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 588 KB)

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Effects of an aerial 1080 possum poison operation using carrot baits on invertebrates in artificial refuges at Whirinaki Forest Park, 1999– 2002
R. G. Powlesland, I. A. N. Stringer and D. I. Hedderley
Pages: 193–205
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 456 KB)

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Importance of ground weta (Hemiandrus spp.) in stoat (Mustela erminea) diet in small montane valleys and alpine grasslands
D. H. V Smith, I. G. Jamieson and R. M. E. Peach
Pages: 207–214
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 260 KB)

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Invasibility of native habitats by Argentine ants, Linepithema humile, in New Zealand
Darren F. Ward and Richard J. Harris
Pages: 215–219
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 76 KB)

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Habitat selection by South Island saddlebacks and Stewart Island robins reintroduced to Ulva Island
Kate E. Steffens, Philip J. Seddon, Renaud Mathieu and Ian G. Jamieson
Pages: 221–229
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 492 KB)

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Factors influencing mate guarding and territory defence in the stitchbird (hihi) Notiomystis cincta
Matthew Low
Pages: 231–242
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 128 KB)

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Effect of the blood-sucking mite Ornithonyssus bursa on chick growth and fledging age in the North Island robin
Åsa Berggren
Pages: 243–250
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 654 KB)

Research article
Habitat use by three rat species (Rattus spp.) on Stewart Island/ Rakiura, New Zealand
Grant A. Harper, Katharine J. M. Dickinson and Philip J. Seddon
Pages: 251–260
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 484 KB)

Research article
Vegetation recovery in rural kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides) forest fragments in the Waikato region, New Zealand, following retirement from grazing
Mark C. Smale, Craig W. Ross and Gregory C. Arnold
Pages: 261–269
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Research article
Effects of red deer on tree regeneration and growth in Aorangi Forest, Wairarapa
Sean W. Husheer, Q. W. (Joe) Hansen and Stephen C. Urlich
Pages: 271–277
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 100 KB)

Research article
Floristic changes over 30 years in a Canterbury Plains kānuka forest remnant, and comparison with adjacent vegetation types
Chris E. Ecroyd and Eckehard G. Brockerhoff
Pages: 279–290
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Research article
Population age structure and recent Dracophyllum spread on subantarctic Campbell Island
Kim L. Bestic, Richard P. Duncan, Matt S. McGlone, Janet M. Wilmshurst and Colin D. Meurk
Pages: 291–297
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 636 KB)

Research article
Benefits of aerial 1080 possum control to tree fuchsia in the Tararua Range, Wellington
Stephen C. Urlich and Phillip J. Brady
Pages: 299–309
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 180 KB)

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Browse on mahoe and kamahi leaf-fall as a trigger for possum control
David M. Forsyth and John P. Parkes
Pages: 311–320
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Short Communication
Reduced maternal fecundity of the high Andean perennial herb Alstroemeria umbellata (Alstroemeriaceae) by aphid herbivory
Carlos E. Valdivia and Hermann M. Niemeyer
Pages: 321–324
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 64 KB)