Research article
Leaf trait–palatability relationships differ between ungulate species: evidence from cafeteria experiments using naïve tussock grasses
Kelvin M. Lloyd, Meg L. Pollock, Norman W.H. Mason and William G. Lee
Pages: 219–226
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 476 KB)

Research article
Effect of grazing on ship rat density in forest fragments of lowland Waikato, New Zealand
John Innes, Carolyn M. King, Lucy Bridgman, Neil Fitzgerald, Greg Arnold and Neil Cox
Pages: 227–232
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 392 KB)

Research article
Toxicity of cholecalciferol to rats in a multi-species bait
Charles Eason, Dan Baigent, Lindsay Wilson, Steve Hix, Duncan MacMorran, James Ross, Aroha Miller and Shaun Ogilvie
Pages: 233–236
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 241 KB)

Research article
Habitat selection in reintroduced bird populations: a case study of Stewart Island robins and South Island saddlebacks on Ulva Island
Pascale Michel , Katharine J. M. Dickinson, Barbara I. P. Barratt and Ian G. Jamieson
Pages: 237–246
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.25 MB)

Research article
Salmonella enterica serovars in lizards of New Zealand’s offshore islands
Danielle M.R.L. Middleton, Edward O. Minot and Brett D. Gartrell
Pages: 247–252
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 335 KB)

Research article
Population monitoring of the endangered New Zealand spider, Latrodectus katipo, by artificial cover object
Jessica A. Costall and Russell G. Death
Pages: 253–258
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 665 KB)

Short Communication
Diet of feral cats on subantarctic Auckland Island
Grant A. Harper
Pages: 259–261
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 268 KB)

Short Communication
Habitat use by mice during winter on subantarctic Auckland Island
Grant A. Harper
Pages: 262–264
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 251 KB)

Short Communication
Temporal shifts in the pair-bond dynamics of New Zealand robins (Petroica australis)
I. J. Menzies and K. C. Burns
Pages: 265–268
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 309 KB)

Forum article
Which factors limited stitchbird population growth on Mokoia Island?
Matthew Low
Pages: 269–271
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 227 KB)

Forum article
Impacts of pathogenic disease and native predators on threatened native species
Doug P. Armstrong, Isabel Castro, John K. Perrott, John G. Ewen and Rose Thorogood
Pages: 272–273
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 194 KB)

Book Review
Quantitative conservation of vertebrates
Conroy MJ, Carroll JP 2009. Quantitative conservation of vertebrates. Blackwell Publishing. 342 pp. ISBN 978-1-4051-8228-7 (pb) and 978-1-4051-9098-5 (hb). Paper NZ$94.99.
Doug P. Armstrong
Pages: 274
Article (pdf file, 178 KB)