Review article
An updated review of the toxicology and ecotoxicology of sodium fluoroacetate (1080) in relation to its use as a pest control tool in New Zealand
Charles Eason, Aroha Miller, Shaun Ogilvie, and Alastair Fairweather
Pages: 1–20
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 476 KB)

Research article
Forest bird mortality and baiting practices in New Zealand aerial 1080 operations from 1986 to 2009
Clare J. Veltman and Ian M. Westbrooke
Pages: 21–29
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 455 KB)

Research article
Meta-analysis of status and trends in breeding populations of black-fronted terns (Chlidonias albostriatus) 1962
Colin F. J. O’Donnell and Joanne M. Hoare
Pages: 30–43
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 487 KB)

Research article
Testing the power of an experiment to measure predator control and habitat complexity impacts on farmland bird abundance
Florian Weller
Pages: 44–51
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 430 KB)

Research article
Microhabitat choice and host-seeking behaviour of the tuatara tick, Amblyomma sphenodonti (Acari: Ixodidae)
Stephanie S. Godfrey, Nicola J. Nelson and C. Michael Bull
Pages: 52–60
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 831 KB)

Research article
Spore consumption and life history of Zearagytodes maculifer (Broun) (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) on Ganoderma, its fungal host
Kohmei Kadowaki, Richard A. B. Leschen and Jacqueline R. Beggs
Pages: 61–68
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.5 MB)

Research article
White butterfly (Pieris rapae) and the white rust Albugo candida on Cook’s scurvy grass (Lepidium oleraceum)
Marc Hasenbank, Andrea Brandon, and Stephen Hartley
Pages: 69–75
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 541 KB)

Research article
Divergent small-scale spatial patterns in New Zealand’s short tussock grasslands
Yvette Dickinson and David A. Norton
Pages: 76–82
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.4 MB)

Research article
Resilience of New Zealand indigenous forest fragments to impacts of livestock and pest mammals
Mike Dodd, Gary Barker, Bruce Burns, Raphael Didham, John Innes, Carolyn King, Mark Smale, and Corinne Watts
Pages: 83–95
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 774 KB)

Research article
Drainage, soil fertility and fire frequency determine composition and structure of gumland heaths in northern New Zealand
Beverley R. Clarkson, Mark C. Smale, Peter A. Williams, Susan K. Wiser and Rowan P. Buxton
Pages: 96–113
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 4.95 MB)

Short Communication
Cost comparison between GPS- and VHF-based telemetry: case study of feral cats Felis catus in New Zealand
Mariano R. Recio, Renaud Mathieu, Richard Maloney and Philip J. Seddon
Pages: 114–117
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 266 KB)

Book Review
Observation, correlation or causation? Linking natural history and ecology.
Wilcox MD ed. 2007. Natural history of Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand. Auckland Botanical Society Bulletin 27. 192 pp. Cloth, ISBN 978-0-9583447-3-9, NZ$39.99.
Lawrence R. Walker
Pages: 118
Article (pdf file, 111 KB)

Obituary
Peter Wardle MSc (Otago), PhD (Cantaur.), FRSNZ, ONZOM. 14 February 1931 – 6 December 2008
Matt McGlone and Bill Lee
Pages: 119–126
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 332 KB)

Obituary
John Lawrance Nicholls, MNZM BSc (NZ), 2 December 1920 – 19 August 2010
Mark Smale
Pages: 127–129
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 401 KB)