Research article
Age-specific differences in settlement rates of saddlebacks (Philesturnus carunculatus) reintroduced to a fenced mainland sanctuary
Bryce M. Masuda and Ian G. Jamieson
Pages: 123–130
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 327 KB)

Research article
Quantifying the benefits of long-term integrated pest control for forest bird populations in a New Zealand temperate rainforest
Colin F. J. O’Donnell and Joanne M. Hoare
Pages: 131–140
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.02 MB)

Research article
Predator control allows critically endangered lizards to recover on mainland New Zealand
James T. Reardon, Nathan Whitmore, Karina M. Holmes, Lesley M. Judd, Andrew D. Hutcheon, Grant Norbury and Darryl I. Mackenzie
Pages: 141–150
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 141 KB)

Research article
Assessment of microbranding as an alternative marking technique for long-term identification of New Zealand lizards
Rod Hitchmough, Keri Neilson, Kara Goddard, Mike Goold, Brett Gartrell, Stu Cockburn and Nicholas Ling
Pages: 151–156
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 327 KB)

Research article
Cleared and uncleared pellet plots as indices of brown hare density
Michael E. Perry and Alastair W. Robertson
Pages: 157–163
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 356 KB)

Research article
First coprolite evidence for the diet of Anomalopteryx didiformis, an extinct forest ratite from New Zealand
Jamie R. Wood, Janet M. Wilmshurst, Trevor H. Worthy and Alan Cooper
Pages: 164–170
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 2.66 MB)

Research article
Are introduced birds unimportant mutualists? A case study of frugivory in European blackbirds (Turdus merula)
K. C. Burns
Pages: 171–176
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 321 KB)

Research article
Seed rain and soil seed banks limit native regeneration within urban forest restoration plantings in Hamilton City, New Zealand
Elizabeth Overdyck and Bruce D. Clarkson
Pages: 177–190
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 596 KB)

Research article
Carbon and plant diversity gain during 200 years of woody succession in lowland New Zealand
Fiona E. Carswell, Lawrence E. Burrows, Graeme M. J. Hall, Norman W. H. Mason and Robert B. Allen
Pages: 191–202
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 759 KB)

Research article
Sensitivity of GIS patterns to data resolution: a case study of forest fragmentation in New Zealand
Charlotte Staples, Sadia Ahmed and Robert M. Ewers
Pages: 203–209
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 579 KB)

Research article
Quantification of mycorrhizal limitation in beech spread
Ian A. Dickie, Murray Davis and Fiona E. Carswell
Pages: 210–215
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 382 KB)

Research article
Characterising alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides; Amaranthaceae) invasion at a northern New Zealand lake
Imogen Bassett, Quentin Paynter, Robin Hankin and Jacqueline R. Beggs
Pages: 216–222
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 485 KB)

Short Communication
Are introduced takahe populations on offshore islands at carrying capacity? Implications for genetic management
Catherine E. Grueber, Jane M. Maxwell and Ian G. Jamieson
Pages: 223–227
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 549 KB)

Short Communication
Seed dispersal of matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia) by feral pigs (Sus scrofa)
Sarah-Jane O’Connor and Dave Kelly
Pages: 228–231
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 234 KB)

Forum article
Role of predator-proof fences in restoring New Zealand’s biodiversity: a response to Scofield et al. (2011)
John Innes, William G. Lee, Bruce Burns, Colin Campbell-Hunt, Corinne Watts, Hilary Phipps and Theo Stephens
Pages: 232–238
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 329 KB)

Forum article
Fenced sanctuaries need critical evaluation: a reply to Innes et al. (2012)
R. Paul Scofield and Ross Cullen
Pages: 239–242
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 234 KB)

Forum article
A unified approach to conservation prioritisation, reporting and information gathering in New Zealand
Susan Walker, R. T. Theo Stephens and Jacob McC. Overton
Pages: 243–251
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 540 KB)

Forum article
Potential for invasive mammalian herbivore control to result in measurable carbon gains
Robert J. Holdaway, Larry E. Burrows, Fiona E. Carswell and Anna E. Marburg
Pages: 252–264
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 420 KB)