Research article
Analysis of New Zealand Vegetation Cover Using Land Resource Inventory Data
P. M. Blaschke, G. G. Hunter, G. O. Eyles and P. R. Vanberkel
Pages: 1–19
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 2.6 MB)

Research article
Selective Forces Influencing the Evolution of Divaricating Plants
M. S. McGlone and C. J. Webb
Pages: 20–28
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 414 KB)

Research article
Notes on a Visit to Jacquemart Island in the Campbell Island Group
M. N. Foggo and Colin D. Meurk
Pages: 29–32
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 462 KB)

Research article
Exploitation and Redistribution of Flax Snail (Placostylus) by the Prehistoric Maori
Bruce W. Hayward and Fred J. Brook
Pages: 33–36
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 589 KB)

Research article
The Relation of Population-Dynamics to Some Other Areas of Ecology
Amyan Macfadyen
Pages: 37–44
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 336 KB)

Research article
Graphical Analysis of Lag in Population Reaction to Environmental-Change
F. H. Wood and Marion A. Foot
Pages: 45–51
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 860 KB)

Research article
Modeling Aphid Populations
N. D. Barlow
Pages: 52–55
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 201 KB)

Research article
Population Studies of Grass Grub (Costelytra aealandica) and Black Beetle (Heteronychus arator) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
R. East, P. D. King and R. N. Watson
Pages: 56–64
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 453 KB)

Research article
Population-Dynamics and Age Structure of Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in New Zealand
J. E. C. Flux and M. M. Flux
Pages: 65–72
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.4 MB)

Research article
What Determines the Numbers of Small Herbivorous Mammals
John A. Gibb
Pages: 73–77
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 332 KB)

Research article
Estimation of Absolute and Relative Survival Rates from the Recoveries of Dead Animals
Bryan F. J. Manly
Pages: 78–88
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 190 KB)

Research article
Feeding Ecology of the Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) on Stephens Island, Cook Strait
G. Y. Walls
Pages: 89–97
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.4 MB)

Research article
Comparison of Time-Budgets for Mainland and Outer Chetwode Island Populations of Adult Male South Island Robins
R. G. Powlesland
Pages: 98–105
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 471 KB)

Research article
Diets of Pipits and Skylarks at Huiarua Station, Tokomaru Bay, North Island, New Zealand
A. S. Garrick
Pages: 106–114
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 437 KB)

Research article
The Ranking of Wildlife Habitats
C. C. Ogle
Pages: 115–123
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 295 KB)

Conference Resumé
Studies on the Population-Dynamics of Typha at Lake Pukepuke
John Ogden
Pages: 124–125
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.2 MB)

Conference Resumé
Modeling the Effect of Porina Phenology on Pasture Damage
N. D. Barlow and A. Carpenter
Pages: 126
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.2 MB)

Conference Resumé
Natural Regulation of a Non-Hunted Chamois Population
C. M. H. Clarke and R. J. Henderson
Pages: 126–127
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.2 MB)

Conference Resumé
Dendroclimatological Studies in the South Island, Some Preliminary-Results
D. A. Norton
Pages: 127–128
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.2 MB)

Conference Resumé
Effect of Tag Loss on Estimation of Animal Abundance
R. Felton
Pages: 128–129
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.2 MB)

Conference Resumé
Towards a National Classification of New Zealand Vegetation and Landforms
P. Armstrong, G. N. Park and B. P. J. Molloy
Pages: 129–130
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.2 MB)

Conference Resumé
The Marlborough Tree Brooms—an Ecological Assessment
Philip Simpson
Pages: 130–131
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.2 MB)

Conference Resumé
Animal Biomass in Native Forest of the Orongorongo Valley, Wellington
R. E. Brockie and A. Moeed
Pages: 131–132
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.2 MB)

Conference Resumé
Feral Pigs—Ungulate Predators
P. M. Pavlov
Pages: 132–133
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.2 MB)

Conference Resumé
Breeding Biology of Grey Teal (Anas gibberifrons) in Nest Boxes
I. McFadden
Pages: 134
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.2 MB)

Conference Resumé
Aspects of Avian Island Biogeography in New Zealand
G. R. Williams
Pages: 134
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.2 MB)

Book Review
Flora of New Zealand. Volume III. Adventive cyperaceous, petalous and spathaceous monocotyledons. A. J. Healy and Elizabeth Edgar, 1980. Government Printer, Wellington, 220 pp. Price $18.50.
A. T. Dobson
Pages: 135–136
Article (pdf file, 299 KB)

Book Review
Pauatahanui Inlet—An Environmental Study. Co-ordinated by W. B. Healy, 1980. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Information Series 141. Wellington. 198 pp. 105 figs, 8 coloured maps. Price $25.00.
C. L. McLay
Pages: 136–137
Article (pdf file, 299 KB)

Book Review
The Resources of Lake Wanaka. B. T. Robertson and I. D. Blair (Eds). Lincoln Papers in Resource Management No.5, 1980. Tussock Grasslands and Mountain Lands Institute, Lincoln College. 66 pp. Price $6.00.
Michael Winterbourn
Pages: 137–138
Article (pdf file, 299 KB)

Book Review
The Land Our Future. Essays on land use and conservation in New Zealand in honour of Kenneth Cumberland. Edited by A. Grant Anderson, 1980. Longman Paul, Auckland, 324 pp. Price $24.95 hbk, $19.95 pbk.
Gavin Daly
Pages: 138–140
Article (pdf file, 299 KB)

Book Review
Ecology of a Subarctic Mire. M. Sonesson (Editor), 1980. Ecological Bulletins No. 30, Swedish Natural Science Research Council, Stockholm. 313 pp. Price ,c. US $30.00 from Editorial Service/NFR, Box 23136, S-104 35 Stockholm, Sweden.
A. T. Dobson
Pages: 138
Article (pdf file, 299 KB)

Annual Report
Annual report for the year ending 30 June 1981
New Zealand Ecological Society Council
Pages: 141–144
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 171 KB)