Editorial
Editorial comment
A. H. C. Christie
Pages: 1–3
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Presidential address
Presidential address: A successful twenty-five years: What now?
P. C. Bull
Pages: 4–7
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 935 KB)

Anniversary address
Anniversary address: Why have ecologists?
K. Radway Allen
Pages: 8–12
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.3 MB)

Research article
Regional and seasonal patterns of stream sediment discharges along New Zealand coasts from skylab and landsat satellite imagery.
G. Ross Cochrane and A.G.R. Male
Pages: 13–20
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.6 MB)

Research article
Evolution of divaricating plants in New Zealand in relation to moa browsing.
R. M. Greenwood and I.A.E. Atkinson
Pages: 21–33
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 2.6 MB)

Research article
Factors involved in the recent mortality of plants from forest and scrub along the Lake Te Anau shoreline, Fiordland.
A. F. Mark, P. N. Johnson and J.B. Wilson
Pages: 34–42
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 2 MB)

Research article
Some evidence of the predation of Hamilton's frog (Leiopelma hamiltoni (McCulloch)) by tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus (Grey)) on Stephens Island.
D. G. Newman
Pages: 43–47
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 955 KB)

Research article
Determination of the plane of nutrition of chamois.
R. E. Lambert and J. L. Bathgate
Pages: 48–56
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.7 MB)

Research article
Craniometric study of allometry, adaptation and hybridism of red deer (Cervus elaphus Scoticus, L.) and wapiti (C. e. nelsoni, Bailey) in Fiordland, New Zealand.
C. L. Batcheler and M. J. McLennan
Pages: 57–75
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 3.6 MB)

Research article
Number and weight of faecal pellets produced by opossums
Alice E. Fitzgerald
Pages: 76–78
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 488 KB)

Research article
Breeding season and fertility of the wild rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L) in North Canterbury, New Zealand
J. Bell
Pages: 79–83
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 908 KB)

Research article
The incidence, functions and ecological significance of petrel stomach oils
John Warham
Pages: 84–93
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 2.4 MB)

Research article
The foods and feeding of starlings in Canterbury
J. D. Coleman
Pages: 94–109
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 2.8 MB)

Research article
Arctic waders wintering in New Zealand
C. R. Veitch
Pages: 110–112
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 525 KB)

Research article
A survey of the native bird fauna of forests in the proposed beech project area of North Westland
Ian G. Crook, H. A. Best and M. Harrison
Pages: 113–126
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 2.8 MB)

Conference Resumé
Resumes of papers read at the Ecological Society Conference 1976
[various authors]
Pages: 127–135
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.8 MB)

Book review
Man and the Boreal Forest
P. J. McKelvey
Pages: 136
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 978 KB)

Book review
Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sulphur-Global Cycles
A. H. Nordmeyer
Pages: 136–137
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 978 KB)

Book review
Vegetation of Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand.
C. J. Burrows
Pages: 137–138
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 978 KB)

Book review
Soil Biology, with special reference to the animal kingdom
W. C. Clark
Pages: 138–139
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 978 KB)

Book review
Applied Climatology, An Introduction
R. A. Crowder
Pages: 138
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 978 KB)

Notices
Letter to the Editor
Alice E. Fitzgerald
Pages: 139
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 235 KB)

Notices
Annual Report for the year ending 30 June 1977
New Zealand Ecological Society Council
Pages: 140–143
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 798 KB)