Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Recent publications

Buxton  RT, Jones C, Moller H, Towns DR 2014. Drivers of seabird population recovery on New Zealand islands after predator  eradication. Conservation Biology 28: 333–344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12228

therington TR, Perry GLW, Cowan PE, Clout MN 2014. Quantifying the direct transfer costs of  common brushtail possum dispersal using least-cost modelling: a combined cost-surface  and accumulated-cost dispersal kernel approach. PLoS ONE 9(2): e88293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088293

Ferreira  C, Villafuerte R, Villar N, Castro F, Ferreras P, Rouco C, Alves PC, Arias de  Reyna L, Redpath S 2014. Experimental  study on the effect of cover and vaccination on the survival of juvenile  European rabbits. Population Ecology 56: 195–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10144-013-0403-4

Forsyth  DM, Ramsey DSL, Veltman CJ, Allen RB, Allen WJ, Barker RJ, Jacobson CL, Nicol  SJ, Richardson SJ, Todd CR 2013. When  deer must die: large uncertainty surrounds changes in deer abundance achieved  by helicopter- and ground-based hunting in New Zealand forests. Wildlife Research 40: 447–458. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/Wr13016

King  C, Winstanley T, Innes J, Gleeson D 2014. Multiple paternity and differential male breeding success in wild ship  rats (Rattus rattus). New Zealand  Journal of Ecology 38: 76–85. http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/abstract.php?volume_issue=j38_1&pdf_filename=NZJEcol38_1_76.pdf&uniqueID=3093

MacLeod CJ, Moller H 2013. Environmental monitoring for sustainable land management in New  Zealand’s production landscapes. NZ Sustainability Dashboard Research Report  13/10. ARGOS. 97 p. http://www.nzdashboard.org.nz/uploads/2/3/7/3/23730248/13_10_environmental_monitoring_framework.pdf

Masuda  BM, Fisher P, Jamieson IG 2014. Anticoagulant rodenticide brodifacoum detected in dead nestlings of an  insectivorous passerine. New Zealand  Journal of Ecology 38: 110–115. http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/abstract.php?volume_issue=j38_1&pdf_filename=NZJEcol38_1_110.pdf&uniqueID=3099

Monks  JM, Monks A, Towns DR 2014. Correlated  recovery of five lizard populations following eradication of invasive mammals. Biological Invasions 16: 167–175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-013-0511-2

Morriss  GW, Warburton B 2014. Modifying the  Victor® Easy Set® rat trap to improve the animal welfare of stoats and ship  rats trapped in New Zealand. PLoS ONE  9(2): e86760. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086760

Norbury G, van den Munckhof M, Neitzel S, Hutcheon A, Reardon J,  Ludwig K 2014. Impacts of  invasive house mice on post-release survival of translocated lizards. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 38: [early  view online]. http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/abstract.php?volume_issue=j38_2&pdf_filename=NZJEcol38_2_NorburyEtAlIP.pdf&uniqueID=3130

Northcott  G, Jensen D, Ying L, Fisher P 2014. Degradation  rate of sodium fluoroacetate in three New Zealand soils. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33: 1048–1058. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.2536

Nugent G, Yockney IJ, Whitford EJ, Cross ML 2014. Assessing the effectiveness of  tuberculosis management in brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula),  through indirect surveillance of Mycobacterium bovis infection using  released sentinel pigs. Veterinary  Medicine International 2014: 361634. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/361634

Parkes J, Fisher P, Robinson S, Aguirre-Muñoz A 2014. Eradication of feral cats from large  islands: an assessment of the effort required for success. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 38: [early view online]. http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/abstract.php?volume_issue=j38_2&pdf_filename=NZJEcol38_2_ParkesEtAlIP.pdf&uniqueID=3129

Pickerell  GA, O'Donnell CFJ, Wilson DJ, Seddon PJ 2014. How can we detect introduced mammalian predators in non-forest  habitats? A comparison of techniques. New  Zealand Journal of Ecology 38: 86–102. http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/abstract.php?volume_issue=j38_1&pdf_filename=NZJEcol38_1_86.pdf&uniqueID=3100

Santoro S, Pacios I, Moreno S, Bertó-Moran A, Rouco C 2014. Multi-event capture-recapture modeling of  host-pathogen dynamics among European rabbit populations exposed to myxoma and  rabbit hemorrhagic disease viruses: common and heterogeneous patterns. Veterinary Research 45: 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9716-45-39

Schadewinkel RB, Senior AM, Wilson DJ, Jamieson IG 2014. Effects on South Island robins (Petroica  australis) from pest control using aerially applied 1080 poison. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 38: [early view online]. http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/abstract.php?volume_issue=j38_2&pdf_filename=NZJEcol38_2_SchadewinkelIP.pdf&uniqueID=3126

Stringer I, Watts C, Thornburrow D, Chappell R, Price R 2014. Saved from extinction? Establishment and  dispersal of Mercury Islands tusked weta, Motuweta isolata, following  translocation onto mammal-free islands. Journal  of Insect Conservation [early view online]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10841-014-9631-y

Sweetapple  PJ, Ruscoe WA, Nugent G 2014. Dietary  changes in response to population reduction in the possum Trichosurus  vulpecula in New Zealand. Wildlife  Research 40: 561–569. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR13118

Walker S, Wilson DJ, Norbury G, Monks A, Tanentzap AJ 2014. Effects of secondary shrublands on bird,  lizard and invertebrate faunas in a dryland landscape. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 38: [early view online]. http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/abstract.php?volume_issue=j38_2&pdf_filename=NZJEcol38_2_WalkerEtAl1IP.pdf&uniqueID=3123

Whitehead  AL, Byrom AE, Clayton RI, Pech RP 2014. Removal  of livestock alters native plant and invasive mammal communities in a dry  grassland–shrubland ecosystem. Biological  Invasions 16: 1105–1118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-013-0565-1