Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Kararehe Kino - Vertebrate Pest Research, Issue 4

June 2004

Contents:

Title Page
Impacts of feral pigs on D’Urville Island’s invertebrates 1
Density of prey matters in pest control 3
Can rabbit populations be ‘re-set’ after RHD has failed? 4
Magpies are not serious pests 6
Possum nematodes – a promising vector for biological control agents 8
Mouse population dynamics in mixed forest 9
An automatic radio-tracking system for monitoring wildlife – an electronic breakthrough to replace an outdated system 11
Wild deer in New Zealand: a revision of their ranges 13
A selection of recent vertebrate-pest-related publications 16