Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Kararehe Kino - Vertebrate Pest Research, Issue 6

June 2005

Contents:

Title Page
Where Do Waikato Tūī Nest, and How  Successful Are They? 1
Foliar Chemistry Helps Explain  Patterns of Possum Browsing on Southern Rātā 3
Feral Horses in Aupouri Forest:  Numbers and Impacts 5
Rats! 7
Rat Research Titbit 8
When the Rats Are Away the Mice Really  Do Play! 9
Developing  Vaccine Delivery Systems to Reduce Possum Fertility 10
Tb Transmission Rates in Possums are Critical to Disease  Eradication 12
Integrating GPS and Habitat Maps for  Assessing Possum Ground-Control Coverage 13
Some Recent Vertebrate Pest-Related Publications 16