NZ Journal of Ecology

Journal Editors: Peter Bellingham     Technical Journal Editor: Anne Austin

The New Zealand Journal of Ecology is a biannual peer-reviewed journal publishing ecological research relevant to New Zealand/Aotearoa and the South Pacific. It has been published since 1952 (as a 1952 issue of New Zealand Science Review and as the Proceedings of the New Zealand Ecological Society until 1977). The Journal is published by the New Zealand Ecological Society (Inc.), and is covered by Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Science, GEOBASE, and Geo Abstracts.

  Current Issue:
Research article
Seed retention times in the New Zealand pigeon, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Debra M. Wotton, Mick N. Clout and Dave Kelly
Pages: 1–6
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 334 KB)

Research article
Tūhoe Tuawhenua mātauranga of kererū (Hemiphaga novaseelandiae novaseelandiae) in Te Urewera
Philip O’B. Lyver, Te Motoi Taputu, Spady T. Kutia and Brenda Tahi
Pages: 7–17
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 989 KB)

Research article
Multi-scale habitat models for reintroduced bird populations: a case study of South Island saddlebacks on Motuara Island
Pascale Michel, Katharine J.M. Dickinson, Barbara I.P. Barratt and Ian G. Jamieson
Pages: 18–33
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 935 KB)

Research article
Recovery of a sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) breeding area after habitat destruction
Sam McKechnie, Henrik Moller, Corey Bragg, Jamie Newman, Darren S. Scott and Justine B. Cruz
Pages: 34–40
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 499 KB)

Research article
Diet of stoats at Okarito Kiwi Sanctuary, South Westland, New Zealand
Elaine Murphy, Fraser Maddigan, Brad Edwards and Kay Clapperton
Pages: 41–45
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 665 KB)

Research article
Interspecific and seasonal dietary differences of Himalayan thar, chamois and brushtail possums in the central Southern Alps, New Zealand
John P. Parkes and David M. Forsyth
Pages: 46–56
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 498 KB)

Research article
Long-term impacts of grazing on indigenous forest remnants on North Island hill country, New Zealand
Mark C. Smale, Michael B. Dodd, Bruce R. Burns and Ian L. Power
Pages: 57–66
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 479 KB)

Research article
Tree seedling performance and below-ground properties in stands of invasive and native tree species
Helena Dehlin, Duane A. Peltzer, Victoria J. Allison, Gregor W. Yeates, Marie-Charlotte Nilsson and David A. Wardle
Pages: 67–79
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 624 KB)

Research article
Causes and consequences of frequent flowering on edges in the mast-seeding genus Chionochloa (Poaceae)
Joe Hay, Dave Kelly and Robert J. Holdaway
Pages: 80–91
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 919 KB)

Short Communication
Tracking tunnels: a novel method for detecting a threatened New Zealand giant weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)
Corinne H. Watts, Danny Thornburrow, Chris J. Green and Warren R. Agnew
Pages: 92–97
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 789 KB)

Short Communication
Avian malaria parasites (Plasmodium spp.) in Dunedin and on the Otago Peninsula, southern New Zealand
H.J.W. Sturrock and D.M. Tompkins
Pages: 98–102
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 349 KB)

Short Communication
Response of seedling communities to mammalian pest eradication on Ulva Island, Rakiura National Park, New Zealand
Richard I. Clayton, Deborah J. Wilson, Katharine J. M. Dickinson and Carol J. West
Pages: 103–107
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 245 KB)

Forum article
When is it coevolution? The case of ground wētā and fleshy fruits in New Zealand
Mary Morgan-Richards, Steve A. Trewick and Scott Dunavan
Pages: 108–112
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 359 KB)

Forum article
When is it coevolution? A reply to Morgan-Richards et al.
K.C. Burns
Pages: 113–114
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 155 KB)

Forum article
Re-examination of recent loss of indigenous cover in New Zealand and the relative contributions of different land uses
Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, William B. Shaw, Barbara Hock, Mark Kimberley, Thomas Paul, John Quinn and Steve Pawson
Pages: 115–126
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 305 KB)

Forum article
Measuring accuracy of land cover data and content of cover classes: a reply to Brockerhoff et al. (2008)
Susan Walker, Robbie Price, Daniel Rutledge, Theo Stephens and William G. Lee
Pages: 127–129
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 211 KB)

Forum article
Managing genetic diversity in threatened populations: a New Zealand perspective
Ian G. Jamieson, Catherine E. Grueber, Jon M. Waters and Dianne M. Gleeson
Pages: 130–137
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 262 KB)

Book Review


Pages: 138–143
Article (pdf file, 227 KB)


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