Review article
New Zealand’s historically rare terrestrial ecosystems set in a physical and physiognomic framework
Peter A. Williams, Susan Wiser, Bev Clarkson and Margaret C. Stanley
Pages: 119–128
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 272 KB)

Review article
Frequency and impact of Holocene fire in eastern South Island, New Zealand
Geoffrey M. Rogers, Susan Walker, Les M. Basher and William G. Lee
Pages: 129–142
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.76 MB)

Review article
Potential of direct seeding for establishing native plants into pastoral land in New Zealand
Grant B. Douglas, Mike B. Dodd and Ian L. Power
Pages: 143–153
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 272 KB)

Research article
How large a managed area is needed to protect a threatened animal species? Combining simple dispersal and population models
Ian Westbrooke
Pages: 154–159
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 427 KB)

Research article
Fine-scale movement of the European hedgehog: an application of spool-and-thread tracking and
Danielle F. Shanahan, Renaud Mathieu and Philip J. Seddon
Pages: 160–168
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.64 MB)

Research article
Sampling skinks and geckos in artificial cover objects in a dry mixed grassland-shrubland with mammalian predator control
Deborah J. Wilson, Robin L. Mulvey and Ryan D. Clark
Pages: 169–185
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 797 KB)

Research article
Ship rat demography and diet following possum control in a mixed podocarp–hardwood forest
Peter J. Sweetapple and Graham Nugent
Pages: 186–201
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 568 KB)

Research article
Factors influencing brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) damage in a Pinus radiata plantation on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand
Marco A. Jacometti, Chris M. Frampton and Graham J. Hickling
Pages: 202–207
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 431 KB)

Research article
Burrowing seabirds affect forest regeneration, Rangatira Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand
Cynthia M. Roberts, Richard P. Duncan and Kerry-Jayne Wilson
Pages: 208–222
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.21 MB)

Research article
Distance sampling techniques compared for a New Zealand endemic passerine (Philesturnus carunculatus rufusater)
Phillip Cassey, John L. Craig, Brian H. McArdle and Rosemary K. Barraclough
Pages: 223–231
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 323 KB)

Research article
Rapid short-tussock grassland decline with and without grazing, Marlborough, New Zealand
Alan B. Rose and Chris M. Frampton
Pages: 232–244
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 607 KB)

Research article
Leaf heteroblasty is not an adaptation to shade: seedling anatomical and physiological responses to light
Harshi K. Gamage and Linley Jesson
Pages: 245–254
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 438 KB)

Research article
Occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhiza and ectomycorrhiza on Leptospermum scoparium from the Rakaia catchment, Canterbury
Kim Weijtmans, Murray Davis, Peter Clinton, Thomas W. Kuyper and Laurie Greenfield
Pages: 255–260
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 211 KB)

Short Communication
How many possums make a cow?
Phil Cowan
Pages: 261–262
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 167 KB)