Research article
Some observations on Hochstetter's frog in the catchment of the Motu River, East Cape
J. A. McLennan
Pages: 1–4
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 201 KB)

Research article
A reappraisal of the distribution and dispersal of female Himalayan thar in New Zealand
J. P. Parkes and K. G. Tustin
Pages: 5–10
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 654 KB)

Research article
Predictable Sequences of Species Loss with Decreasing Island Area—Land Birds in 2 Archipelagoes
Daniel Simberloff and Bruce Levin
Pages: 11–20
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 141 KB)

Research article
Diet of brushtail possums over a pasture-alpine gradient in Westland, New Zealand
J. D. Coleman, W. Q. Green and J. G. Polson
Pages: 21–35
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 401 KB)

Research article
Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) on the Noises and Motukawao Islands, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand
P. J. Moors
Pages: 37–54
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 374 KB)

Research article
Population ecology of rabbits in the Wairarapa, New Zealand
J. A. Gibb, A. J. White and C. P. Ward
Pages: 55–82
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.7 MB)

Research article
A variable area plot method of assessment of forest condition and trend
C. L. Batcheler and D. G. Craib
Pages: 83–95
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 398 KB)

Research article
Ecology of hard beech (Nothofagus truncata) in southern outlier stands in the Haast Ecological District, South Westland, New Zealand
A. F. Mark and W. G. Lee
Pages: 97–121
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.1 MB)

Short Communication
Breeding status of cuckoos on offshore islands of New Zealand: some corrections
Ian G. McLean
Pages: 123–124
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 37 KB)

Short Communication
Biomass and production estimates for an estuarine meiobenthic copepod, with an instantaneous assessment of exploitation by flatfish predators
Geoffrey R. F. Hicks
Pages: 125–127
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 49 KB)

Short Communication
Note on measurement of woody plant diameter distributions
C. L. Batcheler
Pages: 129–132
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 248 KB)

Book Review
Flora of New Zealand Lichens. Galloway, D. J. 1985. 662 pp., 13 figs. (inc. 4 maps, 9 plates). P. D. Hassellberg, Government Printer, Wellington.
J. A. Elix
Pages: 133–134
Article (pdf file, 60 KB)

Book Review
The threat of nuclear war. A New Zealand perspective. The Royal Society of New Zealand, 1985. Miscellaneous Series 11. ISBN 0-908654-10-3. ISSN 0111.3895. 83pp. $10.00
Wren Green
Pages: 134–136
Article (pdf file, 60 KB)

Book Review
Lake Taupo: ecology of a New Zealand lake. Edited by D. J. Forsyth and C. Howard-Williams, 1983, Science Information Publishing Centre, DSIR, Wellington (DSIR Information Series No. 158). ISSN 0077-9636, ISBpages. Price $21.00. 
V. M. Stout
Pages: 136–137
Article (pdf file, 60 KB)

Book Review
The New Zealand beeches. Ecology, utilisation and management. John A. Wardle, 1984, New Zealand Forest Service, Wellington ISBN 0-477-05753-5. 447 pp. Price $45.00.
J. P. Skipworth
Pages: 137–138
Article (pdf file, 60 KB)

Annual Report
Annual report for the year ending 31 March 1984
New Zealand Ecological Society Council
Pages: 154–156
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 46 KB)

Annual Report
Annual report for the year ending 31 March 1985
New Zealand Ecological Society Council
Pages: 157–162
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 512 KB)

Statement of Concern
The environmental consequences to New Zealand of nuclear warfare in the northern hemisphere
Council of the New Zealand Ecological Society
Pages: 163–174
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 162 KB)