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The breeding ecology of the South Island Fernbird in Otago wetlands
The fernbird is a small inconspicuous passerine with relatively poor flying capabilities. It is found occupying areas with a generally dense cover of low vegetation from sea level to over 1000 m elevation. With the drainage ...
The breeding biology of the rock wren, Xenicus gilviventris, in the Murchison Mountains, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand
The breeding biology of the Rock Wren, Xenicus gilviventris, was studied in the Murchison Mountains, Fiordland during the 1983-84 and 1984-85 breeding seasons, observations generally being made of banded birds.
Rock ...
Changing prehistoric Yapese pottery technology: a case study of adaptive transformation
This study describes the processes of cultural adaptation to environmental conditions through an examination of ceramic technology. The case study involved eight months fieldwork in the Yap Islands, Western Caroline Islands, ...
The Derzhavin-L'vov circle
The Derzhavin-L'vov circle was the most productive literary society in eighteenth-century Russia. It consisted primarily of four members, four poets who were drawn together by friendship, family ties and shared interests: ...
The Trust Funds for religious and educational uses at Otago 1842 to 1866
The Colony of Otago, as conceived by Thomas Burns and William Cargill, its chief protagonists, was to be a 'Class' settlement where the settlers would be united by membership of the Free Church of Scotland. Land was to be ...
Comparative feeding ecology of New Zealand marine shags (Phalacrocoracidae)
The taxonomic status, distribution, abundance and reproduction of shags in New Zealand are described. Evidence is presented to justify a change in the present acceptance of Stictocarbo as a monospecific genus containing ...
A study of some New Zealand natural products.
The barks of Pseudopanax colensoi and P. crassifolium were investigated in an attempt to identify potential deer attracting substances from the former. The bark of this species is among the first vegetation consumed when ...