This study continued long-term limnological monitoring of Lake Mahinerangi, on which measurements have been made since 1965. Since this time, 35% of the catchment has been developed for agriculture. Light-optimal 14C ...

Development of the hill and high country tussock grasslands of Otago (N.Z.) by aerial oversowing with legumes has been carried out on a large scale without concurrent research into the role of reseeding in the longevity ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the Catlins Ecological Region of south-east Otago, New Zealand, Nothofagus menziesii is present as a continuous body of forest surrounded by other vegetation types lacking Nothofagus, and as a number of relatively small ...

This thesis combines the results of field work, petrographic studies and mineralogical and geochemical data from plutonic rocks of the southern part of the Longwood Complex, Southland, New Zealand. Data presented here ...

Koettlitz Group rocks and intercalated orthogneisses in the mid Taylor Valley and Ferrar Glacier regions form a 1-4km wide, north-northwest trending belt, intruded by a variety of undeformed granitoid pIutons along either ...

Thermoregulatory behaviour, terrestrial locomotion and postcranial skeletal morphology of the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) and Hooker's sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) are quantified and the results compared ...

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 ...