New Zealand Journal of Zoology 1996

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Volume 23/Number 1/March 1996

• Invasion success of the wasp parasitoid Sphecophaga vesparum vesparum (Curtis) in New Zealand
• Frequency of overwintered Vespula germanica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) colonies in scrubland-pasture habitat and their impact on prey
• Distribution and abundance of the Asian paper wasp Polistes chinensis antennalis Pérez and the Australian paper wasp P. humilis (Fab.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in New Zealand
• Effect of ovariectomy on the social status of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) in captivity
• Chrysorthenches new genus, conifer-associated plutellid moths (Yponomeutoidea, Lepidoptera) in New Zealand and Australia
• Two new genera of New Zealand stag beetles previously treated as Dorcus MacLeay and Lissotes Westwood (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)
• Redescription of Isohypsibius wilsoni and description of two new species of Isohypsibius (Eutardigrada) from New Zealand
• Morphological variation in the shells of Placostylus species (Gastropoda: Bulimulidae) in New Zealand and implications for their conservation
• Helminth and protozoan parasites of the alimentary tract of the yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes)
• Holocene populations of shags Leucocarbo spp. in the far north, New Zealand
• Book review

Volume 23/Number 2/June 1996

• An analysis of skeletal size variation in Mystacina robusta Dwyer, 1962 (Chiroptera: Mystacinidae)
• Sessile lifestyle and origin of chordates
• Sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) poisoned jam bait laid for brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) also kills ferrets (Mustela furo)
• A review of the New Zealand rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
• First records of marsupial lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Boopiidae) on a brushtailed rock wallaby from New Zealand
• A revision of Stenoperla (Plecoptera: Eustheniidae) and removal of Australian species to Cosmioperla new genus
• The National Nematode Collection of New Zealand
• Rotifera recorded from New Zealand, 1859-1995, with comments on zoogeography
• Josemiris, a new genus of Orthotylinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) from New Zealand

Volume 23/Number 3/September 1996

• Predators and the decline of New Zealand forest birds: an introduction to the hole-nesting bird and predator programme
• Monitoring mohua (yellowhead) populations in the South Island, New Zealand, 1983-93
• Productivity and mortality of mohua (Mohoua ochrocephala)
• Mohua and stoats: a population viability analysis
• The ecology of yellow-crowned parakeets (Cyanoramphus auriceps) in Nothofagus forest in Fiordland, New Zealand
• Nest site selection by mohua and yellow-crowned parakeets in beech forest in Fiordland, New Zealand
• Control of a stoat (Mustela erminea) population irruption to enhance mohua (yellowhead) (Mohoua ochrocephala) breeding success in New Zealand
• Predicting the incidence of mohua predation from the seedfall, mouse, and predator fluctuations in beech forests
• The effect of bait type, tunnel design, and trap position on stoat control operations for conservation management

Volume 23/Number 4/December 1996

Conservation management

• Evaluation of five kill traps for effective capture and killing of Australian brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)
• Carbohydrate bait preferences of wasps (Vespula vulgaris and V. germanica) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in New Zealand
• Effects of vaccination against gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) on the social status of brushtail possums in captivity
• Secondary poisoning of stoats (Mustela erminea), feral ferrets (Mustela furo), and feral house cats (Felis catus) by the anticoagulant poison, brodifacoum
• Aspergillus flavus as a pathogen of wasps, Vespula spp., in New Zealand

  Biology of pests

• Internal and external parasites of possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) from forest and farmland, Wanganui, New Zealand
• Overwintering colonies of the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) in Palmerston North, New Zealand

  Entomology

• Broad-nosed weevils (Curculionidae: Brachycerinae: Entimini) of the Lammermoor and Rock and Pillar Ranges in Otago, with descriptions of four new species of Irenimus

  Invertebrate zoology

• Two new species and new records of Macrobiotus (Eutardigrada) from New Zealand
• New nematodes of the families Drilonematidae, Ungellidae, and Mesidionematidae from New Zealand megascolecid earthworms
• Diversity of nematode faunae under three vegetation types on a pallic soil in Otago, New Zealand

  Indexes

• Author index
• Subject index

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