New Zealand Journal of Zoology 1997

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Volume 24/Number 1/March 1997

Wildlife management

• Factors affecting pilot-reported bird-strike rates at Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand

  Biology of pests

• Growth and survival of colonies of the Asian paper wasp, Polistes chinensis antennalis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), in New Zealand
• Growth and development of queen colonies of Vespula germanica and V. vulgaris

  Entomology

• Species of Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) established in New Zealand
• Morphological and colour differences between subspecies of Sphecophaga vesparum (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
• Elytral surface structures as indicators of relationships in stag beetles, with special reference to the New Zealand species (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

  Invertebrate taxonomy

• Remarks on some tardigrades of New Zealand with the description of Hypsibius novaezeelandiae n. sp. (Eutardigrada)

  Paleobiology

• A reappraisal of the late Quaternary fossil vertebrates of Pyramid Valley Swamp, North Canterbury, New Zealand

Volume 24/Number 2/June 1997

Nematology

• Criconematidae (Nematoda: Tylenchida) from the New Zealand region: genera Mesocriconema, Criconema, Discocriconemella, and Hemicriconemoides
• Criconematidae (Nematoda: Tylenchida) from the New Zealand region: analysis of and key to Criconema (Nothocriconemella) species

  Marine biology

• A new technique for assessing fixation-induced morphological variation in octopus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)
• Further records of the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni (Lamniformes: Mitsukurinidae), from New Zealand

  Entomology

• Twelve new species in the New Zealand caddis (Trichoptera) fauna, corrected type localities and new synonyms
• Rearing of Bactrocera melanotus and B. xanthodes (Diptera: Tephritidae) for postharvest disinfestation research
• The ectoparasites of brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula in New Zealand

Volume 24/Number 3/September 1997

Entomology

• Species composition, abundance, and activity of predatory arthropods in carrot fields, Canterbury, New Zealand
• Taxonomic review of Koroana Myers (Hemiptera: Cixiidae), with description of a new species
• A new species of Peritropis Uhler, the first record of Cylapinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) from New Zealand

  Conservation

• Video camera count of burrow-dwelling fairy prions, sooty shearwaters, and tuatara on Takapourewa (Stephens Island), New Zealand
• Short communication: Effect of green dye and cinnamon oil on consumption of cereal pest baits by captive North Island kaka (Nestor meridionalis)
• Indigenous vegetation type and the distribution of shortjawed kokopu, Galaxias postvectis (Teleostei: Galaxiidae), in New Zealand

  Invertebrate zoology

• Activity and food intake of captive Placostylus fibratus (Gastropoda: Bulimulidae) in New Caledonia
• Short communication: Status of three Octopoda recorded from New Zealand, based on beaks recovered from long-distance foraging marine predators

Volume 24/Number 4/December 1997

Biology of pests

• The diet and trace element status of sambar deer (Cervus unicolor) in Manawatu district, New Zealand
• Comparison of the attractiveness of acoustic and visual stimuli for brushtail possums

  Parasitology

• Checklist of helminth parasites of terrestrial mammals in New Zealand
• Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for Parasitology Inc.
• Nematode vectors of plant viruses in New Zealand

  Herpetology

• Proceedings of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand

  Invertebrate zoology

• Prey preferences of Portia labiata, P. africana, and P. schultzi, araneophagic jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Uganda
• Synopsis of the endemic New Zealand genera of the beetle subfamily Sphaeridiinae (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

  Indexes

• New Zealand Journal of Zoology Volume 24, 1997 Author index

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