New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts
Invertebrate survey of a modified native shrubland, Brookdale Covenant,
Rock and Pillar Range, Otago, New Zealand
JOSé G. B. DERRAIK*+
Ecology, Conservation & Biodiversity Research Group
Botany Department
University of Otago
P. O . Box 56
Dunedin, New Zealand
*Present address: Ecology and Health Research Centre,
Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine, University of
Otago, P. O. Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand.
BARBARA I. P. BARRATT
AgResearch
Private Bag 50 034
Mosgiel, New Zealand
PHIL SIRVID
Entomology Section
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
P. O. Box 467
Wellington, New Zealand
RODERICK P. MACFARLANE
Canterbury Museum
Rolleston Avenue
Christchurch, New Zealand
BRIAN H. PATRICK
Otago Museum
P. O. Box 6202
Dunedin, New Zealand
JOHN EARLY
Auckland War Memorial Museum
Auckland Domain
Private Bag 92 018
Auckland, New Zealand
ALAN C. EYLES
30 Mahana Rd
Paraparaumu Beach
New Zealand
PETER M. JOHNS
Zoology Department
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, New Zealand
PATRICIA M. FRASER
Crop & Food Research
Private Bag 4704
Christchurch, New Zealand
GARY M. BARKER
Landcare Research
Private Bag 3127
Hamilton, New Zealand
ROSA HENDERSON
Landcare Research
Private Bag 92 170
Auckland, New Zealand
PAM J. DALE
401 Hillsborough Road
Mt. Roskill
Auckland, New Zealand
MARK S. HARVEY
Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates
Western Australian Museum
Francis Street
Perth
Western Australia 6000
Australia
GRAHAM FENWICK
NIWA
P. O. Box 8602
Riccarton
Christchurch, New Zealand
IAN D. MCLELLAN
P. O. Box 95
Westport, New Zealand
KATHARINE J. M. DICKINSON
Ecology, Conservation & Biodiversity Research Group
Botany Department
University of Otago
P. O. Box 56
Dunedin, New Zealand
GERARD P. CLOSS
Ecology, Conservation & Biodiversity Research Group
Zoology Department
University of Otago
P. O. Box 56
Dunedin, New Zealand
+ Author for correspondence.
Abstract This is the first published invertebrate survey
focusing on a low-altitude shrubland community in New Zealand. Invertebrates
were collected from a remnant native shrubland (450 m) protected by the
Brookdale Conservation Covenant, Rock and Pillar Range, Otago, New Zealand in
late summer/autumn 1999. Sampling was carried out by beating 30 randomly chosen
shrubs of each of two native species:
Olearia bullata H. D. Wilson &
Garnock-Jones (Asteraceae) and
Coprosma propinqua A. Cunn. (Rubiaceae).
Fifty pitfall traps were also set under the same shrubs and on nearby open
patches of exotic grassland. Three Phyla, six Classes, 25 Orders and
approximately 280 species were recorded. An annotated list of taxa is
presented, and plant/host associations plus other observations on the fauna are
discussed. Approximately 90% of the identified species were endemic,
emphasising the importance of such remnant habitats for the protection of New
Zealand's biodiversity.
Keywords invertebrate survey; shrubland; Otago; pitfall
traps; beating; Olearia bullata; Coprosma propinqua;
Arachnida; Insecta; Crustacea; Diplopoda; Gastropoda; Oligochaeta
Z00040
Received 11 December 2000; accepted 28 May 2001
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2001, Vol. 28: 273-290
0301-4223/01/2803-0273 $7.00/0 (c) The Royal Society of New
Zealand 2001
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