New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2003

Volume 30/Number 1/March 2003

Native vertebrates

New market evidence on the depletion of southern fur seals: 1788-1833 Rhys Richards p.1

Invertebrates

Effects of temperature and humidity on flight initiation and mortality of Euophryum confine M. Green, A. J. Pitman p. 11
Mite infestation of Xanthocnemis zealandica in a Christchurch pond Dermot McKee, Ian Harvey, Matt Thomas, Tom N. Sherratt p. 17
Stalking decisions of web-invading araneophagic jumping spiders from Australia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Kenya, Portugal, and Sri Lanka: the opportunistic smokescreen tactics of Brettus, Cocalus, Cyrba, and Portia Ana M. Cerveira, Robert R. Jackson, Elchin F. Guseinov p. 21
Seasonal dynamics and reproductive phenology of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in fragments of native forest in the Manawatu, North Island, New Zealand Marc Cartellieri, Gabor L. Lövei p. 31
Four new species of Dorylaimida (Nematoda) from New Zealand W. Ahmad, D. Sturhan, W. M. Wouts p. 43
Abundance and species richness of field-margin and pasture spiders (Araneae) in Canterbury, New Zealand A. R. G. McLachlan, S. D. Wratten p. 57
A new species and new host records of Austrogoniodes (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes) J. C. Banks, R. L. Palma p. 69

Book review

Spiders of New Zealand and their worldwide kinIan Hogg p. 77

Volume 30/Number 2/June 2003

Behavioural ecology

Siblicidal brood reduction in South Polar skuas E. C. Young, C. D. Millar p. 79

Pest management

Potential compounds for inducing conditioned taste aversion in ferrets G. Massei, A. Lyon, D. P. Cowan p. 95

Invertebrate taxonomy

Six new species and a new genus of stoneflies (Plecoptera) from New Zealand I. D. McLellan p. 101
The aleocharine rove beetle fauna of the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with descriptions of two new species J. Klimaszewski, J. W. M. Marris, S. E. Thorpe p. 115
Genus Paracladura brunetti of the Australian Region. II. Characteristics of the lobifera and curtisi groups of species; two new species described (Diptera, Trichoceridae) E. Krzeminska p. 127
Mites of the genus Raphignathus (Acari: Raphignathidae) from Turkey S. Dogan, N. Ayyildiz p. 141

Freshwater ecology

Distribution and abundance of fish and crayfish in a Waikato stream in relation to basin area B. J. Hicks p. 149

Book review

The lost world of the moa. Prehistoric life of New Zealand. T. H. Worthy and R. N. Holdaway B. J. Gill p. 161

Volume 30/Number 3/September 2003

Biology and pest management

Sign left by introduced and native predators feeding on Hutton's shearwaters Puffinus huttoni R. Cuthbert p. 163
The importance of location and visual cues during foraging in the German wasp (Vespula germanica F.)(Hymenoptera: Vespidae) P. D'Adamo, M. Lozada p. 171
A simplified protocol for detecting two systemic bait markers (Rhodamine B and iophenoxic acid) in small mammals D. C. Purdey, M. Petcu, C. M. King p. 175

Native fauna

Are low reproductive rates characteristic of New Zealand's native terrestrial birds? Evidence from the allometry of nesting parameters in altricial species D. C. Franklin, K-J. Wilson p. 185
Natural history of the lizards of the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand G. R. Parrish, B. J. Gill p. 205
Further evidence for Emlen's hypothesis from two parrot species M. Neuhauser p. 221
Roost site selection and roosting behaviour in lesser short-tailed bats (Mystacina tuberculata) in comparison with long-tailed bats (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) in Nothofagus forest, Fiordland J. A. Sedgeley p. 227
The diet of grand skinks (Oligosoma grande) and Otago skinks (O. otagense) in Otago seral tussock grasslands M. D. Tocher p. 243

Taxonomy 

Protocols for enumerating the principal caudal fin rays of fishes R. M. McDowall p. 259
Revision of New Zealand Bryocorinae and Phylinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae) A. C. Eyles, R. T. Schuh p. 263

Conference report

The Second International Congress on Phthiraptera (Lice), held 8-12 July 2002 at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia V. S. Smith p. 327

Volume 30/Number 4/December 2003

Special issue: Management of invasive mammals

Part 1: The major issues

Editorial C. M. King p. 333
Management of introduced mammals in New Zealand J. Parkes, E. Murphy p. 335
The role of ethics in the management of New Zealand's wild mammals J. E. Eggleston, S. S. Rixecker, G. J. Hickling p. 361

Part 2: Introduced predators: New Zealand case histories

From small Maria to massive Campbell - forty years of rat eradications from New Zealand islands D. R. Towns, K. G. Broome p. 377
Six years of intensive pest mammal control at Trounson Kauri Park, a Department of Conservation "mainland island" June 1996-July 2002 C. A. Gillies, M. R. Leach, N. B. Coad, S. W. Theobald, J. Campbell, T. Herbert, P. J. Graham, R. J. Pierce p. 399

Part 3: Introduced predators: International case histories

The American mink: the triumph and tragedy of adaptation out of context D. W. Macdonald, L. A. Harrington p. 421
Mink (Mustela vison) eradication to protect ground-nesting birds in the Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom N. P. Moore, S. S. Roy, A. Helyar p. 443

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