New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2007

Volume 34/Number 1/March 2007

• Cognitive requirements for tool use by New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides) GR Hunt, C Lambert, RD Gray  p. 1
• The stoat Mustela erminea population decline in northern Belarus and its consequences for weasels Mustela nivalis VE Sidorovich, IA Solovej  p. 9
• Foraging characteristics and intraspecific behaviour of the exotic species Monomorium sydneyense (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Zealand, with implications for its management LD Stringer, PJ Lester  p. 25
• Distribution and abundance of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in Leizhou Bay, China K Zhou, X Xu, C Tian  p. 35
• Post settlement behaviour of brachiopods on hard and soft substrates JR Richardson, AE Aldridge, ID Endersby  p. 43
• First report on the stomach contents of long-finned pilot whales, Globicephala melas, stranded in New Zealand E Beatson, S O'Shea, M Ogle  p. 51
• Mosquitoes of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: a survey of breeding sites EC Young  p. 57
• New Zealand's giant Collembola: new information on distribution and morphology for Holacanthella Borner, 1906 (Neanuridae: Uchidanurinae) MI Stevens, DJ Winter, R Morris, J McCartney, P Greenslade  p. 63
• Seasonality and life histories of two endemic New Zealand carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae): Mecodema oconnori Broun and Megadromus capito (White) MAS Hutchison  p. 79

Volume 34/Number 2/June 2007

• Fluctuating asymmetry does not reflect environmental stress during incubation in an oviparous lizard CG Longson, KM Hare, CH Daugherty  p. 91
• Distribution and phylogenetic analyses of an endangered tick, Amblyomma sphenodonti HC Miller, AM Conrad, S Barker, CH Daugherty  p. 97
• Description of Eucalyptodiplosis chionochloae sp. nov., a cecidomyiid feeding on inflorescences of Chionochloa (Poaceae) in New Zealand P Kolesik, MS Sarfati, EG Brockerhoff, D Kelly  p. 107
• New records of Acropsopilio neozealandiae (Forster), and remarks on the sexual status of the species (Arachnida: Opiliones: Caddidae) J McCartney, W Shear, IAN Stringer  p. 117
• Minimum specifications for transmissible transgenic biocontrol agents for brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) population eradication DM Tompkins  p. 125
• A preliminary study of the genetic differences in New Zealand oystercatcher species JC Banks, AM Paterson  p. 141
• Abstracts of papers and posters presented at the 33rd Conference of the New Zealand Society for Parasitology, at Massey University, Palmerston North, 24 October 2006 I Scott  p. 145 (FREE ACCESS)
• Notes on New Zealand mammals 3: Brown hare signals to cat JEC Flux  p. 159 

  Volume 34/Number 3/September 2007

• Relative risk of invasive ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) establishing in New Zealand RJ Harris, G Barker  p. 161
• Mast seeding and mammal breeding: can a bonanza food supply be anticipated? TCR White  p. 179
• Costs and benefits of pre-feeding for possum control JD Coleman, KW Fraser, G Nugent  p. 185
• Does higher growth rate of juvenile house mice with prolonged access to ripening grain and free water drive population outbreaks? G Mutze  p. 195
• Mosquito density, macroinvertebrate diversity and water chemistry in water-filled containers: relationships to land use PT Leisnham, DP Slaney, PJ Lester, P Weinstein, ACG Heath  p. 203
• The potential availability of roosting sites for lesser short-tailed bats (Mystacina tuberculata) on Kapiti Island, New Zealand: implications for a translocation J Ruffell, J Sedgeley, S Parsons  p. 219
• Feeding activity in captive New Zealand lesser short-tailed bats (Mystacina tuberculata) J McCartney, IAN Stringer, MA Potter  p. 227
• Evidence of homing following translocation of long-tailed bats (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) at Grand Canyon Cave, New Zealand JM Guilbert, MM Walker, S Greif, S Parsons  p. 239
• Activity patterns of long-tailed bats (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) in a rural landscape, South Canterbury, New Zealand R Griffiths  p. 247
• Abstracts of papers presented at the 12th Biennial Conferrence of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 9-11 February 2007  p. 259 (FREE ACCESS)

  Volume 34/Number 4/December 2007

• Frequency distribution and environmental correlates of plumage polymorphism in the grey fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa K Atkinson, JV Briskie  p. 273
• First record of Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal 1834 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Norfolk Island CJ Vink, CB Phillips  p. 283
• Seventeen years of predation by one suburban cat in New Zealand JEC Flux  p. 289
• A new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Milnesiidae): Milnesium krzysztofi from Costa Rica (Central America) L Kaczmarek, L Michalczyk p. 297
• Sampling method affects estimates of population density and reproductive maturity of summer-form pistachio psyllids Z Zartaloudis, E Navrozidis, M Copland  p. 303
• Notes on New Zealand mammals 4. Animal road-kill blackspots RE Brockie  p. 311
• Home ranges of introduced mammalian carnivores at Trounson Kauri Park, Northland, New Zealand CA Gillies, PJ Graham, MN Clout  p. 317
• Notes on New Zealand mammals 5. How far did a neighbour's pet cat venture into Trounson Kauri Park? CA Gillies  p. 335
• Vocal ethology of the North Island kaka (Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis) J van Horik, B Bell, KC Burns  p. 337
• A new skink species (Oligosoma taumakae sp. nov.; Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Open Bay Islands, New Zealand DG Chapple, GB Patterson  p. 347
• Notes on New Zealand mammals 6. Second report on the stomach contents of long-finned pilot whales, Globicephala melas E Beatson, S O'Shea, C Stone, T Shortland  p. 359
• The potential of an insect pheromone lure, Z-7-dodecen-1-yl acetate, compared with peanut butter to attract laboratory and wild rats and mice EM Gould, SJ Holmes, GW Tempero  p. 363
• Allozyme and mitochondrial DNA variability within the New Zealand damselfly genera Xanthocnemis, Austrolestes, and Ischnura (Odonata) L Nolan, ID Hogg, DL Sutherland, MI Stevens, KE Schnabel  p. 371