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Exotic plants accumulate and share herbivores yet dominate communities via rapid growth
(Springer Nature, 2021-05-11)
Herbivores may facilitate or impede exotic plant invasion, depending on their direct and indirect interactions with exotic plants relative to co-occurring natives. However, previous studies investigating direct effects ...
Eating at high elevation: An herbivorous beetle from alpine rock outcrops relies on ammonia-absorbing lichens
(Wiley on behalf of the Ecological Society of America, 2019-01-08)
The flightless endemic New Zealand beetle, Protodendrophagus antipodes Thomas 2003 (Coleoptera: Silvanidae: Brontinae: Brontini; Fig. 1a, b), is unique among its tribe of 12 globally distributed genera in exchanging the ...
Pyrosequencing of prey DNA in faeces of carnivorous land snails to facilitate ecological restoration and relocation programmes
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014-06)
Identifying and understanding predator diets is of high importance in biological conservation. This is particularly true for the introduction, establishment and maintenance of predator populations in newly created or ...
Biogeochemistry and community ecology in a spring-fed urban river following a major earthquake
(Elsevier B.V., 2013-11)
In February 2011 a Mw 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand inundated urban waterways with sediment from liquefaction and triggered sewage spills. The impacts of, and recovery from, this natural disaster on the stream ...
A novel tolerance range approach for the quantitative assessment of ecosystems
(Elsevier, 2012-03-15)
This paper develops a novel tolerance range approach that allows for the quantitative assessment of ecosystems with only a minimum amount of information. The quantitative assessment is achieved through the determination ...
Application of the pressure-state-response framework to perceptions reporting of the state of the New Zealand environment
(Elsevier, 2004-01)
The Pressure–State–Response framework for environmental reporting was used as a basis to develop a long-term study of people's perceptions of the state of the New Zealand environment. A postal survey of 2000 people, randomly ...
Delivery of multiple ecosystem services in pasture by shelter created from the hybrid sterile bioenergy grass Miscanthus x giganteus
(Nature Research, 2019-04-03)
The benefits of shelter in increasing crop yields and accelerating ripening has been well researched in fruit, arable and horticultural crops. Its benefits to pasture, despite its importance for livestock production, is ...
Geometric morphometrics and molecular systematics of Xanthocnemis sobrina (McLachlan, 1873) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) and comparison to its congeners
(Magnolia Press, 2016-02-09)
The taxonomy of the damselfly genus Xanthocnemis is revised, with particular focus on populations inhabiting the North Island of New Zealand. Earlier studies revealed two species: X. sobrina, restricted to cool, shaded ...
Bridging disciplines, knowledge systems and cultures in pest management
(Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014-02)
The success of research in integrated environmental and natural resource management relies on the participation and involvement of different disciplines and stakeholders. This can be difficult to achieve in practice because ...
Novel three-step pseudo-absence selection technique for improving species distribution modelling
(PLOS, 2013-08)
Pseudo-absence selection for spatial distribution models (SDMs) is the subject of ongoing investigation. Numerous
techniques continue to be developed, and reports of their effectiveness vary. Because the quality of presence ...