Urbanisation has led to substantial loss and fragmentation of natural habitat. Native ecosystems have been detrimentally affected through this habitat loss along with reduction of habitat quality and the introduction of ...

Although woody ecosystems provide a key carbon sink to compensate for current and future greenhouse gas emissions, the potential utility of such sinks within agroecosystems has not yet been fully investigated. We quantified ...

The pukeko, or purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus), commonly uses road margins throughout New Zealand, increasing the risk of road-induced mortality. We examined whether pukeko were exploiting the roadside as ...

Accurately identifying the changes in relative abundance (performance-based monitoring) or distribution (surveillance-based monitoring) of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) within the landscape, is a fundamental ...

1. Exotic plant invasions can alter fire regimes in plant communities. Invaders often possess traits that differ from native plants in the community, resulting in increases or declines in community-level flammability, ...

The Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) of Quail Island located in Lyttelton Harbour, Banks Ecological Region, Canterbury, New Zealand were surveyed between 2007 and 2009. Four other Banks Peninsula sites were also sampled. ...

Pest control using aerially-distributed 1080 bait could threaten non-target native bird species either by primary or secondary poisoning. To understand the impact of aerial 1080 control on the abundance of mohua (Mohoua ...

The marbled cat Pardofelis marmorata is a Near Threatened small felid. The cat’s presence in Nepal is based on an anecdote. A camera trap-based study to access diversity and abundance of terrestrial mammals in eastern Nepal ...