New Zealand fossil birds
Do New Zealand invertebrates reflect the dominance of birds in their evolutionary history?
... of New Zealand birds based on the Holocene fossil ...predominantly birds, but in contrast with New Zealand, there is a paucity of ground-feeding insectivorous ...
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The origin and history of New Zealand’s terrestrial vertebrates
... Recent fossil discoveries have added significantly to our understanding of the terrestrial vertebrate history of New ...The fossil record of birds has been radically expanded, with further ...
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Origins and evolution of the New Zealand forest flora : a molecular phylogenetic approach : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Biology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... by birds (Preest, 1 963; Burrows and Lord, 1 ...As fossil evidence showed that all subgenera had evolved before the break up of the former super continent (Dettmann et ...
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Dispersal, germination and survival of New Zealand mistletoes (Loranthaceae): Dependence on birds
... Mistletoes are stem hemiparasites, which grow on the branches of a host tree or shrub and take water, water-conducted nutrients and organic solutes from the host’s xylem. There are two major mistletoe families, ...
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Using five-minute bird counts to study magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) impacts on other birds in New Zealand
... endemic birds are higher on pest-free islands compared with sites where some or many mammal pest species remain (Miskelly & Robertson 2002; Spurr & Anderson 2004; Harper ...native birds also ...
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MHC genetic diversity and avian malaria prevalence in Mokoia Island saddlebacks
... species, New Zealand native birds may have had an association with Plasmodium ...exotic birds, likely since the 1800s (Duncan et ...native New Zealand species (reviewed in ...
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Quantifying seed dispersal by birds and possums in a lowland New Zealand forest
... primarily birds and mammals (Corlett 1998; Sodhi et ...2009). New Zealand lacks native land mammals (apart from three bat species), but now hosts 32 species of introduced mammals, most of which are ...
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The Importance of Birds as Browsers, Pollinators and Seed Dispersers in New Zealand Forests
... An example of the quantity of fruit consumed by kereru is provided by the intensive radio-tracking of one bird in the Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve, Marlborough. During the miro fruiting season of 1984 (April-July ...
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DNA barcoding the birds of New Zealand : a thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular BioSciences at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
... The design of suitable primers is central to any DNA barcoding project. The effective amplification and sequencing of the 648bp barcode region of the COI gene is dependent upon primers suitable to the study species. ...
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Honeydew and Its Importance to Birds in Beech Forests of South Island, New Zealand
... Honeydew abundance varied seasonally, with the main flush in spring and a lesser one in autumn. These changes may be indicative of the breeding cycle of U. assimile, of which little is known. In February and July, when ...
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Behavioural plasticity of life history traits in the New Zealand avifauna
... native New Zealand ...native birds generally experienced higher rates of nest predation than introduced species in areas with no predator control (chapter ...Native birds may not be able to ...
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Predation and other factors currently limiting New Zealand forest birds
... forest birds on the New Zealand mainland was applied also to the historical extinctions by Holdaway (1999) and Worthy and Holdaway (2002), even though these were perhaps due to different combinations ...
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Five-minute bird counts in New Zealand
... a new 5-minute bird count method for the national Tier 1 Inventory and Monitoring programme which has three distance categories <25 m, <100 m and >100 m (MacLeod et ...distant birds to be removed ...
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Seabird bycatch in New Zealand trawl and longline fisheries, 1998 2004
... There is international recognition of the importance of reducing seabird bycatch in fisheries, primarily for surface longline fishing (Brothers et al. 1999). This was the focus of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of ...
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William Fox : early colonial years, 1842 1848
... Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser The New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator New Zealand Herald, 21+ June 1893, containin[r] ...
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The structure of elite sport in New Zealand : a critical examination of sport academics and institutes : this thesis is presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Studies in Sport Management and Coaching at Massey University
... Coaching New Zealand New Zealand Sports Science and Technology Board Hill ary Commission for Sport, Fitness and Recreation New Zealand Sports Foundation New Zealand Olympic and Commonwea[r] ...
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Nest survival of birds in an urban environment in New Zealand
... Nest survival and predator abundance have been shown to vary across urban gradients: some studies have found increased nest predation in more urbanised areas where there are more generalist predators, both avian and ...
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The relative importance of birds and insects as pollinators of the New Zealand flora
... A further condition for successful pollination is the donation of sufficient pollen, and the amount of pollen a visitor carries can be used as another indicator of their effectiveness (Stewart, 1989). The consistently ...
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Distributions of New Zealand Birds on Real and Virtual Islands
... A New Zealand forest reserve that held 15 species like fantail, silvereye, and grey warbler, while losing two species like kokako and yellowhead, would rate as a ...
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Organochlorine residues in New Zealand birds of prey
... Once absorbed, chemicals may be present at different concentrations in different tissues. Peakall (1976a) considered that for each unit of DDE in peregrine eggs there were about 0.15-0.4 in the brain, 1-2 in the muscles ...
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