Stewart Island
Poisoning Rats on Stewart-Island
... on Stewart Island, and to assist in the initial reduction of the resident ...Rosa Island and eight traps near the derelict fish factory in North ...
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Movement and diet of domestic cats on Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand
... roamed throughout the entire park (Wierzbowska et al. 2012). In this study, we determine potential impacts of domestic cats living in and around a small settlement (Oban, Halfmoon Bay), located c. 5km from the boundary ...
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Habitat use by three rat species (Rattus spp.) on Stewart Island/ Rakiura, New Zealand
... on Stewart Island because of a physiological advantage over ship rats (Wolff, 1996), which may be at the limit of their cold tolerance (Macdonald and Barrett, ...
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The Foods of Kakapo on Stewart Island as Determined from Their Feeding Sign
... Summary: The diet and feeding methods of kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) on Stewart Island, southern New Zealand, were studied by examining sign left by the birds. Most feeding sign was found on herbs, ferns, ...
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Comparison of population numbers of yellow-eyed penguins, Megadyptes antipodes, on Stewart Island and on adjacent cat-free islands
... South Island has shown that penguins avoid coming ashore if people are present on their landing beaches (Wright, ...On Stewart Island, some beaches along the north coast are frequently visited by ...
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Habitat selection in reintroduced bird populations: a case study of Stewart Island robins and South Island saddlebacks on Ulva Island
... birds. Stewart Island robins (Petroica australis rakiura) and South Island saddlebacks (Philesturnus carunculatus carunculatus) are two threatened New Zealand bird species that have been reintroduced ...
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Diet and Food Preferences of White-Tailed Deer in Northeastern Stewart-Island
... north-eastern Stewart Island are described from the analysis of 160 samples of rumen contents collected between 1979 and 1985, and vegetation surveys in 1975 and ...
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A new subfamily, new genus and new species of terrestrial flatworm (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) from Stewart Island, New Zealand
... With its two broad brown dorsal stripes on a cream ground colour, Eudoxiatopoplana bilaticlavia bears a super - ficial resemblance to the terrestrial nemertean Antiponemertes pantini (Southgate, 1954), which has a similar ...
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The ecology of Stewart Island freshwater communities
... This kind of pattern was not shown by the Stewart Island fish I examined, but rather they had high diversity up to 11 prey types per fish, c.f., McDowall's maximum of eight and lower num[r] ...
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Habitat selection by South Island saddlebacks and Stewart Island robins reintroduced to Ulva Island
... on island refuges can be particularly insightful because breeding pairs should be able to select habitat of the highest quality within the range ...South Island saddlebacks (Philesturnus carunculatus ...
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Diet of the Stewart-Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx australis lawryi) at Scollays Flat, Southern Stewart-Island
... A distinctive feature was that Stewart Island brown kiwi foraged and called during the day, throughout the year, sometimes in open habitats on clear, sunny days. We have 20 observations of kiwi seen in ...
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Habitat use by three rat species (Rattus spp.) on an island without other mammalian predators
... Pearl Island, resulting in more litters per breeding ...Pearl Island sites reflect the low density and were similar to results from forest on Stewart Island (Hickson et ...Macquarie ...
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Distributions of New Zealand Birds on Real and Virtual Islands
... does Stewart Island lack the yellow head, takahe, kea, rock wren, little spotted kiwi, great spotted kiwi, and piopio? Why did South Island lack the stitch bird and huia? Why does North Island ...
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Preliminary assessment of the foraging behaviour and population dynamics of a cryptic population of the endangered New Zealand sea lion
... on Stewart Island. Stewart Island is the biggest resident breeding population of New Zealand sea lions outside the New Zealand subantarctic, and is the equivalent to 1% of the entire pup ...
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Response of a reintroduced bird population to rat reinvasion and eradication
... (Stewart Island robins, Petroica australis rakiura) following the reinvasion and eradication of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) on Ulva Island, New Zealand, in ...on island sanctuaries to ...
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Comparison of forest structure and regeneration on Bench and Stewart Islands, New Zealand
... of Stewart Island had a dense undergrowth of ferns, shrubs and young ...Stewart Island. Today these species are relatively scarce on Stewart Island although all are present and ...
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Home range and population density of black rats (Rattus rattus) on a seabird island: a case for a marine subsidised effect?
... Cape Island/Taukihepa (1040 ha, 47°14′S, 169°25′E), lies ...of Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand. It is the largest island in the southern Tītī Islands; so named because of dense populations ...
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Conservation genetics of the weka, Gallirallus australis : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science of Ecology at Massey University
... Introduction Relationship of weka to other Rallide Taxonomy of weka Past and present distribution of weka 1.4.1 North Island weka 1.4.2 western weka 1.4.3 Stewart Island weka 1.4.4 buff [r] ...
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Where did the rats of Big South Cape Island come from?
... between Stewart Island, Big South Cape Island, and New Zealand’s South Island, it is surprising in our study to find a stark division of mtDNA haplotypes over a small spatial scale, enduring ...
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The Kakapo (Strigops habrotilus, Gray, 1847) its food, feeding and habitat in Fiordland and Maud Island : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology at Massey University
... A large number of Wild Life personnel and volunteers have participated in the Kakapo program over the last two and a half years in Fiordland, Stewart Island and Maud Island... They have [r] ...
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