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Mapping the potential global range of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, with particular reference to New Zealand.
(MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2017-09-20)Originating from Asia, the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is a significant pest of horticultural/agricultural crops, grapes, woody ornamental and herbaceous plants, and is also a nuisance to people, due to its overwintering ... -
Monitoring terrestrial bird populations on Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, 1987-2010
(New Zealand Ecological Society, Inc., 2013-11-18)Tiritiri Matangi Island is a Scientific Reserve located in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. In 1986, two years after the start of a ten-year planting programme on the island, members of the Ornithological Society of New ... -
Morphological study of the foramen transversarium of the atlas vertebra among Egyptian population and its clinical significance
(Juniper Publishers, 2018-03-15)BACKGROUND: Foramina transversaria are characteristic bony features of the cervical vertebra, they are located on the transverse process of cervical vertebrae. These foramina are of anatomical importance as they provide ... -
The Nephrolepis Boston fern complex (including Nephrolepis exaltata [L.] Schott), Nephrolepidaceae, naturalised in New Zealand
(Unitec ePress, 2016-12-19)Nephrolepis cordifolia (ladder fern) is widely recorded as an invasive weed, and is naturalised in New Zealand. The first records of this plant being wild date from the 1970s. The presence of other native species of ... -
New method for the devitalization of imported horsetail (Equisetum hyemale)
(2012)Despite being rated as one of the world’s worst weeds, Equisetum hyemale was until recently imported into New Zealand for use by the floristry industry, subject to devitalization. It was subsequently found that imported ... -
New species and new records of buellioid lichens (Physciaceae, Ascomycota) from New Zealand and Tasmania
(Department of the Environment and Energy, Australia, 2017-01)Buellia akatorensis Elix & A.Knight, B. hypopurpurea Elix & A.Knight and B. kantvilasii. Elix, Blanchon & A.Knight are described as new to science. Baculifera micromera (Vain.)Marbach and Buellia stellulata var. tasmanica ... -
A new species and new records of Buelloid lichens (Physciaceae, Ascomycota) from the Kermadec Islands
(Department of the Environment and Energy, Australia, 2017-01)Buellia insularicola Elix & de Lange, from the Kermadec Islands and Lord Howe Island, is described as new to science. Amandinea coniops (Wahlenb.) M.Choisy ex Scheid. & H.Mayrhofer, Buellia cranwelliae Zahlbr. and Rinodinella ... -
OPINION : Focus and performance in managing post-border biosecurity in New Zealand
(Unitec ePress, 2015-12-16)The New Zealand public, its industries and the conservation sector, are greatly concerned about the state of national biosecurity protection, awareness and system performance – and rightly so. Scarcely a day goes by without ... -
Perceptions and impacts : an observational pilot study of the effects of Argentine ants on honey bees in New Zealand
(Unitec ePress, 2016-05-16)The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) is an invasive species first identified in New Zealand in 1990. It is an aggressive tramp species that can form very large ‘super colonies’ extending over vast areas and has been ... -
Persistence of biodiversity in a dryland remnant within an intensified dairy farm landscape
(New Zealand Ecological Society, 2016-01-11)The lowland Canterbury Plains of New Zealand have been extensively modified since human occupation, but with recent conversions to irrigated dairy farming very few remnants of native dryland vegetation remain in the region. ... -
Perspectives in biosecurity
(Unitec ePress, 2017-12-13)Perspectives in Biosecurity is a multi-disciplinary electronic journal of research papers and other outputs covering all aspects of the field of biosecurity including, but not restricted to invasion biology and ecology, ... -
The PGI enzyme system and fitness response to temperature as a measure of environmental tolerance in an invasive species
(2014-11-25)In the field of invasion ecology, the determination of a species’ environmental tolerance, is a key parameter in the prediction of its potential distribution, particularly in the context of global warming. In poikilothermic ... -
Preference of a native beetle for "exoticism", characteristics that contribute to invasive success of Costelytra zealandica (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
(PeerJ (London), 2015-11-30)Widespread replacement of native ecosystems by productive land sometimes results in the outbreak of a native species. In New Zealand, the introduction of exotic pastoral plants has resulted in diet alteration of the ... -
Prognostic Implications of Left Ventricular Dilation in Patients With Nonischemic Heart Failure: Interactions With Restrictive Filling Pattern and Mitral Regurgitation
(2012)The aim of this study was to evaluate whether small left ventricular (LV) volumes increase the negative prognostic impact of a restrictive filling pattern (RFP) and that of mitral regurgitation (MR) in patients with ... -
Public and ecology – the role of volunteers on Tiritiri Matangi Island
(New Zealand Ecological Society, 2013-11-18)Tiritiri Matangi Island has attained an international profile as a successful ecological restoration project, and is often cited as a model of environmental stewardship. Ecological restoration on the island has always ... -
Public attitudes towards grief in animals
(Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, 2013)Animals under human management are often separated from conspecifics, which may lead to behaviour indicative of separation distress or grief. For the purposes of this paper, grief is considered as a biological response to ... -
Queensland fruit fly invasion of New Zealand : predicting area suitability under future climate change scenarios
(Unitec ePress, 2015-10-07)The Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is consistently described as the most damaging pest to Australia’s horticulture industries with an annual economic cost averaging around $25.7 ... -
Range expansion of the spur-winged plover (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae) in New Zealand.
(Ornithological Society of New Zealand (Birds New Zealand), 2014-09-09)The southern subspecies of the Australian masked lapwing, known in New Zealand as the spur-winged plover (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae), self-introduced into New Zealand as early as 1886 (Oliver ... -
Responding positively to plant defences, a candidate key trait for invasion success in in the New Zealand grass grub Costelytra zealandica
(New Zealand Ecological Society Inc (NZES), 2014-07-28)Occasionally, exotic plant introductions lead to the emergence of an invasive insect within its native geographical range. Such emergence could be explained by a pre-adaptation of the insect to break through the defences ... -
Responding positively to plant defences, a candidate key trait for invasion success in phytophagous insects
(New Zealand Ecological Society, IncNew Zealand Ecological Society, Inc, 2015)Occasionally, exotic plant introductions lead to the emergence of an invasive insect within its native geographical range. Such emergence could be explained by a pre-adaptation of the insect to break through ...
