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        Mapping the potential global range of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, with particular reference to New Zealand. 

        Fraser, Diane; Kumar, Shivani; Aguilar, Glenn (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 ...
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        Measuring the efficacy of repellent on house sparrows (Passer domesticus) 

        Cameron, Kristie; Wassenaar, R.J.; Panapasa, Ayellet; Brown, K.J.; Halliday, Angela; Lodge-Osborn, K.R.; Robson, E.A.; Aley, Joanne; Jones, Graham; Salinsky, Jodi; Fraser, Diane; Adams, Nigel (Unitec ePress, 2018-12-19)
        House sparrows (Passer domesticus) are vectors for diseases transmittable to humans and animals, therefore effort is made to deter sparrows from roosting and feeding in urban areas such as cafes and private buildings. In ...
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        Metagenome profiling identifies potential biocontrol agents for Selaginella kraussiana in New Zealand 

        Dang, Z.; McLenachan, P.A.; Lockhart, Peter; Waipara, N.; Er, Orhan A.H.; Reynolds, Christy; Blanchon, Dan (MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2019-01-31)
        Metagenomics can be used to identify potential biocontrol agents for invasive species and was used here to identify candidate species for biocontrol of an invasive club moss in New Zealand. Profiles were obtained for ...
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        Monitoring terrestrial bird populations on Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, 1987-2010 

        Graham, Mike; Veitch, Dick; Aguilar, Glenn; Galbraith, Mel (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 ...
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        Morphological study of the foramen transversarium of the atlas vertebra among Egyptian population and its clinical significance 

        Aziz, Joseph; Morgan, M. (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 ...
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        The need for a national accreditation programme for professionals working in the field of animal training and behavioural modification in New Zealand 

        Skyner, LJ.; Cameron, Kristie; Dale, A.; Walker, J. K. (MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2020-06-29)
        SIMPLE SUMMARY: Companion animals play an important role in the lives of New Zealanders. Animals’ guardians often engage professional behaviour and training support to ensure their companion animal’s behaviour is compatible ...
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        The Nephrolepis Boston fern complex (including Nephrolepis exaltata [L.] Schott), Nephrolepidaceae, naturalised in New Zealand 

        Large, Mark; Farrington, Lizzy (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 ...
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        New chorological data for the Italian vascular flora 

        Rosati, L.; Fascetti, S.; Romano, V.A.; Potenza, G.; Lapenna, M.R.; Capano, A.; Nicoletti, P.; Farris, E.; de Lange, Peter; Del Vico, E.; Facioni, L.; Fanfarillo, E.; Lattanzi, E.; Cano-Ortiz, A.; Marignani, M.; Fogu, M.C.; Bazzato, E.; Lallai, E.; Laface, V.L.A.; Musarella, C.M.; Spampinato, G.; Mei, G.; Misano, G.; Salerno, G.; Esposito, A.; Stinca, A. (MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2020-01-05)
        Despite the importance for scientific and conservation purposes, the knowledge of the Italian territory is far from exhaustive. New chorological data for 87 vascular taxa regarding the central-southern part of Italy and ...
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        New combinations in Cranfillia (Blechnaceae: Polypodiopsida) for recent segregates of the Blechnum vulcanicum complex 

        de Lange, Peter; Parris, B. (New South Wales Department of Agriculture, National Herbarium of New South Wales [and] Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, 2019-09)
        New combinations in Cranfillia (Blechnaceae: Polypodiopsida) are provided for: Blechnum aequabile T.C.Chambers, B. humile T.C.Chambers, B. megavulcanicum T.C.Chambers, Blechnum nukuhivense E.D.Br., B. phanerophlebium Baker ...
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        New method for the devitalization of imported horsetail (Equisetum hyemale) 

        Blanchon, Dan (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 ...
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        New species and new records of buellioid lichens (Physciaceae, Ascomycota) from New Zealand and Tasmania 

        Elix, J.A.; Knight, A.; Blanchon, Dan (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 ...
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        A new species and new records of Buelloid lichens (Physciaceae, Ascomycota) from the Kermadec Islands 

        Elix, J.A.; de Lange, Peter (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 ...
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        Nomenclatural novelties: Gabura fascicularis var. colensoi and G. fascicularis var. microcarpa 

        de Lange, Peter; Ford, M. (Index Fungorum Partnership, 2020-07-02)
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        OPINION : Focus and performance in managing post-border biosecurity in New Zealand 

        Craw, Jack (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 ...
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        Owners’ perception of carboplatin in conjunction with other palliative treatments for cancer therapy 

        Bowles, Danielle; Robson, Mark; Galloway, Pru; Walker, Lyndon (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-02)
        OBJECTIVES: To determine owners’ perception of their pet’s quality of life during treatment with carboplatin for a variety of canine and feline neoplasms. METHODS: Owners were contacted via a postal questionnaire and asked ...
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        Perceptions and impacts : an observational pilot study of the effects of Argentine ants on honey bees in New Zealand 

        Jones, Graham; Fraser, Diane; Lallu, Urvasha; Fenwick, Sarah-Jayne (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 ...
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        Persistence of biodiversity in a dryland remnant within an intensified dairy farm landscape 

        Bowie, Mike H.; Black, Lesley; Boyer, Stephane; Dickinson, Nicholas M.; Hodge, Simon (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. ...
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        Perspectives in biosecurity 

        Blanchon, Dan; Galbraith, Mel (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, ...
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        The PGI enzyme system and fitness response to temperature as a measure of environmental tolerance in an invasive species 

        Lefort, Marie-Caroline; Brown, S.D.J.; Boyer, Stephane; Worner, S.P.; Armstrong, K. (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 ...
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        Population connectivity and traces of mitochondrial introgression in New Zealand black-billed gulls (Larus bulleri) 

        Mischler, C.; Veale, Andrew; van Stijn, T.; Brauning, R.; McEwan, J. C.; Maloney, R.; Robertson, B.C. (MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2018-11-08)
        Black-billed gulls (Larus bulleri) are endemic to New Zealand and are suspected to be undergoing substantial population declines. They primarily breed on open gravel beds in braided rivers of the South Island—a habitat ...

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