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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 ... -
Owners’ perception of carboplatin in conjunction with other palliative treatments for cancer therapy
(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 ... -
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 ... -
Population connectivity and traces of mitochondrial introgression in New Zealand black-billed gulls (Larus bulleri)
(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 ... -
Potential impact of construction noise on selected zoo animals
(MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2019-07-31)SIMPLE SUMMARY: Animals in zoos can adapt to many noises they hear on a regular basis. However, construction noise that is intense or occurs unpredictably may negatively impact the welfare state of some animals and induce ... -
Predation and risk behaviors of free-roaming owned cats in Auckland, New Zealand via the use of animal-borne cameras
(Frontiers Media, 2019-07-02)Free-roaming cats are at increased risk of injuring themselves as well as other domestic and fauna species, yet relatively little is known about the frequency at which risk and predation behaviors occur in a typical day. ... -
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 ... -
Retrospective study of the relative frequency of feline hepatobiliary disease in New Zealand based on 10years of hepatic biopsy samples.
(British Veterinary Association (BVA), 2019-09-23)AIMS To retrospectively determine the relative frequency of feline hepatobiliary diseases from biopsy specimens submitted to a single laboratory across a 10-year period and to establish whether age, sex or breed associations ... -
A review of ecology in landscape architecture publications
(2010)In landscape architecture publications, landscape designs that incorporate ecology vary in the degree of ecological functioning that is included. Sustainability is often not specifically differentiated from ecology and ... -
A revision of the New Zealand Kunzea ericoides (Myrtaceae) complex
(Pensoft Publishers, 2014-08-26)A revision of the New Zealand Kunzea ericoides complex is presented. This paper is the final of a series that has explored the systematics of the New Zealand Kunzea complex using cytological and molecular variation, ...
