NZ Journal of Ecology

Journal Editor: Kevin C. Burns     Technical Journal Editor: Anne Austin

The New Zealand Journal of Ecology is a biannual peer-reviewed journal publishing ecological research relevant to New Zealand/Aotearoa and the South Pacific. It has been published since 1952 (as a 1952 issue of New Zealand Science Review and as the Proceedings of the New Zealand Ecological Society until 1977). The Journal is published by the New Zealand Ecological Society (Inc.), and is covered by Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Science, GEOBASE, and Geo Abstracts.

  In Press:
volume 33, issue 2, 2009

Articles in press are made available as soon as they are complete. These articles lack page numbers and should be cited as in press until the print version is published.
  Current Issue:
Review article
Postglacial history of New Zealand wetlands and implications for their conservation
Matt S. McGlone
Pages: 1–23
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 2434 KB)

Research article
Skink and invertebrate abundance in relation to vegetation, rabbits and predators in a New Zealand dryland ecosystem
Grant Norbury, Richard Heyward and John Parkes
Pages: 24–31
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 857 KB)

Research article
Breeding success of New Zealand falcons (Falco novaeseelandiae) in a pine plantation
Richard Seaton, John D. Holland, Edward O. Minot and Brian P. Springett
Pages: 32–39
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 316 KB)

Research article
Using artificial nests to predict nest survival at reintroduction sites
Rebecca M. Lewis, Doug P. Armstrong, Michael K Joy, Yvan Richard, Don Ravine, Åsa Berggren and Rebecca L. Boulton
Pages: 40–51
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 608 KB)

Research article
Dietary diversity in fruit-eating birds: a biogeographic comparison between New Zealand and Canada
K. C. Burns
Pages: 52–59
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 495 KB)

Research article
Restoring native ecosystems in urban Auckland: urban soils, isolation, and weeds as impediments to forest establishment
Jon J. Sullivan, Colin Meurk, Kathryn J. Whaley and Robyn Simcock
Pages: 60–71
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 866 KB)

Research article
Bone-seed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera) invasion effects on native regeneration in New Zealand coastal plant communities
Kate G. McAlpine, Susan M. Timmins and Ian Westbrooke
Pages: 72–82
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 464 KB)

Research article
Light environments occupied by conifer and angiosperm seedlings in a New Zealand podocarp–broadleaved forest
Christopher H. Lusk, Richard P. Duncan and Peter J. Bellingham
Pages: 83–89
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 341 KB)

Short Communication
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in the New Zealand dampwood termite (Stolotermes ruficeps)
Nicola M. Reid and Gareth Lloyd-Jones
Pages: 90–95
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 311 KB)


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