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 34, issue 4, 2010
volume 34, issue 2, 2010

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
Feathers to Fur: the status of New Zealand ecological research in 2009
Jon J. Sullivan, Dave Kelly and Jenny J. Ladley
Pages: 1–5
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 820 KB)

Review article
The origin and history of New Zealand’s terrestrial vertebrates
Alan J.D. Tennyson
Pages: 6–27
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 589 KB)

Review article
Legacy of avian-dominated plant–herbivore systems in New Zealand
William G. Lee, Jamie R. Wood and Geoffrey M. Rogers
Pages: 28–47
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.03 MB)

Review article
Impacts of introduced deer and extinct moa on New Zealand ecosystems
David M. Forsyth, Janet M. Wilmshurst, Robert B. Allen and David A. Coomes
Pages: 48–65
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.45 MB)

Review article
Mutualisms with the wreckage of an avifauna: the status of bird pollination and fruit dispersal in New Zealand
Dave Kelly, Jenny J. Ladley, Alastair W. Robertson, Sandra H. Anderson, Debra M. Wotton and Susan K. Wiser
Pages: 66–85
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 724 KB)

Review article
Predation and other factors currently limiting New Zealand forest birds
John Innes, Dave Kelly, Jacob McC. Overton and Craig Gillies
Pages: 86–114
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 965 KB)

Review article
New Zealand island restoration: seabirds, predators, and the importance of history
Peter J. Bellingham, David R. Towns, Ewen K. Cameron, Joe J. Davis , David A. Wardle , Janet M. Wilmshurst and Christa P.H. Mulder
Pages: 115–136
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 665 KB)

Review article
Comparative biogeography of New Zealand trees: species richness, height, leaf traits and range sizes
Matt S McGlone, Sarah J. Richardson and Greg J. Jordan
Pages: 137–151
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.16 MB)

Review article
Do New Zealand invertebrates reflect the dominance of birds in their evolutionary history?
George Gibbs
Pages: 152–157
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 338 KB)

Review article
Impacts of exotic invertebrates on New Zealand’s indigenous species and ecosystems
Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Barbara I.P. Barratt, Jacqueline R. Beggs, Laura L. Fagan, Malcolm K. (Nod) Kay, Craig B. Phillips and Cor J. Vink
Pages: 158–174
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 441 KB)

Review article
Causes and consequences of changes to New Zealand’s fungal biota
Peter R. Johnston
Pages: 175–184
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 633 KB)

Review article
Historical and ecological context, pattern and process, in the derivation of New Zealand’s freshwater fish fauna
Robert M. McDowall
Pages: 185–194
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 1.32 MB)

Review article
The impact of trout on galaxiid fishes in New Zealand
Angus R. McIntosh, Peter A. McHugh, Nicholas R. Dunn, Jane M. Goodman, Simon W. Howard, Phillip G. Jellyman, Leanne K. O’Brien, Per Nyström and Darragh J. Woodford
Pages: 195–206
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 717 KB)

Review article
Life histories, dispersal, invasions, and global change: progress and prospects in New Zealand ecology, 1989–2029
Dave Kelly and Jon J. Sullivan
Pages: 207–217
Abstract | Article (pdf file, 783 KB)


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