Browsing by Author "King, Carolyn M."

• Age structure, dispersion and diet of a population of stoats (Mustela erminea) in southern Fiordland during the decline phase of the beechmast cycle 

  Purdey, D. C.; King, Carolyn M.; Lawrence, B. (RSNZ Publishing, 2004-09-01)

  The dispersion, age structure and diet of stoats (Mustela erminea) in beech forest in the Borland and Grebe Valleys, Fiordland National Park, were examined during December and January 2000/01, 20 months after a heavy ...

  

• Anticipatory responses to pulsed resources: An introduction 

  King, Carolyn M. (Taylor & Francis Group, 2013)

  Vigorous exchange of ideas is an essential part of the business of science. What makes that interaction so much more interesting than ordinary conversation is that, in science, ideas always have to be based on documented ...

  

• Biology of mustelids: reviews and future directions 

  Mcdonald, Robbie A.; King, Carolyn M. (Wiley, 2000)

  The mustelidae is the largest and most diverse family of the Carnivora. The family is unified by an ancestral long-thin body plan, and the physical, physiological and ecological consequences this has for them. Yet within ...

• Do ship rats display predatory behaviour towards house mice? 

  Bridgman, Lucy Jade; Innes, John G.; Gillies, C.; Fitzgerald, Neil; Miller, Steven D.; King, Carolyn M. (Elsevier, 2013)

  Control operations for invasive ship rats, Rattus rattus, in New Zealand forests are often followed by increased house mouse, Mus musculus, detections suggesting rats suppress mice. A potential mechanism is intraguild ...

• A dramatic landscape 

  Lowe, David J.; King, Carolyn M. (Springer and New Zealand Department of Conservation, 2015)

  This chapter introduces the story of Pureora Forest Park (PFP), in the central North Island, New Zealand, by describing the extremely violent Taupo eruption of c. AD 232 and its consequences for the surrounding forests and ...

  

• Habitat use and responses to odours by rodents in New Zealand 

  Bramley, Gary Neil (The University of Waikato, 1999)

  Four species of introduced rodent live in New Zealand. No more than three species are sympatric here, although all four are in more tropical areas. All are pests for economic, public health and conservation reasons. The ...

  

• Relationships among male size, reproductive success, female choice and male advertising calls in Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) 

  Miyazaki, Masamine (The University of Waikato, 2002)

  The role of male acoustic features in the process of mate choice was investigated in Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor). Male call features and the calling behaviour may reveal important information on male attributes that ...

  

• Foraging on café sugar packets by the house sparrow (Passer domesticus): Learning mechanisms, distribution, and human perception 

  Davy, Michael Ambrose (The University of Waikato, 2019)

  People in cities interact with house sparrows (Passer domesticus) on a daily basis. Sparrows have previously been observed foraging on sugar packets at a single café in Hamilton City, New Zealand. The aim of this thesis ...

  

• New Zealand Mustelids and the Ecomorphometrics of Mandibles 

  Hill, Carly Michelle (University of Waikato, 2017)

  Three species of Mustelidae are found in New Zealand: ferrets (Mustela furo), stoats (Mustela erminea), and weasels (Mustela nivalis vulgaris). The introduction and spread of mustelids into a wide range of habitats different ...

  

• Mammalian Pests in the Waikato Region 

  Breedt, Brandon (University of Waikato, 2017)

  This project aimed to use camera traps to study the distribution of seven important mammalian pests across the three main vegetation types of the Waikato Region and to see if this method is a more informative alternative ...

  

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