Browsing by Author "Miller, Steven D."
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Catchment land use and trophic state impacts on phytoplankton composition: a case study from the Rotorua lakes’ district, New Zealand
(Springer-Verlag, 2012)Trophic state of lakes has been related to catchment land use, but direct links between phytoplankton taxa and land use are limited. Phytoplankton composition, represented by relative cell abundance of phyla, was measured ... -
Diet selectivity in a terrestrial forest invertebrate, the Auckland tree wētā, across three habitat zones.
(Wiley, 2018)Insects are important but overlooked components of forest ecosystems of New Zealand. For many invertebrate species, information on foraging patterns and trophic relationships is lacking. We examined diet composition and ... -
Do ship rats display predatory behaviour towards house mice?
(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 ... -
Epibiotic pressure contributes to biofouling invader success
(Nature Publishing Group, 2017)Reduced competition is a frequent explanation for the success of many introduced species. In benthic marine biofouling communities, space limitation leads to high rates of overgrowth competition. Some species can utilise ... -
Invasive European rats in Britain and New Zealand: same species, different outcomes
(Wiley, 2011)Two species of European commensal murids, the Norway rat norvegicus and the ship rat Rattus rattus, have colonized two island archipelagos of comparable size and temperate climate but in opposite hemispheres and with ...
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Systematics of New Zealand Pimelea (Thymelaeaceae)
(University of Waikato, 2016)Pimelea Banks and Sol. ex Gaertn. is a genus of shrubs, sub-shrubs and herbs belonging to the eudicot family Thymelaeaceae. First described 1769, the genus initially contained four species but has since grown to contain ... -
Foraging behaviours of translocated takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri) at two contrasting sites, New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2014)The South Island takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri) is an endangered ground-dwelling species, endemic to New Zealand. To prevent the species’ extinction, individuals were translocated to protected sites, such as off-shore ... -
Modeling the Neolithic Transition in Europe. Archaeobotanical Aspect of the Expansion of Neolithic Population in Europe.
(University of Waikato, 2013)Whether or not the spread of agriculture in Europe was accompanied by movements of people is a long-standing question in archaeology and anthropology, which has been frequently addressed with the help of population genetic ...
