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- CHAPTERPopulation Distribution of Land Birds in Temperate Rainforest of Southern New Zealand
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 1.—Map of the South Island of New Zealand showing vegetation cover (striped: Nothofagus dominant forest; crossed...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 2.—Map of the study area in the upper part of the Botanic Gardens, Dunedin.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 3.—Results of weekly counts of the populations from September 1958 to August 1960, in the upper part of the Bota...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 4.—Diagram showing the relation of the height of the nest to the height of the tree selected for nesting. Circle...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 4 (Cont.) (b) Song Thrush
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 4 (Cont.) (c) Silvereye.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 5.—Frequency distribution, according to the month, of clutch size, brood size, and number of young leaving nest ...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 5 (Cont.) (b) Song Thrush.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 5 (Cont.) (c) Bellbird and Silvereye.
- ILLUSTRATION(a) (above). West arm of Lake Manapouri, Fiordland, with Nothofagus dominant forest.
- ILLUSTRATION(b) (below). Under canopy of inland Nothofagus dominant forest, Lake Rotoroa, inland Nelson.
- ILLUSTRATION(a) (above). Under canopy of coastal podocarp dominant forest, Catlins.
- ILLUSTRATION(b) (below). Leptospermum stand with shrubs of low hardwood forest, Dunedin.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 6.—Graph showing the number of Blackbirds and Song Thrushes (combined) laying in each month, and monthly rainfal...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 7.—Schematic diagram showing seasonal changes in the feeding habits of birds observed at the Botanic Gardens, Du...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. B.—Seasonal changes of plant food supply in the upper part of the Botanic Gardens, Dunedin. Flowers providing ne...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 9.—Frequency of occurrences of food organisms in the summer (black) and winter (white) samples of Silvereyes (31...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 10.—Percentage occurrences of land birds in Nothofagus dominant forest (8 localities), Podocarpus dominant fores...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 11.—Altitudinal distribution (schematized) of land birds in a Fiordland area. Naturalized species are indicated ...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 12.—Comparison of the total breeding densities of passerine birds in three major forest habitats of the South Is...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 13.—Similarity of avian communities between three forest habitats. Figures indicate the value of Cλ (if two comm...
- ILLUSTRATION(a) Foliage invertebrates in low hardwood forest (1154 individuals in 22 samples), podocarp dominant forest (398 indi...