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1. A world apart

Author

Pollard, Simon D.

Subjects
Biotic communities -- Research, New Zealand -- Natural history
Published
1995

2. Inbreeding in the marshes

Author

Jamieson, Ian and Craig, John L.

Subjects
Birds -- New Zealand, Birds -- Breeding, New Zealand -- Natural history
Published
1993

3. Ferns and Flowers in the Lands Down Under

Author

Kanze, Edward

Subjects
Australia -- Natural history, New Zealand -- Natural history, Wild flowers -- Appreciation, Ferns -- Appreciation, Dinosaurs, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Biological sciences, Earth sciences, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

Ferns stamp a unique impression on New Zealand. No surprise that motifs incorporating ferns turn up on logos all over the country. Ferns, going back to dinosaur days and beyond, [...]

Published
2019

6. The good seed

Author

Sokolov, Raymond

Subjects
New Zealand -- Natural history
Published
1993

7. New Zealand Sweet Stakes

Author

Sessions, Laura

Subjects
New Zealand -- Natural history, Invertebrates -- Behavior, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Biological sciences, Earth sciences, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation, Behavior, Natural history
Abstract

Sugar was a shared resource in a forest community until a greedy newcomer moved in. Biologist E. O. Wilson has called invertebrates 'little things that run the world,' because of [...]

Published
2001

8. A Floral Twist of Fate

Author

Sessions, Laura A.

Subjects
New Zealand -- Natural history, Mistletoe -- New Zealand, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Biological sciences, Earth sciences, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation, Natural history
Abstract

New Zealand mistletoes that bear strange, sealed flowers depend on savvy native pollinators to thrive. Every year in December, the beginning of the austral summer, the green temperate rainforests in [...]

Published
2000

9. Moas and the Maori

Author

Cracraft, Joel

Subjects
Maoris -- Social aspects, Extinct birds -- Natural history, Moa -- Natural history, New Zealand -- Natural history
Published
1980

10. Of kiwi eggs and the liberty bell

Author

Gould, Stephen Jay

Subjects
Dwarfism -- Cases, Moa -- New Zealand, Eggs -- Incubation, Kiwis -- Behavior, New Zealand -- Natural history
Published
1986

11. Saddleback salvation

Author

Zeigler, Philip

Subjects
New Zealand -- Natural history, Birds -- Behavior, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Biological sciences, Earth sciences, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Published
1979

12. Crows show the right stuff. (In Sum)

Author

Weir, Kirsten L.

Subjects
New Zealand -- Natural history, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Biological sciences, Earth sciences, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

CROWS SHOW THE RIGHT STUFF The recent discovery of a right-side visual preference in a species of crow has challenged the belief that we're the only creature with a predictable--and [...]

Published
2002

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