{"title":"Seed retention times in New Zealand’s largest gecko, Hoplodactylus duvaucelii, and implications for seed dispersal","authors":"Hayley Alena, D. Wotton, G. Perry","doi":"10.20417/nzjecol.47.3539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.47.3539","url":null,"abstract":": Fruit is an important component in the diet of many lizards, but their role as seed dispersers is often overlooked. Seed retention time and animal movement determine how far a fleshy fruited seed will be dispersed from the parent plant. Seed retention times were investigated in 78 captive Hoplodactylus duvaucelii (Duvaucel’s geckos). Geckos were offered fruits from 10 plant species. Fifty-one geckos consumed fruits and the mean seed retention time was 69 hours (range 31 to 145 hours). There was no difference between the mean seed retention in adult males and females, but juvenile geckos had significantly shorter mean seed retention times. There was no relationship between seed retention time and body mass in adult geckos. Based on their seed retention times, we suggest Duvaucel’s geckos and other native lizards with body mass ≥ 14 g could disperse seeds over 10 m away from the parent plant.","PeriodicalId":49755,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Ecology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42418358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Germano, L. Bridgman, Helene Thygesen, A. Haigh
{"title":"Age dependant effects of rat control on Archey’s frog (Leiopelma archeyi) at Whareorino, New Zealand","authors":"J. Germano, L. Bridgman, Helene Thygesen, A. Haigh","doi":"10.20417/nzjecol.47.3529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.47.3529","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49755,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Ecology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46189487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Germano, R. Earl, Mandy D. Tocher, Petra R. Pearce, J. Christie
{"title":"The conservation long game: Leiopelma species climate envelopes in New Zealand under a changing climate","authors":"J. Germano, R. Earl, Mandy D. Tocher, Petra R. Pearce, J. Christie","doi":"10.20417/nzjecol.47.3535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.47.3535","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49755,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Ecology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46393965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use of dead tree-fern trunks as oviposition sites by the terrestrial breeding frog Leiopelma archeyi","authors":"J. Cisternas, L. Easton, P. Bishop","doi":"10.20417/nzjecol.47.3533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.47.3533","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49755,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Ecology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48472247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Post-metamorphic body growth and remarkable longevity in Archey's frog and Hamilton's frog in New Zealand","authors":"B. Bell, S. Pledger","doi":"10.20417/nzjecol.47.3528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.47.3528","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49755,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Ecology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44193902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adria Eda, P. Bishop, Joseph T. Altobelli, S. Godfrey, Jo-Ann Stanton
{"title":"Screening for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in New Zealand native frogs: 20 years on","authors":"Adria Eda, P. Bishop, Joseph T. Altobelli, S. Godfrey, Jo-Ann Stanton","doi":"10.20417/nzjecol.47.3531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.47.3531","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49755,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Ecology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44716491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Translocation of Hamilton’s frog, Leiopelma hamiltoni, to a mainland sanctuary occupied by mice Mus musculus","authors":"T. Karst, Kerri Lukis, B. Bell","doi":"10.20417/nzjecol.47.3537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.47.3537","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49755,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Ecology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45532049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joseph T. Altobelli, P. Bishop, K. Dickinson, S. Godfrey
{"title":"Suitability of radio telemetry for monitoring two New Zealand frogs (Leiopelma archeyi and L. hamiltoni)","authors":"Joseph T. Altobelli, P. Bishop, K. Dickinson, S. Godfrey","doi":"10.20417/nzjecol.47.3532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.47.3532","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49755,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Ecology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45804047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Responses at the source and release site following an inter-island translocation of Leiopelma hamiltoni","authors":"J. Germano, S. Wren, T. Webster, P. Bishop","doi":"10.20417/nzjecol.47.3536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.47.3536","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49755,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Ecology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48529322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Crossland, Hollie Kelly, H. Speed, S. Holzapfel, D. MacKenzie
{"title":"Predator control to protect a native bird (North Island kōkako) also benefits Hochstetter’s frog","authors":"M. Crossland, Hollie Kelly, H. Speed, S. Holzapfel, D. MacKenzie","doi":"10.20417/nzjecol.47.3530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.47.3530","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49755,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Ecology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44671240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}