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Proceedings of the First Symposium on Marsupials in New Zealand
Contents
Contents
ABSTRACT
1
PREFACE B.D. Bell
2
PARTICIPANTS
5
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Advances in marsupial biology – a review of 25 years' research.
C.H. Tyndale-Biscoe
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CONTRIBUTED PAPERS I. BASIC RESEARCH
Sperm maturation in the possum
Trichosurus vulpecula:
a model for comparison with eutherian mammals.
J.M. Cummins.
23
Some effects of the feeding habits of the possum
Trichosurus vulpecula. A.E. Fitzgerald
.
41
A progress report on the movements of possums
Trichosurus vulpecula
between native forest and pasture.
W.Q. Green
and
J.D. Coleman.
51
Age structure and mortality of possum
Trichosurus vulpecula
populations from New Zealand.
R.E. Brockie, B.D. Bell
and
A.J. White.
63
Breeding and condition of possums
Trichosurus vulpecula
in the Orongorongo Valley, near Wellington, New Zealand, 1966-1975.
B.D. Bell.
87
Aspects of the social behaviour of the possum
Trichosurus vulpecula. J.N. Jolly
. (Abstract).
141
Some contrasts between populations of the possum
Trichosurus vulpecula
in different aged stands of
Pinus radiata. M.N. Clout
. (Abstract).
143
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS II. APPLIED RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT
Some aspects of the management and diseases of captive wallabies at the Auckland Zoo.
G.W. Meadows
.
145
Leptospirosis in the possum
Trichosurus vulpecula. S.C. Hathaway
.
157
Tuberculosis in the possum
Trichosurus vulpecula. A.F. Julian
.
163
Epidemiology and behavioural patterns in the possum
Trichosurus vulpecula
in relation to tuberculosis.
B.R. Cook
. (Abstract)
175
Estimating the density of possums
Trichosurus vulpecula. D.J. Bell
.
177
Fluctuations in density patterns of possums
Trichosurus vulpecula
along the north bank of the Taramakau Catchment, Westland, New Zealand.
C.J. Pekelharing
. (Abstract).
183
Application of the Poisson model to the bait interference method of possum
Trichosurus vulpecula
assessment.
G.T. Jane
.
185
Damage by possums
Trichosurus vulpecula
to farm crops and pasture.
E.B. Spurr
and
J.N. Jolly
.
197
Damage by possums
Trichosurus vulpecula
to erosion-control plantings.
J.N. Jolly
and
E.B. Spurr
.
205
Tuberculosis and the control of possums
Trichosurus vulpecula
- an expensive business.
J.D. Coleman
.
211
Current research and development of baits for aerial control of the possum
Trichosurus vulpecula. D.R. Morgan
. (Abstract)
221
Modelling and effects of control operations on possum
Trichosurus vulpecula
populations.
E.B. Spurr
.
223
WORKSHOP DISCUSSION ON MARSUPIAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT
1. Anaesthesia and handling animals.
235
2. Diseases and public health.
240
3. General housing and husbandry of captive marsupials.
246
4. Statements on the use of sequential fractional analysis and protein electrophoresis in marsupial research.
248
5. Possum population assessment.
250
6. Assessment of possum browse on vegetation.
255
7. Exploitation of possums for fur and meat.
257
8. Effect of animal control on non-target species.
261
9. Possums on offshore islands.
267
10. Use of vernacular name 'possum' or 'opossum'.
269
11. Communication amongst marsupial workers.
272
12. Funding of marsupial research.
275
Workshop discussion: concluding remarks.
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PRIORITY RATINGS FOR VARIOUS RESEARCH TOPICS
Results of a survey of symposium delegates' views
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