Legacy of avian-dominated plant-herbivore systems in New Zealand

By William G. Lee, Jamie R. Wood, G. Rogers. 2010

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Ecology and long-term history of fire in New Zealand. (2014, background): “The post-settlement loss of forest and the accompanying collapse in its vertebrate fauna, and its functional implications, are well documented (McGlone & Wilmshurst 1999a; Kelly et al. 2010; Lee et al. 2010).”
Island extinctions: processes, patterns, and potential for ecosystem restoration (2017, background): “In New Zealand, the loss of all c. >4-kg avian herbivore species may have altered dynamics in avian-induced vegetation communities (Lee et al. 2010) and had minor effects on the abundances of some forest plants (Wood & Wilmshurst 2017).”
Mutualisms with the wreckage of an avifauna: the status of bird pollination and fruit- dispersal in New Zealand (2010, background): “Perhaps the poor germination of these three species is the first evidence for an ‘anachronistic’ adaptation in the flora to dispersal by moa (cf. Lord et al. 2002 and Thorsen et al. 2009), which are known to have eaten matai and Elaeocarpus hookerianus fruit (Lee et al. 2010).”
The Use and Potential of Pest-Proof Fencing for Ecosystem Restoration and Fauna Conservation in New Zealand (2012, background): “The success of the Otago and grand skink experience has led other researchers to strongly promote the use of pest-proof fenced areas for the conservation of other threatened skink species in New Zealand, particularly where other methods have failed (Hoare et al. 2007 ; Lettink et al. 2010 ) .”
Predation and other factors currently limiting New Zealand forest birds. (2010, background): “Notwithstanding that historically New Zealand birds were subject to significant predation by avian predators (Lee et al. 2010), some unfortunate attributes that increase vulnerability to mammalian predation have been known for many years, such as naivety about mammalian predators, inappropriate…”
Impacts of introduced deer and extinct moa on New Zealand ecosystems (2010, background): “Recent studies of gizzard contents (Wood 2007) and especially coprolites (Horrocks et al. 2004; Wood et al. 2008) have shown the moa taxa to have a much broader diet than previously thought (Lee et al. 2010).”