Monitoring

Pests

Forest Monitoring and Assessment Kit (FORMAK)
For vegetation, bird and pest monitoring.

Habitat Protection Fund Project Monitoring Toolkit

Vegetation

National Vegetation Survey Databank (NVS)
A physical archive and computer databank of permanent vegetation monitoring plots and surveys throughout New Zealand.Survey manuals and plot sheets are available.

Forest Monitoring and Assessment Kit (FORMAK)
For vegetation, bird and pest monitoring.

Birds

Forest Monitoring and Assessment Kit (FORMAK)
For vegetation, bird and pest monitoring.

Further reading

Fraser, E., and Hauber, M,. 2008: Higher call rates of morepork, Ninox novaeseelandiae, at sites inside an area with ongoing brodifacoum poisoning compared with matched non-managed sites. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Vol. 35: 1-7
http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjz/2008/001.php

Invertebrates

Further reading

Bleakley, C., et al 2006: Design and use of artificial refuges for monitoring adult tree weta, Hemideina crassidens and H. thoracica. DOC research and Development Series 233. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 37p.
http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/drds233.pdf [248 KB]
http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/drds233a.pdf [352 KB]

Sinclair, L., et al 2005: How did invertebrates respond to eradication of rats from Kapiti Island, New Zealand? New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Vol. 32: 293–315
http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjz/2005/031.php

Fungi

Fungal Guide Website
Pictorial keys to help identify some of the more common macrofungi in New Zealand