Monitoring
Pests
Forest Monitoring and Assessment Kit (FORMAK)
For vegetation, bird and pest monitoring.
Habitat Protection Fund Project Monitoring Toolkit
Vegetation
Forest Monitoring and Assessment Kit (FORMAK)
For vegetation, bird and pest monitoring.
Fuchsia pollination
In sanctuaries, pest control often elevates bird densities. By surveying pollination on tree fuchsia, it should be possible to quantify any benefits of higher bird numbers to ecosystem function such as pollination. This is one of the indicators of sanctuary success that we (the
Conservation Flagships IO) use, and we encourage and
appreciate
its
annual application by sanctuaries. Click here for a fact sheet.
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.
Birds
Five minute bird counts (5MBC)
Department of Conservation summary of 5MBC methods and studies.
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