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Response Of Coleoptera Communities To Mammalian Pest Eradication At Maungataurari, New Zealand, Tracy H. Durnell
Response Of Coleoptera Communities To Mammalian Pest Eradication At Maungataurari, New Zealand, Tracy H. Durnell
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Coleoptera communities are considered effective bioindicators of ecological health and entire invertebrate communities. Mammalian pest-proof fences have been constructed to create two mainland islands at Maungatautari (WO), New Zealand. The objective of this study was to assess the response of Coleoptera communities to pest eradication inside the two pest-free enclosures. Pitfall traps were placed along transect lines at lowland sites inside and outside the enclosures on both the north and south sides of Maungatautari. Invertebrates were collected twice at two week intervals and classified to family. A total of 703 Coleoptera individuals from 21 families were collected. There was no …