Eastward bound:a large proportion of the plants and animals living in New Zealand today are descended from colonists from Australia
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This article examines how plant and animal migrations from Australia have influenced biodiversity in New Zealand. Topics addressed include how the wind and ocean currents can carry seeds and animals to New Zealand, as well as the role of humans in this exchange.
Publication Name: Nature Australia
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1324-2598
Year: 2001
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Growing native weeds
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Issues concerning the threat native plants can pose to natural reserves if they are left to grow wildly are examined. Topics include threats weeds pose to the habitat of Mt Martha, the manner in which plants that leave their native habitat become invaders of others, and suggestions for controlling the spread of weeds.
Publication Name: Nature Australia
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1324-2598
Year: 2001
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Growing where birds breed: Australia is one of very few countries in the world with specialist seabird plants
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Coastal plants that thrive on bird droppings are known as ornithocoprophiles. Several varieties that grow in Australia are described.
Publication Name: Nature Australia
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1324-2598
Year: 2003
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