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Diet of the opossum Trichosuvus vulpecula (Kerr) in the Orongorongo Valley, Wellington, New Zealand, in relation to food‐plant availability

Alice E. Fitzgerald Ecology Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O. Box 30466, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Pages 399-419 | Received 08 Jun 1976, Published online: 30 Mar 2010

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SA Forgie, JJ Dymock & DM Tompkins. (2014) No evidence that brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) forage on dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 41:2, pages 95-102.
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P. E. Cowan, B. L. Chilvers, M. G. Efford & G. J. McElrea. (1997) Effects of possum browsing on northern rata, Orongorongo Valley, Wellington, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27:2, pages 173-179.
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P.E. Cowan. (1992) Analysis of the characteristics of fruit eaten by possums, Trichosurus vulpecula, in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 19:1-2, pages 45-52.
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P. E. Cowan & D. C. Waddington. (1991) Litterfall under hinau, Elaeocarpus dentatus, in lowland podocarp/ mixed hardwood forest, and the impact of brushtail possums, Trichosurus vulpecula . New Zealand Journal of Botany 29:4, pages 385-394.
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P.E. Cowan. (1990) Fruits, seeds, and flowers in the diet of brushtail possums, Trichosurus vulpecula, in lowland podocarp/mixed hardwood forest, Orongorongo Valley, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17:4, pages 549-566.
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P. E. Cowan & D. C. Waddington. (1990) Suppression of fruit production of the endemic forest tree, Elaeocarpus dentatus, by introduced marsupial brushtail possums, Trichosurus vulpecula . New Zealand Journal of Botany 28:3, pages 217-224.
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P. E. Cowan. (1989) A vesicular-arbuscular fungus in the diet of brushtail possums, Trichosurus vulpecula . New Zealand Journal of Botany 27:1, pages 129-131.
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BeverleyR. Clarkson, RajniN. Patel & BruceD. Clarkson. (1988) Composition and structure of forest overwhelmed at Pureora, central North Island, New Zealand, during the Taupo eruption (c. AD 130). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 18:4, pages 417-436.
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P. E. Cowan & A. Moeed. (1987) Invertebrates in the diet of brushtail possums, Trichosurus vulpecula, in lowland podocarp/broadleaf forest, Orongorongo Valley, Wellington, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14:2, pages 163-177.
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MaryH. Powlesland, M. Philipp & DavidG. Lloyd. (1985) Flowering and fruiting patterns of three species of Melicytus (Violaceae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 23:4, pages 581-596.
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P. E. Cowan, D. C. Waddington, M. J. Daniel & B. D. Bell. (1985) Aspects of litter production in a New Zealand lowland podocarp/broadleaf forest. New Zealand Journal of Botany 23:2, pages 191-199.
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Abdul Moeed & M.J. Meads. (1985) Seasonality of pitfall trapped invertebrates in three types of native forest, Orongorongo Valley, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12:1, pages 17-53.
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M. J. Daniel & J. A. Adams. (1984) Nutrient return by litterfall in evergreen podocarp-hardwood forest in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 22:2, pages 271-283.
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I. J. Payton, R. B. Allen & J. E. Knowlton. (1984) A post-fire succession in the northern Urewera forests North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 22:2, pages 207-222.
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G. D. Ward. (1984) Comparison of trap- and radio-revealed home ranges of the brush-tailed possum (Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr) in New Zealand lowland forest. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 11:1, pages 85-92.
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H.A. Robertson, A.H. Whitaker & B.M. Fitzgerald. (1983) Morphometrics of forest birds in the Orongorongo Valley, Wellington, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 10:1, pages 87-97.
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Abdul Moeed & B.M. Fitzgerald. (1982) Foods of insectivorous birds in forest of the Orongorongo Valley, Wellington, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 9:3, pages 391-403.
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AliceE. Fitzgerald, R. T. J. Clarke, C. S. W. Reid, W. A. G. Charleston, M. F. Tarttelin & R. S. Wyburn. (1981) Physical and nutritional characteristics of the possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) in captivity. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8:4, pages 551-562.
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AliceE. Fitzgerald & P. Wardle. (1979) Food of the opossum Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr) in the Waiho Valley, South Westland. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6:2, pages 339-345.
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