The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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... species was pointed out as the desirable one , indeed it is doubtful whether any one of those who were responsible for recom- mending the step knew one species from another . Further , no one seemed to know that specimens of at least ...
... species was pointed out as the desirable one , indeed it is doubtful whether any one of those who were responsible for recom- mending the step knew one species from another . Further , no one seemed to know that specimens of at least ...
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... species , and such reasons as can be suggested for failure are also recorded . It seems to me that the failure of a species to become established in a new country into which it has been introduced , under what appear to be most ...
... species , and such reasons as can be suggested for failure are also recorded . It seems to me that the failure of a species to become established in a new country into which it has been introduced , under what appear to be most ...
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... species which are now so abundantly represented first came into the country . We can learn of numerous attempts to introduce species which have , however , failed to establish themselves . On the other hand we find that a vast number ...
... species which are now so abundantly represented first came into the country . We can learn of numerous attempts to introduce species which have , however , failed to establish themselves . On the other hand we find that a vast number ...
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... species of animals and plants which occurred wild in New Zealand in 1773 , and which were common to this country , and any other land areas , it is advisable to take a brief survey of these common species and see from what region the ...
... species of animals and plants which occurred wild in New Zealand in 1773 , and which were common to this country , and any other land areas , it is advisable to take a brief survey of these common species and see from what region the ...
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... species derived from the nearest present land surface , the following summary of the distribution of the Lepidoptera , for which I am indebted to Mr A. Philpott , is of interest : Total number of species hitherto recorded in New Zealand ...
... species derived from the nearest present land surface , the following summary of the distribution of the Lepidoptera , for which I am indebted to Mr A. Philpott , is of interest : Total number of species hitherto recorded in New Zealand ...
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abundant Acclimatisation Society Agricultural Department animals appear Ashburton attacked Auckland district Auckland Society introduced Australia Bay of Islands beetle birds breeding brown trout bush Canterbury Society received Chatham Islands Christchurch common cultivated deer destroyed distributed dogs Dunedin early eggs Family fish flowers fruit further record garden escape hatched Hatchery Hawke's Bay Hokitika Hooker's list imported increase insect Invercargill Lake land large number larvæ Linn Manual Maori Maskell moth native naturalised Nelson Society North Island occurring opossums Otago Society pest pheasants Philpott pigs plants ponds probably Queen Charlotte Sound rabbits rats recorded by Kirk recorded in Hooker's reported River salmon says season seeds seen sheep shipment shipped Society liberated South Southland Southland Society sparrows spawning species specimens spread starlings Stewart Island stoats streams taken Taranaki Tasmania trees W. W. Smith Waikato Waitaki Wanganui waste places weasels weed Wellington Society Whangarei wild young Zealand