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Allen, R. B., Fitzgerald, A. E. and Efford, M. G. (1997). "Long-term changes and seasonal patterns in possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) leaf diet, Orongorongo Valley, Wellington, New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Ecology 21(2): 181-186.
Alterio, N. and Moller, H. (2000). "Secondary poisoning of stoats (Mustela erminea) in a South Island podocarp forest, New Zealand: implications for conservation." Wildlife Research 27(5): 501-508.
Atkinson, I. A. E. and Cameron, E. K. (1993). "Human influence on the terrestrial biota and biotic communities of New Zealand." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 8(12): 447-451.
Atkinson, I. A. E. and Moller, H. (1998). "Kiore, Polynesian rat." The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals. King, C. M., (Ed.) Auckland, New Zealand, Oxford University Press: 175-192.
Atkinson, P. H. and Wright, D. E. (1993). "The formulation of a national strategy for biological control of possums and bovine Tb." New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20(4): 325-328.
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Batcheler, C. L. (1983). "The possum and rata-kamahi dieback in New Zealand: a review." Pacific Science 37: 415-226.
Batcheler, C. L. and Cowan, P. E. (1988). "Review of the status of the possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) in New Zealand." Technical Advisory Committee (Animal Pests), Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Contract report.
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Beveridge,
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Beveridge, A. E. (1973). "Regeneration of podocarps in a central North Island Forest." New Zealand Journal of Forestry 18: 23-35.
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Brockie, R. E. (1982). "Effect of commercial hunters on the number of possums, Trichosurus vulpecula, in Orogorogo Valley, Wellington." New Zealand Journal of Ecology 5: 21-??
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Brockie, R. E., Bell, B. D. and White, A. J. (1981). "Age structure and mortality of possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) populations from New Zealand." The first symposium on marsupials in New Zealand, Bell, B. D., (Ed.) Zoology Publications of Victoria University of Wellington. 63-86.
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Campbell, D. J. (1990). "Changes in the structure and composition of a New Zealand lowland forest induced by brushtail possums." Pacific Science 44: 277-296.
Carlaw, G. B. (1997). "A comparative study of the effects of possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) browse on pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa)." MSc, University of Auckland
Clout, M. N., Denyer, K., James, R. E. and Mcfadden, I. G. (1995). "Breeding success of New Zealand pigeons (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) in relation to control of introduced mammals." New Zealand Journal of Ecology(2): 209-212.
Clout, M. N. and Sarre, S. D. (1997). "Model marsupial or menace? A review of research on brushtail possums in Australia and New Zealand." Wildlife Society Bulletin 25(1): 168-172.
Coleman, J. D., Green, W. Q. and Polson, J. G. (1985). "Diet of brushtail possums over a pasture-alpine gradient in Westland, New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Ecology 8: 21-35.
Cowan, P. E. (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): 549-566.
Cowan, P. E. (1991). "Effects of introduced Australian brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) on the fruiting of the endemic New Zealand nikau palm (Rhopalostylis sapida)." New Zealand Journal of Botany 29(1): 91-93.
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Cowan, P. E., Chilvers, B. L., Efford, M. G. and McElrea, G. J. (1997). "Effects of possum browsing on northern rata, Orongorongo Valley, Wellington, New Zealand." Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27(2): 173-179.
Cowan, P. E. and Moeed, A. (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: 163-177.
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Cowan, P. E. and Waddington, D. C. (1990). "Suppression of fruit production of the endemic forest tree, Elaeocarpus dentatus, by the introduced marsupial brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula." New Zealand Journal of Botany 28: 217-224.
Cunningham, D. M. and Moors, P. J. (1993). "Guide to the identification and collection of New Zealand rodents." Wellington, Department of Conservation. 16 pp.
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Fritzgerald, A. E. (1976). "Diet of the opossum (Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr)) in the Orongorongo Valley, Wellington, New Zealand, in relation to food-plant availability." New Zealand Journal of Zoology 3: 399-419.
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Fitzgerald, A. E. (1984a). "Diet of the possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) in three Tasmanian forest types and its relevance to the diet of possums in New Zealand forests." Possums and Gliders. Smith, A. P. and Hume, I. D., (Eds.), Chipping Norton, N.S.W., Surrey Beatty and Sons and Australian Mammal Society: 137-143.
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Gilmore, D. P. (1967). "Foods of the Australian opossum (Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr) on Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, and a comparison with other selected areas." New Zealand Journal of Science 10(1): 235-279.
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Green, W. Q. and Coleman, J. D. (1984). "Response of a brush-tailed possum population to intensive trapping." New Zealand Journal of Zoology 11(3): 319-328.
Green, W. Q. and Coleman, J. D. (1986). "Movement of possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) between forest and pasture in Westland, New Zealand: implications for bovine tuberculosis transmission." New Zealand Journal of Ecology 9: ??
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Hickling, G. J., Henderson, R. J. and Thomas, M. C. C. (1999). "Poisoning mammalian pests can have unintended consequences for future control: Two case studies." New Zealand Journal of Ecology 23(2): 267-273.
Hickling, G. J. and Pekelharing, C. J. (1989). "Intrinsic rate of increase for a brushtail possum population in rata/kamahi forest, Westland." New Zealand Journal of Ecology 12: 117-120.
Hosking, G. P. and Hutcheson, J. A. (1993). "Pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) health and phenology in relation to possums (Trichosursus vulpecula) and other damaging agents." New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 23(1): 49-61.
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Innes, J. (1994). "The impacts of possums on native fauna." Possums as conservation pests, Proceedings of a workshop on possums as conservation pests organised by the possum and bovine tuberculosis control national science strategy committee, Christchurch, New Zealand, Colin, F. J. O. D., (Ed.) Department of Conservation. 11-15.
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Ji, W., Sarre, S. D., Aitken, N., Hankin, R. K. S. and Clout, M. N. (2001). "Sex-biased dispersal and a density-independent mating system in the Australian brushtail possum, as revealed by minisatellite DNA profiling." Molecular Ecology 10(6): 1527-1537.
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