Basement structure at the Chatham Islands

Forbes' parakeet (Cyanoramphus forbesi) population on Mangere Island, Chatham Islands

Prehistoric Mobility in Polynesia: MtDNA Variation in Rattus exulans from the Chatham and Kermadec Islands

Irwin (1992) has suggested that island accessibility in the Pacific, in terms oflatitudeand safety of return voyaging, for example, affects their degree of contact with otherislands and their role in Pacific prehistory. We present results of mtDNA variationin both ancient and modern populations of the Pacific Rat (Rattus exulans), an ani-mal that was transported by humans as the...

Cooperation and Commitment The Chatham Islands Economic Review , 2002 Final report

Burrowing seabirds affect forest regeneration, Rangatira Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand

The forests of Rangatira Island (218 ha) in the Chatham Islands are a critical breeding site for a number of rare and threatened forest bird species, but are also home to more than three million seabirds, which could significantly affect forest regeneration processes. We surveyed the forests of Rangatira Island by establishing 40 permanent forest plots, estimated seabird density through burrow ...

the underlying structure of language proficiency and the proficiency level

هدف از انجام این تخقیق بررسی رابطه احتمالی بین سطح مهارت زبان خارجی (foreign language proficiency) و ساختار مهارت زبان خارجی بود. تعداد 314 زبان آموز مونث و مذکر که عمدتا دانشجویان رشته های زبان انگلیسی در سطوح کارشناسی و کارشناسی ارشد بودند در این تحقیق شرکت کردند. از لحاظ سطح مهارت زبان خارجی شرکت کنندگان بسیار با هم متفاوت بودند، (75 نفر سطح پیشرفته، 113 نفر سطح متوسط، 126 سطح مقدماتی). کلا ...