XV. Lepidoptera from 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 ...

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-Monetary policy operates in a different environment than it did a decade ago. Financial market innovations have eroded the distinctions among monetary assets, making the definition of money increasingly arbitrary. Deregulation of interest rates and banking activity is changing the behavior of the monetary aggregates, as banks pay interest on monetary assets and nonbanks offer monetary-like ass...