Long-term Changes and Seasonal Patterns in Possum (trichosurus Vulpecula) Leaf Diet, Orongorongo Valley, Wellington, New Zealand
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The Orongorongo Valley is located 18 km east of Wellington (4121’S, 17458’E). The study area of 4.4 ha is located at about 100 m a.s.l., and comprises forest with scattered emergent Metrosideros robusta and Dacrydium cupressinum over a canopy of Elaeocarpus dentatus, Laurelia novae-zelandiae, Melicytus ramiflorus, Hedycarya arborea, Knightia excelsa, Weinmannia racemosa, Schefflera digitata and Pseudowintera axillaris. Understorey small trees, shrubs and lianes include most canopy species, Introduction
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