Publications

The following are a list of selected publications from the Rural Ecology Research Group:

Peer-review publications

Norton, D. A. 2008. Biodiversity offsets: two New Zealand case studies and an assessment framework. Environmental Management [PDF]

Ledgard, N.J. & Norton, D.A. 2008. The impact of browsing on wilding conifers in the South Island high country. New Zealand Journal of Forestry 52(4): 29-34 [PDF].

Norton, D.A. 2007. Using biodiversity offsets to obtain “win-win’ outcomes for biodiversity conservation and economic production. New Zealand Journal of Forestry 52(3): 36-40 [PDF].

Norton, D.A., Espie, P.R., Murray, W. & Murray, J. 2006. Influence of pastoral management on plant biodiversity in a depleted short tussock grassland, Mackenzie Basin. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 30: 335-344. [PDF]

Grüner, I.G. & Norton, D.A. 2006. Herbivory by hares as a threat to the native brooms Carmichaelia juncea and C. vexillata. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 30: 261-265. [PDF]

Norton, D.A. 2006. Managing high country landscapes into the future. In, R.S. Lough, editor. High Country landscape Management Forum 2005 Proceedings. Otago Regional Council, Dunedin. Pp 97-103. [PDF]

Pawson, S.M., Brockerhoff, E.G., Norton, D.A. & Didham, R.K. 2006. Clear-fell harvest impacts on biodiversity: past research and the search for harvest size thresholds. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36: 1035-1046. [PDF]

Hobbs. R.J. et al. 2006. Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order. Global Ecology and Biogeography 15: 1-7. [PDF]

Norton, D. 2004. Echoes of Timberlands in high country debate – are more decisions being made on the basis of political ideology rather than principles of ecological sustainability? New Zealand Journal of Forestry 49(3): 39-41. [PDF]

Hobbs, R.J. & Norton, D.A. 2004. Ecological filters, thresholds and gradients in resistance to ecosystem reassembly. In: Assembly Rules and Restoration Ecology. (eds V.M. Temperton, R.J. Hobbs, T. Nuttle & S. Halle), Island Press, Washington D.C. 72-95. [PDF]

Norton, D.A. & Roper-Lindsay, J. 2004. Assessing significance for biodiversity conservation on private land in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 28: 295-305. [PDF]

Dungan, R.J., O'Cain, M.J., Lopez, M.L. & Norton, D.A. 2002. Contribution by possums to seed rain and subsequent seed germination in successional vegetation, Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 26: 121-128. [PDF]

Norton, D.A. 2001. Is the amount and focus of ecological research in New Zealand sufficient to sustain indigenous biodiversity on private land? New Zealand Journal of Ecology 25: 77-82. [PDF]

Norton, D.A. 2000. Conservation biology and private land: shifting the focus. Conservation Biology 14: 1221-1223. [PDF]

Norton, D.A. & Miller, C.J. 2000. Some issues and options for the conservation of native biodiversity in rural New Zealand. Ecological Management and Restoration 1: 29-37. [PDF]

Norton, D.A. 1998. The myth of reserves and the future of nature conservation in New Zealand. New Zealand Ecological Society Newsletter89: 8-9.

Norton, D.A. 1998. Indigenous biodiversity conservation and plantation forestry: options for the future. New Zealand Forestry 43(2): 34-39. [PDF]

Reports

Norton D.A. 2008. Guidelines for preparing whole property management plans for high country farms. School of Forestry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. [PDF]

Posters

Norton, D.A. 2008. Guidelines for preparing whole property management plans [JPG].