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• Life history and impact of non-native brown tree frog, Litoria ewingii, on New Zealand pond ecosystems 

  Earl, Brittany C. (2022)

  Freshwater ecosystems worldwide are under increasing pressure from multiple threats, including invasive species and climate change. Some ponds naturally dry, but these threatened wetland ecosystems are vulnerable to increases ...

• Skin peptide defences of African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) and New Zealand Litoria frogs against bacterial dermatosepticemia 

  Schadich, Ermin (University of Canterbury. School of Biological Sciences, 2008)

  In frogs, part of the important immune defence system of their skin is the secretion of antimicrobial peptides from granular glands. This study investigated the immune function of skin peptides in protection against bacterial ...

• The breeding system of the South Island Rifleman (Acanthisitta Chloris) at Kowhai Bush, Kaikoura, New Zealand. 

  Sherley, Gregory H. (University of Canterbury. Zoology, 1985)

  Two populations of Riflemen (Acanthisitta chloris chloris) at Kowhai Bush. Kaikoura on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand were studied for four and three years. It was predicted that because Riflemen were ...