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Complete List of Publications:
Dr Carolyn (Kim) King

 

(please note that any 'underlined' publications below have a 'pdf' file attached)

Books

Authored

King, C.M. 2008. A photographic guide to Mammals of New Zealand. New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd, New Zealand. 119pp.

King, C.M., and Powell, R.A.  2006.  The Natural History of Weasels and Stoats:  Ecology, Behaviour and Management, 2nd edition.  Oxford University Press, New York, pp 446. To order go to http://www.oup.com

King, C.M. 2002. Habitat of Grace: Biology, Religion and the Global Environmental Crisis. Australian Theological Forum, Adelaide (PDF file, 2MB).

King, C.M. 1989. The Natural History of Weasels and Stoats. Christopher Helm, 1st edition, London.

King, C.M. 1984. Immigrant Killers. Introduced predators and the conservation of birds in New Zealand, Oxford University Press, Auckland.

Edited

King Carolyn M [Ed]. 2005. The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals. 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, Melbourne. pp 610.  To order go to http://www.oup.com

King CM, ed. 2001. Advances in New Zealand Mammalogy 1990-2000. Special issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, March 2001.Wellington: SIR Publishing. 298 pp.

Thompson, H.V and King, C.M. 1994. (Eds) The European Rabbit: the history and biology of a successful coloniser.  Oxford University Press, Oxford UK.

King, C.M. 1990. (Ed) The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals, 1st Edition. Oxford University Press, Auckland, pp 600.

King, C.M. 1980. (Ed) Biology of Mustelids: some Soviet research, Vol.2 DSIR Bulletin 227, Wellington.

King, C.M. 1975. (Ed) Biology of Mustelids: some Soviet research, British Library, Boston Spa.

Reprintings

King, C.M. 1990. (Ed) The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals. Oxford University Press, Auckland. Reprinted 1995 (with minor corrections), 1998 (in new covers).

Book Chapters

King, C.M.  2009.  Terrestrial mammals   In:  Gordon, D.P., editor.  New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1:Kingdom Animalia (Radiata,Lophotrochozoa,Deuterostoma).   Christchurch :  Canterbury University Press.  pp489-501

Macdonald, D.W., King, C.M. and Strachan, R.  2007.  What is the problem with invasive species?  In:  Macdonald, D.W. and Service, K., editors.  Key Topics in Conservation Biology. Oxford:  Blackwell Publications, pp.186-205.

King, C.M., and Murphy, E.C.  2005.  Stoat.  In:  King, C.M., editor.  The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals, 2nd edition.  Melbourne:  Oxford University Press, pp.261-287.

King, C.M.  2005.  Weasel.  In:  King, C.M., editor.  The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals, 2nd edition.  Melbourne:  Oxford University Press.  pp287-294.

King, C.M.  2005.  Introduction:  In:  King, C.M., editor.  The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals, 2nd edition. Melbourne:  Oxford University Press.  pp1-27.

King C. M. 2004. Interpretations of complexity in nature: Teilhard to Maynard Smith. In: Ledger C.&Pickard S., eds. Creation and Complexity: Interdisciplinary issues in science and religion. Adelaide: Australian Theological Forum. pp 50-81.

King C. M. 2004. Models of invisible realities: the common thread in science and theology. In: Ledger C.&Pickard S., eds. Creation and Complexity: Interdisciplinary issues in science and religion. Adelaide: Australian Theological Forum. pp 17-48.

King CM. 2003. Editorial in Special Issue: Management of invasive mammal. In New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Vol 30, No 4 pp 333-334.

King, C.M. 1989a The advantages and disadvantages of small size to weasels, Mustela species. InJ. L. Gittleman (ed), Carnivore Behavior, Ecology and Evolution, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 302-34.

Book Reviews

Naturalised Animals, by C. Lever. Animal Behaviour 49: 1418-20 1995.

The Mink, by N. Dunstone. Animal Behaviour 47:1245-47 1994.

Thinking with Animals, by Lorraine Dalton and Greg Mitman. Ecotheology 11:515-517.

 

Journal articles

Refereed journals

Watkins A F, McWhirter J L, King C M. 2010. Patchiness in distribution of rodents and mustelids in New Zealand forests. Wildlife Research, 37, pp13-18.

King C M, McDonald R M, Martin R D, Dennis T. 2009. Why is eradication of invasive mustelids so difficult? Biological Conservation 142, pp 806-816

Searle, J.B.; Jamieson, P.M.; Gunduz, I.; Stevens, M.I.; Jones, E.P.; Gemmill, E.C.; King, C.M. 2009. The diverse origins of New Zealand house mice. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 276: 209-217. Published online 30 September 2008.

King, C.M.; McDonald, R.M.; Martin, R.D, Dennis, T.; 2009.Why is eradication of invasive mustelids so difficult? Biological Conservation 142: 806-816

Tempero, G.W.; McDonald, R. M.; King, C. M. 2007. Distribution and activity of small mammals on pastoral farmland and forest in New Zealand. Wildlife Biology in Practice 3: 43-51.

Wittmer, H.; Powell, R.A.; King, C.M. 2007. Understanding contributions of cohort effects to growth rates of fluctuating populations. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 946-956.

King, C.M.; McDonald, R.M.; Martin, R.D.; Tempero, G.W.; Holmes, S.J. 2007. A field experiment on selective baiting and bait preferences of pest mustelids (Mustela spp.). International Journal of Pest Management 53: 227-235.

King, C.M.; McDonald, R.M.; Martin, R.D.; MacKenzie, D.I.; Tempero, G.W.; Holmes, S.J. 2007. Continuous monitoring of predator control operations at landscape scale. Ecological Management and Restoration 8: 133-139.

King, C.M.; McDonald, R.M.; Martin, R.D.; Tempero, G.W.; Holmes, S.J. 2007. Long-term, automated monitoring of the distribution of small carnivores. Wildlife Research 34: 140-148.

Potter, M.A., King, C.M.  (2006).  Acceptance by stoats of 1080 in small-volume baits.  New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 54 (6), pp 350-356.

White, P.C.L, King, C.M.  (2006).  Predation on native birds in New Zealand beech forests:  the role of functional relationships between stoats and rodents.  Ibis, 148:  765-771.

Prout, D.M., King, C.M.  (2006).  Effect of handling under anaesthesia on recapture rate of rats (Rattus rattus).  Animal Welfare, 15: 63-66.

King, C.M.  (2005).  A bibliographic database on weasels and stoats.  DoC Research and Development Series, 217: 1-21.

King, C.M., White, P.C.L.  2004.  Decline in capture rate of stoats at high mouse densities in New Zealand.  Nothofagus forests.  New Zealand Journal Ecology 28: 251-258.

Purdey, D.C.; King, C.M.; Lawrence, B. 2004. Age structure, dispersion and diet of a population of stoats (Mustela erminea) in southern Fiordland during the decline phase of the beechmast cycle. N.Z.J. Zoology 31: 205-225.

King, C.M.  2003.  Editorial (Special Issue on Management of Invasive Mammals).  New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 30: 333-335.

King, Carolyn M., White, Piran C.L., Purdey, Dan C., and Lawrence, Barry.  2003.  Matching productivity to resource availability in a small predator, the stoat (Mustela erminea).  Can. J. Zool, 81: pp662-669.

 Purdey, D.C., Petcu, M., and King, C.M.  2003.  A simplified protocol for detecting two systemic bait markers (Rhodamine B and iophenoxic acid) in small mammals.  New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2003,  Vol 30:  pp175-184. 

King, C.M, Davis, S.A., Purdey, D.C., Lawrence, B.  2003. Capture probability and heterogeneity of trap response in stoats, Mustela erminea.  Wildlife Research 30:  611-619.

King, C.M.  2002.  Cohort variation in the life-history parameters of stoats Mustela erminea in relation to fluctuating food resources:  a challenge to boreal ecologists.  Acta Theriologica 47: 225-244.

King CM, Griffiths K, Murphy EC. 2001. Advances in New Zealand Mammalogy 1990-2000: Stoat and weasel. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 31: 165-83

Innes JG, King CM, Flux M, Kimberley MO. 2001. Population biology of the ship rat and Norway rat in  Pureora Forest Park 1982-1987. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 28: 57-78 .

King CM. 2001. Ecotheology: a marriage between secular ecological science and rational, compassionate faith. Ecotheology 10: 40-69. (PDF file, 1 MB)

McDonald, R.A., King, C.M.  2000.  Biology of mustelids:  reviews and future directions.  Mammal Review 30:  145-146.

King, C.M., and Moller, H. 1997. Distribution and response of rats Rattus rattus, R. exulans to seedfall in New Zealand beech forests. Pacific Conservation Biology 3:143-155.

Powell, R.A. and King, C.M. 1997. Variation in body size, sexual dimorphism and age-specific survival  in stoats, Mustela erminea, with fluctuating food supplies. Biol J. Linn Soc, 62: 165-194.

King, C.M., Innes, J.G., Flux, M., Kimberley, M.O., Leathwick, J.R., and Williams, D.S. 1996. Distribution and abundance of small mammals in relation to habitat in Pureora Forest Park. NZ J Ecology 20: 215-240 .

King, C.M., Flux, M, Innes, JG and Fitzgerald, BM.  1996. Population biology of small mammals in Pureora Forest Park. 1: Carnivores (Mustela erminea, M. furo, M. nivalis, and Felis catus). NZ J. Ecology 20: 241-251.

King, C.M., Flux, M, Kimberley. M.O., and Innes, J.G.  1996. Population biology of small mammals in Pureora Forest Park.2: The feral house mouse (Mus musculus) . NZ J Ecology 20:253-269.

Sheffield, S.R. and King, C.M. 1994.  Mustela nivalis. Mammalian Species 454, 1-10.

Grue, H.E. and King, C.M. 1984. Evaluation of age criteria in New Zealand stoats (Mustela erminea) of known age. N.Z.J.Zool 11: 437-43.

King, C.M. King, C.M. 1979b. On co-existence, foraging strategy and the biogeography of weasels and stoats (Mustela nivalis and M.erminea) in Britain.  Oecologia 39: 129-50.

King, C.M. and Moors, P.J. 1979a. The life history tactics of mustelids, and their significance for predator control and conservation in New Zealand. N.Z.J.Zool. 6: 619-22.

King, C.M. and Moody, J.E. 1982. The biology of the stoat (Mustela erminea) in the National Parks of New Zealand. N.Z.J.Zool. 9: 49-144.  (part 1 pdf attached)

King, C.M. and Moody, J.E. 1982. The biology of the stoat (Mustela erminea) in the National Parks of New Zealand. N.Z.J.Zool. 9: 49-144. (part 2 pdf attached)

King, C.M. and Moody, J.E. 1982. The biology of the stoat (Mustela erminea) in the National Parks of New Zealand. N.Z.J.Zool. 9: 49-144. (part 3 pdf attached)

King, C.M. and Moody, J.E. 1982. The biology of the stoat (Mustela erminea) in the National Parks of New Zealand. N.Z.J.Zool. 9: 49-144. (part 4 pdf attached)

King, C.M. and Moody, J.E. 1982. The biology of the stoat (Mustela erminea) in the National Parks of New Zealand. N.Z.J.Zool. 9: 49-144. (part 5 pdf attached)

King, C.M. and Moody, J.E. 1982. The biology of the stoat (Mustela erminea) in the National Parks of New Zealand. N.Z.J.Zool. 9: 49-144. (part 6 pdf attached)

King, C.M. and Moody, J.E. 1982. The biology of the stoat (Mustela erminea) in the National Parks of New Zealand. N.Z.J.Zool. 9: 49-144.  (part 7 pdf attached)

King, C.M. and McMillan, C.D. 1982. Population structure and dispersal of peak-year cohorts of stoats (Mustela erminea) in two New Zealand forests, with especial reference to control. N.Z.J.Ecol. 5: 59-66.

King, C.M. 1991b. A review of age determination methods for the Stoat Mustela erminea. Mammal Review 21: 31-49.

King, C.M. 1991c. Age-specific prevalence and a possible transmission route for skrjabingylosis in New Zealand stoats, Mustela erminea. N.Z.J. Ecol.15: 23-30.

King, C.M. 1991a. Body size-prey size relationships in European stoats Mustela erminea: a test case. Holarctic Ecology 14: 173-185.

King, C.M. 1984a. The origin and adaptive advantages of delayed implantation in Mustela erminea. Oikos 42: 126-8.

King, C.M. 1983d. Mustela erminea. Mammalian Species 195, 1-8.

King, C.M. 1983c. Factors regulating mustelid populations.  Acta Zool. Fenn. 174: 217-20.

King, C.M. 1983b. The life history strategies of Mustela nivalis and M.erminea. Acta Zool. Fenn. 174: 183-4.

King, C.M. 1983a. The relationships between beech (Nothofagus sp) seedfall and popula­tions of mice (Mus musculus), and the demogra­phic and dietary responses of stoats (Mustela erminea), in three New Zealand forests. J.Anim.Ecol. 52: 141-66.

King, C.M. 1982b. Age structure and reproduction in feral New Zealand populations of the house mouse (Mus musculus), in relation to seedfall of southern beech. N.Z.J. Zool. 9: 467-80 (with correction in Vol 10). (part 1 pdf attached)

King, C.M. 1982b. Age structure and reproduction in feral New Zealand populations of the house mouse (Mus musculus), in relation to seedfall of southern beech. N.Z.J. Zool. 9: 467-80 (with correction in Vol 10). (part 2 pdf attached)

King, C.M. 1981c. The effects of two types of steel traps upon captured stoats (Mustela erminea).J.Zool.Lond. 195: 553-4.

King, C.M. 1980d. Age determination in the weasel (Mustela nivalis). Z. Saug. 45: 153-73.

King, C.M. 1980c. Field experiments on the trapping of stoats (Mustela erminea) N.Z.J.Zool. 7: 261-66.

King, C.M.  1980b.  Population biology of the weasel Mustela nivalis on British game estates. Holarctic Ecol. 3: 160-68.

King, C.M.1980a. The weasel (Mustela nivalis) and its prey in an English wood­land. J.Anim.Ecol. 49  ; 127-59.

King, C.M. 1979.  Moult and colour change in English weasels (Mustela nivalis). J.Zool.Lond. 189: 127-34.

King, C.M. 1977a. The effects of the nematode parasite Skrjabingylus nasicola on British weasels (Mustela nivalis). J.Zool.Lond. 182: 225-49.

King, C.M. 1976. The fleas of a population of weasels in Wytham Woods, Oxford. J.Zool. Lond. 180: 525-35.

King, C.M. 1975b. The sex ratio of trapped weasels (Mustela nivalis). Mamm. Rev. 5: 1-8.

King, C.M. 1975a. The home range of the weasel (Mustela nivalis) in an English woodland. J.Anim.Ecol. 44: 639-68.

King, C.M. 1974. The nematode Skrjabingylus nasicola (Metastrongyloidea) in mustelids: a new record for New Zealand. N.Z.J.Zool. 4:501-2.

King, C.M.  1973. A system for trapping and handling live weasels in the field. J.Zool. Lond.171: 458-64.

Non-refereed journals

King, C.M. 1991e. Weasel Roulette. Natural History 11/91: 35-41.

King, C.M. 1985b. Stoat in the dock. Forest and Bird, August 1985.

King, C.M. 1984b. Introduced predators and conservation. N.Z.Environment 42: 11-14.

King, C.M. 1982a. Stoat observations. Landscape, Wellington, 12: 12-15.

King, C.M. 1982c. Research on stoat control in forests. Forest and Bird, August 1982.

 

Conference Proceedings

King CM, Martin RD, McDonald RM, Tempero GW, Dekrout A. 2005. Monitoring small predators for management or conservation, Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference, Hobart, 24th November 2005.

King, C.M., Martin, R.D., McDonald, R.M., Tempero, G., DeKrout, A., Holmes, S., and Stirnemann, M.  2005.  Automated monitoring for detection of small mammals.  13th Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference, Wellington, pp106-107.

King CM. 2000. The benefits and risks of GE for the natural environment of New Zealand. In Will the enz justify the genes? Proceedings of a forum on the ethics of genetic engineering, ed. R Davis, pp. 51-61. Wellington: Joint Methodist Presbyterian Public Questions Committee, for Capital City Forum.

McDonald, R.A., King, C.M. 2000. Symposium on the Biology of Mustelids. 3rd European Congress of Mammalogy, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1999. Mammal Review 30:145-254.

King, C.M. 1996. Changing values and conflicting cultural attitudes towards plants and animals in New Zealand.  In: Biodiversity. Papers from the Seminar Series on Biodiversity, hosted by Science and Research Division, Department of Conservation, Wellington, 14 June – 26 July 1994. Compiled by B. McFadgen and P. Simpson, October 1996, Wellington, pp 69-87.

Moller, H., Norbury, G., King, C.M., (1996).  Ecological and behavioural constraints to effective control of ferrets (Mustela fero). In Anon (Ed):  Ferrets as effective vectors of tuberculosis and threats to conservation, pp54-68.  Royal Society of NZ, Wellington.

King, C.M. 1991d. Review of the Mammals of New Zealand. Department of Conservation, Science and Research Series 37: 31-61.

King, C.M. 1989b. Monitoring populations of small mammals. In Anon. (Ed), Symposium on Environmental Monitoring in New Zealand, Department of Conservation, Wellington, 256-263.

Griffin, C.R., King, C.M., Savidge, J.A., Cruz, F. and Cruz, J.B. 1986. Effects of introduced predators on island birds: contemporary case histories from the Pacific. 19th International Congress of Ornithology, Ottawa, pp 688-698.

King, C.M.1985a. Interactions between woodland rodents and their predators. Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond. 55: 219-47.

King, C.M. 1981a. The reproductive tactics of the stoat, Mustela erminea, in New Zealand forests. In J.A.Chapman and D.Pursley (eds). Worldwide Furbearer Conference, 443-68.

King, C.M. 1981b. Studies on the control of stoats (Mustela erminea) in the National Parks of New Zealand. In J.A.Chapman and D.Pursley (eds). Worldwide Furbearer Conference, 1862-1874.

King, C.M. 1978. Methods of predicting and reducing potential damage by stoats to takahe. In Seminar on the takahe and its habitat, Fiordland National Park Board, Invercargill, 234-244.

 

Other Research Outputs

Commissioned contract reports

King, C.M., McDonald, R.M., Malthus, I., Gillingham, N., Holmes, S., Martin, R., Stirnemann, M., and Connolly, T.  2006.  Selective toxic baiting of ferrets.  Hamilton, Bioengineering Sector, HortResearch, Ruakura.  Confidential report to the Animal Health Boear, 1-20 pp.

King, C.M., McDonald, R.M., Martin, R.D., Tempero, G.W., Holmes, S.H., and Prentice, M.J.  2005.  New technology for monitoring ground predators in Key Ecological Sites, Waikato Region.  Hamilton:  Bioengineering Technologies, HortResearch, Ruakura.  25p.

King, C.M., McDonald, R.M., Martin, R.D., Dekrout, A., Holmes, S., Tempero, G., Stirnemann, I., Stirnemann, M., Day, J., and Speedy, C.  2004.  Report on activities partially funded by the C. Alma Baker Trust/Environment Waikato/Environment Bay of Plenty on the Scentinel Mk 4. Ruakura, Hamilton, Bioengineering Sector, HortResearch.

King, C.M., Martin, R.D., McDonalad, R.  2003.  An automated long-life liquid bait dispenser for ferrets.  Hamilton, Bioengineering Sector, HortResearch.  Confidential report to the Animal Health Board, 1-20pp.

King, C.M. 1994. Monitoring and control of mustelids on conservation lands. Part 1: Planning and assessing an operation. Department of Conservation Technical Series No 3, pp 36.

King, C.M., O’Donnell, F.J. and Phillipson, S.M.  1994. Monitoring and control of  mustelids on conservation lands. Part 2: Field and workshop guide. Department of Conservation Technical Series No 4, pp 36.

King, C.M. (completed 1983, but never published). Control of stoats in the National Parks and Reserves of New Zealand. National Parks Scientific Series, Wellington. 250 pp.

 

Poster presentations

King C, Barker G, Burns B, Didham R, Innes J. 2010. Effects of stockfencing and invasive mammal pests on biodiversity conservation in lowland New Zealand. VI Southern Connection Congress, Bariloche, Argentina, 15-19 February. (poster presentation)

Bridgman L, King C. 2009. Interactions between ship rats and house mice. Department of Biological Sciences PhD Student Conference Day, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9 December. (oral presentation)

Bridgman L, King C, Innes J, Gillies C. 2009. Interactions between ship rats and house mice. 22nd Australasian Wildlife Management Society Annual Conference, Napier, New Zealand, 30 November - 2 December. (oral presentation)

King C, Barker G, Burns B, Didham R, Dodd M, Floyd C, Fitzgerald N, Innes J, Smale M, Watts C. 2009. Effects of stock fencing and invasive mammal pests on biodiversity conservation in lowland New Zealand. 22nd Australasian Wildlife Management Society Annual Conference, Napier, New Zealand, 30 November - 2 December. (poster presentation)

Watkins A, McWhirter J, King C. 2009. Patchiness in distribution of rodents and mustelids in New Zealand forests. 22nd Australasian Wildlife Management Society Annual Conference, Napier, New Zealand, 30 November - 2 December. (poster presentation)

Watkins A, McWhirter J, King C. 2009. Variable detectability in long-term population surveys of small mammals. 22nd Australasian Wildlife Management Society Annual Conference, Napier, New Zealand, 30 November - 2 December. (poster presentation

King, C.M., Martin, R.D., McDonald, R.M.  2004.  Trapping ferrets for TB vector control in South Waikato.  Australasian Wildlife Management Society, Kingscote, South Australia.

Purdey, D.C., King, C.M., Lawrence, B. 2001. Total reproductive failure in an undisturbed population of stoats. New Zealand Ecological Society, 50th Jubilee Conference, Christchurch.

Purdey, D.C., King, C.M., McDonald, R.M., Harris, P., Lawrence, B. 2001. A new automated bait delivery system for wildlife conservation management. 12th Australiasian Vertebrate Pest Conference, Melbourne.

King, C.M., Powell, R.A., and Efford M.G. 1999. The paradox of variable reproductive effort by female stoats during rodent cycles. 3rd European Congress of Mammalogy, Jyvaskyla, Finland.

Other:

King C M, Gemmill C. 2008. How mice came to New Zealand. Radio New Zealand interview, 18 December.

 

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