@article {22146,
	title = {Insect assemblages in a native (kanuka - Kunzea ericoides) and an invasive (gorse - Ulex europaeus) shrubland},
	journal = {New Zealand Journal of Ecology},
	volume = {28},
	number = {1},
	year = {2004},
	note = {ArticleEnglish},
	pages = {35-47},
	abstract = {In New Zealand, the European shrub gorse (Ulex europaeus) is becoming the initial post-disturbance shrub, replacing the native myrtaceous manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) and kanuka (Kunzea ericoides) scrub in this role. Change in the dominant vegetation is likely to affect the native invertebrate community. To quantify these changes, we compared the assemblages of four selected insect taxa (Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, and two groups of Diptera, the Tachinidae and the fungus gnats, represented in New Zealand by the families Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae and Mycetophilidae) in neighboring stands of kanuka and gorse using Malaise and pitfall traps set during December. We sorted 34387 specimens into 564 recognisable taxonomic units. Ordinations showed that insect assemblages associated with each habitat were distinct for all four insect groups. The gorse habitat was species rich compared with kanuka for tachinids, fungus gnats and Malaise-trapped beetles, and both habitats contained few adventive species. Many species were unique to each habitat. Some species loss might occur if the kanuka-dominated community continues to be replaced by gorse, but gorse is nevertheless considered to be valuable as a habitat for native invertebrates.},
	keywords = {Angiospermae-, Animalia-; [26260-] Leguminosae-, Animalia-; [26430-] Myrtaceae-, Animalia-; [75314-] Diptera-, Arthropod, Arthropoda-, Biodiversity-; Biogeography-: Population-Studies; Terrestrial-Ecology: Ecology-, common-, common-; Coleoptera-: Animals-, common-; Leptospermum-scoparium (Myrtaceae-): species-, Dicotyledones-, Environmental-Sciences; [75304-] Coleoptera-, gorse-, Insecta-, Invertebrata-, kanuka-, manuka-, Plantae-; [75330-] Lepidoptera-, Plantae-; Coleoptera- (Coleoptera-): higher-taxa; Diptera- (Diptera-): higher-taxa; Ditomyiidae- (Diptera-): family-; Keroplatidae- (Diptera-): family-; Mycetophilidae- (Diptera-): family-; Tachinidae- (Diptera-): family-; fungus-gnat (Diptera-): common-;, post-disturbance-shrub; Lepidoptera- (Lepidoptera-): higher-taxa; Kunzea-ericoides (Myrtaceae-): species-, Spermatophyta-},
	url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/add01/Harris_et_al_2004_Insect_assemblages_schrubbland.pdf},
	author = {Harris, Richard J. and Toft, Richard J. and Dugdale, John S. and Williams, Peter A. and Rees, Joanna S.}
}
@article {23111,
	title = {Impacts of the weed Tradescantia fluminensis on insect communities in fragmented forests in New Zealand},
	journal = {Biological Conservation},
	volume = {102},
	number = {1},
	year = {2001},
	note = {ArticleEnglish},
	pages = {31-46},
	abstract = {The impact of the weed Tradescantia fluminensis on insect communities, as represented by Malaise-trapped beetles (Coleoptera) and fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae s. l.), was studied in three forest fragments. Each fragment contained three plots with and without a dense weed cover. Data on vegetation and habitat variables were collected. Twinspan and Decorana analyses separated the plots by fragment for fungus gnat communities, and nearly so for the presence/absence of beetle species. The fungus gnat communities separated into plots with and without tradescantia at two sites, and there were fewer species of fungus gnats and beetles in tradescantia plots at the site with the simplest habitat structure. The richness of beetle and fungus gnat species was correlated with vascular plant richness. As tradescantia is known to prevent regeneration of many native plants, we predict a corresponding decline in invertebrate diversity and fragment complementarity where the weed is established.},
	keywords = {Angiospermae-, Animalia-; [25260-] Commelinaceae-, Animalia-; beetle- (Coleoptera-); Tradescantia-fluminensis (Commelinaceae-): weed-; fungus-gnat (Diptera-); Coleoptera-: Animals-, Arthropoda-, Arthropods-, Biodiversity-; Conservation-; [75304-] Coleoptera-, Insecta-, Insects-, Invertebrata-, Invertebrates-; Commelinaceae-: Angiosperms-, Invertebrates-; New-Zealand: Australasian-region; Decorana-analysis: analytical-method; Twinspan-analysis: analytical-method; fragmented-forests; insect-communities; species-richness, Monocots-, Monocotyledones-, Plantae-; [75314-] Diptera-, Plants-, Spermatophyta-, Spermatophytes-, Vascular-Plants; Diptera-: Animals-},
	url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/add01/Toft_et_al_2001.pdf},
	author = {Toft, Richard J. and Harris, Richard J. and Williams, Peter A.}
}
