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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>In a report commissioned from Landcare, d</SPAN><SPAN>igitised records for the Northland region were obtained and compiled from the New</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>Zealand Arthropod Collection, scientific publications and the Fauna of New Zealand Series.</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>A large number of insect groups were covered, including several iconic groups: native bees,</SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN>ground beetles, cicadas, landhoppers, weta, and stick insects.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Digitised records were georeferenced and plotted across Northland using topological maps at</SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN>a background sampling scale of 1:50 000. Relationships were examined between land area,</SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN>sampling effort and diversity.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Complete metadata and report are stored in Objective (document reference A1241786).</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |