Prof. Dave Kelly - Publications

Updated 2011

Refereed Journal Articles

James, A. & Kelly, D. (in press) An episodic model of honeydew production in scale insects. Austral Ecology.
Wotton, D.M. & Kelly, D. (2011) Frugivore loss limits recruitment of large-seeded trees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Series B: Biological Sciences, in press.

Wenny, D.G., DeVault, T.L., Johnson, M.D., Kelly, D., Sekercioglu, C.H., Tomback, D.F., & Whelan, C.J. (2011) The need to quantify ecosystem services provided by birds. The Auk, 128, 1-14.

Anderson, S.H., Kelly, D., Ladley, J.J., Molloy, S., & Terry, J. (2011) Cascading effects of bird functional extinction reduce pollination and plant density. Science 331: 1068-1071.

Robertson, A.W., Kelly, D., & Ladley, J.J. (2011) Futile selfing in the trees Fuchsia excorticata (Onagraceae) and Sophora microphylla (Fabaceae): inbreeding depression over 11 years. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 172: 191-198

Groenteman, R., Kelly, D., Fowler, S.V., & Bourdot, G.W. (2011) Abundance, phenology and impact of biocontrol agents on nodding thistle (Carduus nutans) in Canterbury 35 years into the biocontrol programme. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 54, 1-13.

Butcher, E.R. & Kelly, D. (2011) Physical and anthropogenic factors predict distribution of the invasive weed Tradescantia fluminensis. Austral Ecology. in press.
Jongejans, E., Shea, K., Skarpaas, O., Kelly, D., & Ellner, S. (2011) The importance of individual and environmental variation for the spread of invasive species: a Spatial Integral Projection model. Ecology, 92(1), 86-97.

Matthesius, A., Chapman, H.M., & Kelly, D. (2011) Testing for Janzen – Connell effects in a West African Montane Forest. Biotropica, 43(1), 77-83.

Shea, K., Jongejans, E., Skarpaas, O., Kelly, D., & Sheppard, A. (2010) Optimal management strategies to control local population growth or population spread may not be the same. Ecological Applications, 20(4), 1148-1161.

Sarfati, M.S., Kelly, D., & Brockerhoff, E.G. (2010) The parasitoids of seed predators attacking snow tussocks, Chionochloa spp. (Poaceae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology,31(1), 19-33.

Marchetto, K.M., Jongejans, E., Jennis, M.L., Haner, E.M., Sullivan, C.T., Kelly, D., & Shea, K. (2010) Shipment and storage effects on the terminal velocity of seeds Ecological Research, 25, 83-92.

Kelly, D. & Sullivan, J.J. (2010) Life histories, dispersal, invasions, and global change: progress and prospects in New Zealand ecology, 1989–2029. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 34, 207-217.

Kelly, D., Ladley, J.J., Robertson, A.W., Anderson, S.H., Wotton, D.M., & Wiser, S.K. (2010) Mutualisms with the wreckage of an avifauna: the status of bird pollination and fruit-dispersal in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 34, 66-85.

Innes, J., Kelly, D., Overton, J.M., & Gillies, C. (2010) Predation and other factors currently limiting New Zealand forest birds. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 34,86-114.

Sullivan, J.J., Kelly, D., & Ladley, J.J. (2010) Feathers to Fur: the status of New Zealand ecological research in 2009. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 34, 1-5.

Kelly, D., Ladley, J.J., Robertson, A.W., & Crowfoot, L. (2008) Flower predation by Zelleria maculata (Lepidoptera) on Peraxilla mistletoes: effects of latitude and fragmentation, and impact on fruit set. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 32(2), 186-196.

Kelly, D., Koenig, W.D., & Liebhold, A.M. (2008). An intercontinental comparison of the dynamic behavior of mast seeding communities. Population Ecology, 50, 329-342.

Kelly, D., Turnbull, M.H., Pharis, R.P., & Sarfati, M. (2008) Mast seeding, predator satiation, and temperature cues in Chionochloa (Poaceae). Population Ecology, 50, 343-355.

Robertson, A.W., Ladley, J.J., Kelly, D., Karl, B.J., Wilson, P.R., & Peterson, P. (2008) Assessing pollination and fruit-dispersal in Fuchsia excorticata (Onagraceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany, 46, 299-314.

Buhl, P.N., Sarfati, M.S., Brockerhoff, E.G., & Kelly, D. (2008) Description, phenology and biology of Zelostemma chionochloae Buhl sp. nov., a platygastrid parasitoid of Eucalyptodiplosis chionochloae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 35, 255-264.

Jongejans, E., Shea, K., Skarpaas, O., Kelly, D., Sheppard, A. W. & Woodburn, T. L. (2008). Dispersal and demography contributions to population spread of Carduus nutans in its native and introduced ranges. Journal of Ecology, 96, 687-697.

Hay, J., Kelly, D. & Holdaway, R. J. (2008). Causes and consequences of frequent flowering on edges in the mast seeding genus Chionochloa (Poaceae). New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 32(1): 80-91.

Wotton, D. M., Clout, M. N. & Kelly, D. (2008). Seed retention times in the New Zealand pigeon, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 32(1): 1-6.

Robertson, A. W., Ladley, J. J. & Kelly, D. (2008). Does height off the ground affect bird visitation and fruit set in the pollen-limited mistletoe Peraxilla tetrapetala (Loranthaceae)? Biotropica, 40: 122-126.

Kelly, D., Ladley, J. J. & Robertson, A. W. (2007). Is the pollen-limited mistletoe Peraxilla tetrapetala (Loranthaceae) also seed-limited? Austral Ecology, 32, 850-857.

Dungan, R., Kelly, D. & Turnbull, M. H. (2007). Separating host-tree and environmental determinants of honeydew production by Ultracoelostoma scale insects in a Nothofagus forest. Ecological Entomology, 32: 338-348.

Dungan, R. J., Turnbull, M. H. & Kelly, D. (2007). The carbon-costs for host trees of a phloem-feeding herbivore. Journal of Ecology, 95, 603-613.

Kolesik, P., Sarfati, M., Brockerhoff, E., & Kelly, D. (2007) Description of Eucalyptodiplosis chionochloae sp. nov., a cecidomyiid feeding on inflorescences of Chionochloa (Poaceae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 43(2): 107-115.

Bach, C. E. & Kelly, D. (2007). Mistletoe fruit-colour polymorphism and differential success in a habitat mosaic. Austral Ecology, 32, 509-514

Dickinson, K. J. M., Kelly, D., Mark, A. F., Wells, G. & Clayton, R. (2007). What limits a rare alpine plant species? Comparative demography of three endemic species of Myosotis (Boraginaceae). Austral Ecology, 32, 155-168.

Anderson, S. H., Kelly, D., Robertson, A. W., Ladley, J. J. & Innes, J. G. (2006). Birds as pollinators and dispersers: a case study from New Zealand. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 52 (supplement), 112-115. (S04-3)

Christian, R. A., Kelly, D. & Turnbull, M. H. (2006). The architecture of New Zealand's divaricate shrubs in relation to light adaptation. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 44, 171-186.

Burgess, V. J., Kelly, D., Robertson, A. W. & Ladley, J. J. (2006). Positive effects of forest edges on plant reproduction: literature review and a case study of bee visitation to flowers of Peraxilla tetrapetala (Loranthaceae). New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 30(2): 179-190.

Monks, A. & Kelly, D. (2006). Testing the resource matching hypothesis in the mast seeding tree Nothofagus truncata (Fagaceae). Austral Ecology, 31: 366-375.

Robertson, A. W., Trass, A., Ladley, J. J. & Kelly, D. (2006). Assessing the benefits of frugivory for seed germination: the importance of the deinhibition effect. Functional Ecology, 20, 58-66.

Shea, K., Kelly, D., Sheppard, A. & Woodburn, T. (2005). Context-dependent biological control of an invasive thistle. Ecology, 86, 3174-3181.

Bach, C. E., Kelly, D. & Hazlett, B. A. (2005). Forest edges benefit adults, but not seedlings, of the mistletoe Alepis flavida (Loranthaceae). Journal of Ecology, 93, 79-86.

Kelly, D., Brindle, C., Ladley, J. J., Robertson, A. W., Maddigan, F. W., Butler, J., Ward-Smith, T., Murphy, D. J. & Sessions, L. A. (2005). Can stoat (Mustela erminea) trapping increase bellbird (Anthornis melanura) populations and benefit mistletoe (Peraxilla tetrapetala) pollination? New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 29, 69-82.

Robertson, A. W., Ladley, J. J. & Kelly, D. (2005). The effectiveness of short-tongued bees as pollinators of apparently "ornithophilous" New Zealand mistletoes. Austral Ecology, 30, 298-309.

McKinzey, K. M., Lawson, W., Kelly, D. & Hubbard, A. (2004). A revised Little Ice Age chronology of the Franz Josef Glacier, Westland, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 34, 381-394.

Shea, K. & Kelly, D. (2004). Modeling for management of invasive species: Carduus nutans in New Zealand. Weed Technology, 18, 1338-1341.

Bach, C. E. & Kelly, D. (2004). Effects of forest edges, fruit display size, and fruit colour on bird seed dispersal in a New Zealand mistletoe, Alepis flavida. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 28, 93-103.

Bach, C. E. & Kelly, D. (2004). Effects of forest edges on herbivory in a New Zealand mistletoe, Alepis flavida. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 28, 195-205.

Kelly, D., Ladley, J. J. & Robertson, A. W. (2004). Is dispersal easier than pollination? Two tests in New Zealand Loranthaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 42, 89-103.

McCall, A. C., Kelly, D. & Chapman, H. C. (2004). Little geographic or host plant genetic variation in a Chionochloa (Poaceae) seed predator (Cecidomyiidae: undescribed species). New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 28, 215-224.

Buonaccorsi, J. P., Elkinton, J., Koenig, W. D., Duncan, R. P., Kelly, D. & Sork, V. L. (2003). Measuring masting behavior: relationships among population variation, individual variation and synchrony. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 224, 107-114.

Dungan, R. J. & Kelly, D. (2003). Effect of host-tree and environmental variables on honeydew production by scale insects (Ultracoelostoma sp.) in a high elevation Nothofagus solandri forest. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 27, 169-177.

Koenig, W. D., Kelly, D., Sork, V. L., Duncan, R. P., Elkinton, J. S., Peltonen, M. S. & Westfall, R. D. (2003). Dissecting components of population-level variation in seed production, and the evolution of masting. Oikos, 102, 581-591.

Lamoureaux, S. L., Kelly, D. & Barlow, N. D. (2003). Population dynamics in mature stands of Hieracium pilosella in New Zealand. Plant Ecology, 166, 263-273.

Monks, A. & Kelly, D. (2003). Motivational state models fail to explain oviposition behaviour in diamondback moth. Physiological Entomology, 28, 199-208.

Montgomery, B. R., Kelly, D., Robertson, A. W. & Ladley, J. J. (2003). Pollinator behaviour, not increased resources, boosts seed set on forest edges in a New Zealand Loranthaceous mistletoe. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 41, 277-286.

Murphy, D. J. & Kelly, D. (2003). Seasonal variation in the honeydew, invertebrate, and mistletoe fruit and nectar resource in a New Zealand mountain beech forest. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 27, 11-23.

Howell, C. J., Kelly, D. & Turnbull, M. H. (2002). Moa ghosts exorcised: New Zealand's divaricate shrubs avoid photoinhibition. Functional Ecology, 16, 232-240.

Kelly, D. & Sork, V. L. (2002). Mast seeding in perennial plants: why, how, where? Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 33, 427-447.

Rees, M., Kelly, D. & Bjornstad, O. (2002). Snow tussocks, chaos, and the evolution of mast seeding. American Naturalist, 160, 44-59.

Schauber, E. M., Kelly, D., Turchin, P., Simon, C., Lee, W. G., Allen, R. B., Payton, I. J., Wilson, P. R., Cowan, P. E. & Brockie, R. E. (2002). Synchronous and asynchronous masting by 18 New Zealand plant species: the role of temperature cues and implications for climate change. Ecology, 83, 1214-1225.

Sessions, L. A. & Kelly, D. (2002). Predator-mediated apparent competition between an introduced grass (Agrostis capillaris) and a native fern Botrychium australe (Ophioglossaceae) in New Zealand. Oikos, 96, 102-109.

Turnbull, M. H., Howell, C. J., Christian, R. & Kelly, D. (2002). Photoinhibition, acclimation, and New Zealand's divaricate plants: A reply to Lusk. Functional Ecology, 16, 858-869.

Kelly, D., Hart, D. E. & Allen, R. B. (2001). Evaluating the wind-pollination benefits of mast seeding. Ecology,
82, 117-126.

McKone, M. J., Kelly, D., Harrison, A. L., Sullivan, J. J. & Cone, A. J. (2001). Biology of insects that feed in the inflorescences of Chionochloa pallens (Poaceae) in New Zealand and their relevance to mast seeding. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 28, 89-101.

Montgomery, B. R., Kelly, D. & Ladley, J. J. (2001). Pollinator limitation of seed set in Fuchsia perscandens (Onagraceae) on Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 39, 559-565.

Murphy, D. J. & Kelly, D. (2001). Scarce or distracted? Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) foraging and diet in an area of inadequate mistletoe pollination. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 25, 69-81.

Sessions, L. A. & Kelly, D. (2001). Heterogeneity in vertebrate and invertebrate herbivory and its consequences for New Zealand mistletoes. Austral Ecology, 26, 571-581.

Sessions, L. A. & Kelly, D. (2001). Methods for monitoring herbivory and plant growth on New Zealand mistletoes (Loranthaceae). New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 25, 19-26.

Sessions, L. A., Rance, C., Grant, A. & Kelly, D. (2001). Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) control benefits native beech mistletoes (Loranthaceae). New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 25, 27-33.

Jesson, L. K., Kelly, D. & Sparrow, A. D. (2000). The importance of dispersal, disturbance and competition for exotic plant invasions in Arthurs Pass National Park, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 38, 451-468.

Kelly, D., Harrison, A. L., Lee, W. G., Payton, I. J., Wilson, P. R. & Schauber, E. M. (2000). Predator satiation and extreme mast seeding in 11 species of Chionochloa (Poaceae). Oikos, 90, 477-488.

Sessions, L. A. & Kelly, D. (2000). The effects of browntop (Agrostis capillaris) dominance after fire on native shrub germination and survival. New Zealand Natural Sciences, 25, 1-9.

Sullivan, J. J. & Kelly, D. (2000). Why is mast seeding in Chionochloa rubra (Poaceae) most extreme where seed predation is lowest? New Zealand Journal of Botany, 38, 221-233.

Lord, J. M. & Kelly, D. (1999). Seed production in Festuca novae-zelandiae: the effect of altitude and pre-dispersal seed predation. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 37, 503-509.

Robertson, A. W., Kelly, D., Ladley, J. J. & Sparrow, A. D. (1999). Effects of pollinator loss on endemic New Zealand mistletoes (Loranthaceae). Conservation Biology, 13, 499-508.

Baars, R., Kelly, D. & Sparrow, A. D. (1998). Liane distribution within native forest remnants in two regions of the South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 22, 71-85.

McKone, M. J., Kelly, D. & Lee, W. G. (1998). Effect of climate change on masting species: frequency of mass flowering and escape from specialist insect seed predators. Global Change Biology, 4, 591-596.

Shea, K. & Kelly, D. (1998). Estimating biocontrol agent impact with matrix models: Carduus nutans in New Zealand. Ecological Applications, 8, 824-832.

Tisch, P. A. & Kelly, D. (1998). Can wind pollination provide a selective benefit to mast seeding? Chionochloa macra (Poaceae) at Mt Hutt, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 36, 637-643.

Kelly, D. & Sullivan, J. J. (1997). Quantifying the benefits of mast seeding on predator satiation and wind pollination in Chionochloa pallens (Poaceae). Oikos, 78, 143-150.

Ladley, J. J., Kelly, D. & Robertson, A. W. (1997). Explosive flowering, nectar production, breeding systems and pollinators of New Zealand mistletoes (Loranthaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany, 35, 345-360.

McKone, M. J., Thom, A. L. & Kelly, D. (1997). Self-compatibility in Chionochloa pallens and C. macra (Poaceae) confirmed by hand pollination of excised styles. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 35, 259-262.

Baars, R. & Kelly, D. (1996). Survival and growth responses of native and introduced vines to light availability. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 34, 389-400.

Kelly, D., Ladley, J. J., Robertson, A. W., Edwards, J. & Smith, D. C. (1996). The birds and the bees. Nature, 384, 615.

Ladley, J. J. & Kelly, D. (1996). Dispersal, germination and survival of New Zealand mistletoes (Loranthaceae): dependence on birds. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 20, 69-79.

Rees, M., Grubb, P. J. & Kelly, D. (1996). Quantifying the impact of competition and spatial heterogeneity on the structure and dynamics of a four-species guild of winter annuals. American Naturalist, 147, 1-32.

Ladley, J. J. & Kelly, D. (1995). Explosive New Zealand mistletoe. Nature, 378, 766.

Roxburgh, J. R. & Kelly, D. (1995). Uses and limitations of hemispherical photography for estimating forest light environments. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 19, 213-217.

Kelly, D. (1994). Demography and conservation of Botrychium australe, a peculiar sparse mycorrhizal fern. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 32, 393-400.

Kelly, D. (1994). The evolutionary ecology of mast seeding. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 465-470.

Kelly, D. (1994). Towards a numerical definition for divaricate (interlaced small-leaved) shrubs. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 32, 509-518.

Markwell, T. J., Kelly, D. & Duncan, K. W. (1993). Competition between honey bees (Apis mellifera) and wasps (Vespula spp.) in honeydew beech (Nothofagus solandri var solandri) forest. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 17, 85-93.

Webb, C. J. & Kelly, D. (1993). The reproductive biology of the New Zealand flora. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 442-447.

Innes, K. P. C. & Kelly, D. (1992). Water potentials in native woody vegetation during and after a drought in Canterbury. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 30, 81-94.

Kelly, D., McKone, M. J., Batchelor, K. J. & Spence, J. R. (1992). Mast seeding of Chionochloa (Poaceae) and pre-dispersal seed predation by a specialist fly (Diplotoxa, Diptera: Chloropidae). New Zealand Journal of Botany, 30, 125-133.

Kelly, D., Stirling, D. J., Hunt, G. R., Newell, C. L. & Jarvis, C. E. (1992). Honeydew standing crop and production over 24 hours in Nothofagus solandri forest in Canterbury. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 16, 69-75.

Innes, K. P. C. & Kelly, D. (1991). Some woody vegetation samples may be stored for 24 hours without affecting measured water potential. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 29, 345-347.

Kelly, D. (1990). Honeydew density in mixed Nothofagus forest, Westland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 28, 53-58.

Kelly, D. & Ogle, M. R. (1990). A test of the climate hypothesis for divaricate plants. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 13, 51-61.

Kelly, D. (1989). Demography of short-lived plants in chalk grassland. I. Life cycle variation in annuals and strict biennials. Journal of Ecology, 77, 747-769.

Kelly, D. (1989). Demography of short-lived plants in chalk grassland. II. Control of mortality and fecundity. Journal of Ecology, 77, 770-784.

Kelly, D. (1989). Demography of short-lived plants in chalk grassland. III. Population stability. Journal of Ecology, 77, 785-798.

Kelly, D. (1988). Demography of Carduus pycnocephalus and C. tenuiflorus. New Zealand Natural Sciences, 15, 17-24.

Norton, D. A. & Kelly, D. (1988). Mast seeding over 33 years by Dacrydium cupressinum Lamb. (rimu) (Podocarpaceae) in New Zealand: the importance of economies of scale. Functional Ecology, 2, 399-408.

Kelly, D. (1987). Slow recovery of Beilschmiedia tawa after severe frosts in inland Taranaki, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 10, 137-140.

Kelly, D. (1985). On strict and facultative biennials. Oecologia, 67, 292-294.

Kelly, D. (1985). Why are biennials so maligned? American Naturalist, 125, 473-479.

Kelly, D. (1984). Seeds per fruit as a function of fruits per plant in `depauperate' annuals and biennials. New Phytologist, 96, 103-114.

Kelly, D. & Skipworth, J. P. (1984). Tradescantia fluminensis in a Manawatu (N.Z.) forest remnant: I. Growth and reproduction. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 22, 393-397.

Kelly, D. & Skipworth, J. P. (1984). Tradescantia fluminensis in a Manawatu (N.Z.) forest remnant: II. Control by herbicides. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 22, 399-402.

BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS

Kelly, D., Jasperse, J. & Westbrooke, I. M. (2005). Designing science graphs for data analysis and presentation (the bad, the good and the better). Department of Conservation, Wellington. DOC Technical Publications No 32: 68 pp. ISBN 0-478-14042-8

Bayfield, M. A., Benson, M. A., Kelly, D., Boase, M. R. & Sait, S. (1986). Scenic Reserves of East Taranaki. Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington.

CHAPTERS IN EDITED BOOKS

Kelly, D., Robertson, A. W., Ladley, J. J., Anderson, S. H. & McKenzie, R. J. (2006). The relative (un)importance of introduced animals as pollinators and dispersers of native plants. Biological Invasions in New Zealand (Ed by R. B. Allen & W. G. Lee), pp 227-245. Springer, Berlin.

Kelly, D., Ladley, J. J., Robertson, A. W. & Norton, D. A. (2000). Limited forest fragmentation improves reproduction in the declining New Zealand mistletoe Peraxilla tetrapetala (Loranthaceae). Genetics, demography and viability of fragmented populations (Ed by A. G. Young & G. M. Clarke), pp. 241-252. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Grubb, P. J., Kelly, D. & Mitchley, J. (1982). The control of relative abundance in communities of herbaceous plants. The Plant Community as a Working Mechanism (Ed by E. I. Newman), pp. 79-97. Blackwells, Oxford.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Groenteman, R., Kelly, D., Fowler, S.V., & Bourdot, G.W. (2008). Which species of the thistle biocontrol agent Trichosirocalus are present in New Zealand? In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds (eds M.H. Julien, R. Sforza, M.C. Bon, H.C. Evans, P.E. Hatcher, H.L. Hinz & B.G. Rector), pp. 145-149. CABI International, Wallingford, Oxon.

Groenteman, R., Kelly, D., Fowler, S.V., & Bourdot, G.W. (2008). Factors affecting oviposition preference in the weevil Rhinocyllus conicus on non-target Carduus spp. in New Zealand. In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds (eds M.H. Julien, R. Sforza, M.C. Bon, H.C. Evans, P.E. Hatcher, H.L. Hinz & B.G. Rector), pp. 87-90. CABI International, Wallingford, Oxon.

Groenteman, R., Kelly, D., Fowler, S.V., & Bourdot, G.W. (2007). Interactions between nodding thistle seed predators. New Zealand Plant Protection, 60, 152-157.

Kelly, D. & McCallum, K. (1995). Evaluating the impact of Rhinocyllus conicus on Carduus nutans in New Zealand. Biological Control of Weeds (Ed by E. S. Delfosse & R. R. Scott), pp. 205-212. CSIRO, Melbourne.  (Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on the Biological Control of Weeds, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand, 2-7 February 1992).

Kelly, D. & Wood, R. (1991). Why nodding thistle receptacle weevil destroys so little seed in Canterbury. New Zealand Weed and Pest Control Conference Proceedings, 44, 280-283.

Kelly, D. & McCallum, K. (1990). Demography, seed biology and biological control of Carduus nutans in New Zealand. The Biology and Control of Invasive Plants (Ed by J. Palmer), pp. 72-79. British Ecological Society, Cardiff.  (Proceedings of a conference of the British Ecological Society).

Kelly, D., McCallum, K., Schmidt, C. J. & Scanlan, P. M. (1990). Seed predation in nodding and slender winged thistles by nodding thistle receptacle weevil. New Zealand Weed and Pest Control Conference Proceedings, 43, 212-215.

McCallum, K. & Kelly, D. (1990). Pre- and post-dispersal predation of nodding thistle seeds by birds and rodents. New Zealand Weed and Pest Control Conference Proceedings, 43, 216-219.

Kelly, D., Cameron, H. B. & Alex, J. (1988). Wind dispersal of nodding thistle seeds and pappii. New Zealand Weed and Pest Control Conference Proceedings, 41, 207-209.

Bourdot, G. W. & Kelly, D. (1986). Density and cover estimates of some non-palatable herbaceous pasture weeds. New Zealand Weed and Pest Control Conference Proceedings, 39, 183-186.

Popay, A. I. & Kelly, D. (1986). Seasonality of emergence, and survival, of nodding thistle. New Zealand Weed and Pest Control Conference Proceedings, 39, 187-191.

Kelly, D. & Popay, A. I. (1985). Pasture production lost to unsprayed thistles at two sites. New Zealand Weed and Pest Control Conference Proceedings, 38, 115-118.

OTHER (non-refereed)

Anderson, S.H., Kelly, D., Robertson, A.W., & Ladley, J.J. (2007) Widespread failure of bird-pollination mutualisms on the New Zealand mainland. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 45, 291. (Conference abstract).

Ladley, J.J. & Kelly, D. (2006) Evaluation of existing New Zealand sites for mast seeding data. Unpublished report for Landcare Research under FRST OBI Ecosystem Resilience.

Kelly, D., Robertson, A. W., Ladley, J. J., Anderson, S. H. & McKenzie, R. J. (2003). Is inter-dependence of native fauna and flora an issue for future survival of native plants? Canterbury Botanical Society Journal, 37, 88-98.

Sparrow, A. D. & Kelly, D. (2000). Thar density and vegetation condition.  Conservation Advisory Science Notes No.281, Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Kelly, D. (1998). Mast seeding and Lyme disease (letter). Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 13, 506.

Kelly, D. (1998). Native bees with new tricks. New Zealand Science Monthly, 9, 11.

Kelly, D. (1998). Spatial clumping of Tupeia antarctica at Wainui. Canterbury Botanical Society Journal, 32, 62-65.

Robertson, A. W., Kelly, D., Sessions, L. & Ladley, J. J. (1998). Reproductive performance of a remnant mistletoe population at Waipori Gorge. Research in the Taieri Catchment (Ed by J. Hamel), pp. 40-41. Ecology Research Group, University of Otago, Dunedin.

Ladley, J. J., Kelly, D. & Norton, D. A. (1997). A guide to hand planting of New Zealand mistletoes (Loranthaceae). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter, 49, 16-19.

Lee, W. G., Dijkgraaf, A. & Kelly, D. (1997). Monitoring key food species of kakapo and predicting mast seed years. Department of Conservation, Wellington. (Landcare Research Report LC9798/028).

Kelly, D. (1996). Initial responses of Botrychium australe and Festuca novae-zelandiae to fire at Cass. Canterbury Botanical Society Journal, 31, 30-33.

Kelly, D. (1995). The Cass fire (27-28 May 1995) and its effect on vegetation. Canterbury Botanical Society Journal, 29, 25-28.

Kelly, D., Ladley, J. J. & Robertson, A. W. (1995). Regional variation in mistletoe pollination. New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter, 42, 24-26.

Ladley, J. J. & Kelly, D. (1995). Mistletoes: how these showy specialists and honeyeaters need each other. Forest and Bird, 278, 16-21.

Kelly, D. (1994). Special Section: the Burrows Symposium. Introduction. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 32, 345-347.

Kelly, D. (1978). A plant distribution survey of twelve coastal lakes. Rangitikei-Wanganui Catchment Board, Marton.