Soil Ecology & Systems Ecology

Doddala, P. R. C., Trewick, S. A., Rogers, D. J., & Minor, M. A. (2013). Predictive modelling of adult emergence in a polyphagous eucolaspis (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) leaf beetle. Journal of Economic Entomology, 106(2), 899-904.

Kant, R., Minor, M. A., Sandanayaka, W. R. M., & Trewick, S. A. (2013). Effects of mating and oviposition delay on parasitism rate and sex allocation behaviour of Diaeretiella rapae (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae). Biological Control. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2013.01.012

Kant, R., Minor, M. A., & Trewick, S. A. (2012). Mating or ovipositing? A crucial decision in the life history of cabbage aphid parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae (McIntosh) (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae). Ecological Entomology, 37, 169-174.

Turner, R. L., Carter, G. M., Castro, I. C., & Minor, M. A. (2012). Use of adhesives to attach devices to invertebrates: implications for depredation by ship rats (Rattus rattus). New Zealand Journal of Zoology.

Schon, N. L., Mackay, A. D., & Minor, M. A. (2012). Vulnerability of soil invertebrate communities to the influences of livestock in three grasslands. Applied Soil Ecology, 53, 98-107.

Kant, R., Minor, M. A., Trewick, S. A., & Sandanayaka, W. R. M. (2012). Body size and fitness relation in male and female Diaeretiella rapae. BioControl, 57(6), 759-766.

Kant, R., Trewick, S. A., Sandanayaka, W. R. M., Godfrey, A. J. R., & Minor, M. A. (2012). Effects of multiple matings on reproductive fitness of male and female Diaeretiella rapae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 145(3), 215-221.

Schon, N. L., Mackay, A. D., & Minor, M. A. (2012). Relationship between food resource, soil physical condition, and invertebrates in pastoral soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 76(5), 1644-1654.

Fraser, P. M., Schon, N. L., Piercy, J. E., Mackay, A. D., & Minor, M. A. (2012). Influence of summer irrigation on soil invertebrate populations in a long-term sheep irrigation trial at Winchmore (Canterbury). NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, 55.

Kant, R., Minor, M. A., & Trewick, S. A. (2012). Reproductive strategies of Diaeretiella rapae (Hymenoptera: Aphidiinae) during fluctuating temperatures of spring season in New Zealand. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 22(1), 1-9.

Schon, N. L., Mackay, A. D., & Minor, M. A. (2011). Effects of dairy cow treading pressures and food resources on invertebrates in two contrasting and co-occurring soils. SOIL RESEARCH, 49.

Schon, N. L., Mackay, A. D., Gray, R. A., & Minor, M. A. (2011). Earthworms in New Zealand sheep- and dairy-grazed pastures with focus on anecic Aporrectodea longa. Pedobiologia, 54(SUPPL.), S131-S137.

Schon, N. L., Mackay, A. D., Hedley, M. J., & Minor, M. A. (2012). The soil invertebrate contribution to nitrogen mineralisation differs between soils under organic and conventional dairy management. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 48(1), 31-42.

Kant, R., Minor, M. A., & Trewick, S. A. (2012). Fitness gain in a koinobiont parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) by parasitising hosts of different ages. Journal of Asia Pacific Entomology, 15(1), 83-87.

Schon, N. L., Mackay, A. D., & Minor, M. A. (2012). Vulnerability of soil invertebrate communities to the influences of livestock in three grasslands. Applied Soil Ecology, 53(1), 98-107.

Kant, R., Trewick, S., Minor, M. A., & Sandanayaka, W. R. M. (2011). Host selection for self-superparasitism by Diaeretiella rapae (M’Intosh) (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae). New Zealand Plant Protection, 64, 37-43.

Schon, N. L., Mackay, A. D., Hedley, M. J., & Minor, M. A. (2011). The soil invertebrate contribution to nitrogen mineralisation differs between soils under organic and conventional dairy management. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 1-12.

MINOR, M.A. 2011. Spatial patterns and local diversity in soil oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in three pine plantation forests. European J. of Soil Biology 47, 122-128.

SCHON, N.L., MACKAY, A.D., GREY R., MINOR, M.A. 2011. Influence of phosphorus inputs and sheep treading pressures on soil macrofauna and mesofauna in hill pastures. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 54(2), 83-96.

PAGE, G., KELLY, T., MINOR, M. 2011. Modelling sustainability: what are the factors that influence sustainability of organic fruit production systems in New Zealand? Organic Agriculture 1, 55-64.

PAGE, G., KELLY, T., MINOR M., CAMERON E. 2011. Modeling Carbon Footprints of Organic Orchard Production Systems to Address Carbon Trading: An Approach Based on Life Cycle Assessment. HortScience 46(2), 324–327.

SCHON, N.L., MACKAY, A.D., MINOR, M.A. 2011. Soil fauna in sheep-grazed hill pastures under organic and conventional livestock management and in an adjacent ungrazed pasture. Pedobiologia 54, 161-168.

SCHON, N.L., MACKAY, A.D., HEDLEY, M.J., MINOR, M.A. 2011. Influence of soil faunal communities on nitrogen dynamics in legume-based mesocosms. Australian Journal of Soil Research 49, 190-201.

SCHON, N.L., MACKAY, A.D., YEATES, G.W., MINOR, M.A. 2010. Separating the effects of defoliation and dairy cow treading pressure on the abundance and diversity of soil invertebrates in pastures. Applied Soil Ecology 46, 209-221.

DODDALA P.R.C., MINOR M.A., ROGERS D.J. 2010. Population dynamics of bronze beetle, Eucolaspis spp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in relation to other soil macro-invertebrates in organic apple orchards in Hawke’s Bay. New Zealand Plant Protection 63, 195-200.

SCHELLER, U., MINOR, M.A. 2010. New records of Pauropoda (Myriapoda) from New Zealand with descriptions of four new species and a new family Eirmopauropodidae. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 37, 323-337

MINOR, M.A. 2009. Surface energy balance and 24-h evapotranspiration on an agricultural landscape with SRF willow in central New York. Biomass & Bioenergy 33, 1710-1718.

MINOR, M.A. 2008. Protura in native and exotic forests in the North Island of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 35, 271-279.

SCHON N.L., MACKAY A.D., MINOR M.A., YEATES G.W., HEDLEY M.J. 2008. Soil fauna in grazed New Zealand hill country pastures at two management intensities. Applied Soil Ecology 40, 218-228.

MINOR, M.A., NORTON, R.A. 2008. Effects of weed and erosion control on communities of soil mites (Oribatida and Gamasina) in short-rotation willow plantings in central New York. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38, 1061-1070.

MINOR, M.A., CIANCIOLO, J.M. 2007. Diversity of soil mites (Acari: Oribatida, Mesostigmata) along a gradient of land use types in New York. Applied Soil Ecology 35, 140-153.

MINOR, M.A. 2006. Phytoseiidae of New Zealand (version 1.0, 2006). CD-ROM. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Wellington, New Zealand.

MINOR, M.A., ROBERTSON, A.W. 2006. Soil Bugs - An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Soil Invertebrates. URL: http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz (last updated 12-January-2011).

MINOR, M.A. 2006. Guide to Soil Invertebrates. Final report for the Project 86 (WGNHO-162610) - Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information (TFBIS) Programme, NZ Dept. of Conservation. Wellington.

MINOR M.A., NORTON, R.A. 2004. Effects of soil amendments on assemblages of soil mites (Acari: Oribatida, Mesostigmata) in short-rotation willow plantings in central New York. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34(7), 1417–1425.

MINOR, M.A., VOLK, T.A., NORTON, R.A. 2004. Effects of site preparation techniques on communities of soil mites (Acari: Oribatida, Acari: Gamasida) under short-rotation forestry plantings in New York, USA. Applied Soil Ecology 25(3), 181-192.

NORTON R.A., SANDERS F.H., MINOR M.A. 2003. Euphthiracarus cooki n. sp., a new oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) from Michigan and New York. In: Smith I.M. (ed.) An acarological tribute to David R. Cook – from Yankee Springs to Wheeny Creek. Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, IN, p. 201-210.

MINOR, M.A, NORTON, R. A., VOLK, T.A., ABRAHAMSON, L.P., WHITE, E.H. 2002. Impact of Willow Biomass Crops on Abundance and Diversity of Soil Microarthropods. Biomass Power for Rural Development Technical Report: Prepared for the United States Department of Energy Under Cooperative Agreement No. DE-FC36-96GO10132. December 2002. State University of New York, College of Environmental Science & Forestry.

MINOR, M.A. 1999. Fauna and population of free-living mesostigmatic mites (Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata) of the Oka State Biosphere Reserve. Biology Bulletin 26(1), 62-74.