Ecology of a brushtail possum (<i>Trichosurus vulpecula</i>) population at Castlepoint in the Wairarapa, New Zealand

Abstract

Brushtail possums at a 21 ha site at Castlepoint in the Wairarapa, New Zealand, were studied with capture-mark-recapture from August 1989 to August 1994. The mean annual adult population density, based on counts of mature possums trapped each year, was 8.7 per ha and varied by only small amounts during the study period.