Vegetation classification of an area on coal measures, Buller, New Zealand.
The plant communites of a coastal hillslope, Buller, were classified on the basis of floristic presence/absence of 138 species. Six forest communites were identified from 75 descriptions on a forest remnant on tertiary Brunner coal measure parent material and 17 from a comparative area on upper camb...
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ftunivcanter:oai:ir.canterbury.ac.nz:10092/6589 2023-05-15T16:29:03+02:00 Vegetation classification of an area on coal measures, Buller, New Zealand. Newell, Claire 1990 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6589 https://doi.org/10.26021/7164 en eng University of Canterbury. Plant and Microbial Sciences NZCU http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6589 http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/7164 Copyright Claire Newell https://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/theses Theses / Dissertations 1990 ftunivcanter https://doi.org/10.26021/7164 2022-09-08T13:34:28Z The plant communites of a coastal hillslope, Buller, were classified on the basis of floristic presence/absence of 138 species. Six forest communites were identified from 75 descriptions on a forest remnant on tertiary Brunner coal measure parent material and 17 from a comparative area on upper cambrian Greenland greywacke. Community distribution was not affected by differences in underlying parent material. Forest community distribution related to elevational gradients, landform type, slope and aspect. Compositional changes were gradual with the most distinctive separation between steep, low altitude hard beech (Nothofagus truncata) dominated communities and low sloping montane to subalpine mountain beech (Nothofagus solandri var cliffortioides) dominated groups. This study encompasses an area of much broader elevational and floristic range, under higher rainfall and extremely acidic soils, than previous coal measure vegetation classification studies have documented. Lowland communities in this study differed from those previously identified in the Ngakawau Ecological District. Preservation of this diverse, complex coastal hillslope forest system is recommended. Other/Unknown Material Greenland University of Canterbury, Christchurch: UC Research Repository Greenland New Zealand |
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The plant communites of a coastal hillslope, Buller, were classified on the basis of floristic presence/absence of 138 species. Six forest communites were identified from 75 descriptions on a forest remnant on tertiary Brunner coal measure parent material and 17 from a comparative area on upper cambrian Greenland greywacke. Community distribution was not affected by differences in underlying parent material. Forest community distribution related to elevational gradients, landform type, slope and aspect. Compositional changes were gradual with the most distinctive separation between steep, low altitude hard beech (Nothofagus truncata) dominated communities and low sloping montane to subalpine mountain beech (Nothofagus solandri var cliffortioides) dominated groups. This study encompasses an area of much broader elevational and floristic range, under higher rainfall and extremely acidic soils, than previous coal measure vegetation classification studies have documented. Lowland communities in this study differed from those previously identified in the Ngakawau Ecological District. Preservation of this diverse, complex coastal hillslope forest system is recommended. |
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Vegetation classification of an area on coal measures, Buller, New Zealand. |
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Vegetation classification of an area on coal measures, Buller, New Zealand. |
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University of Canterbury. Plant and Microbial Sciences |
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