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Growth study of 18 kauri trees, Great Barrier

Document Type
Numerical data
Author
Cooper, T.J., McKenzie, D.
Project Creator
NZ Forest Service
Current Holder
Forest Research Institute
Accession Number
TTT000052
Old Accession Number
TTT000052
Location
Held in Scion archives
MS Number
FRI 55
Other Reference Number
Sample plot A352
Future Storage
Forest Research Institute archives
Period
1944- 1986
Volume
100 pp in 2 folders
Content
Main folder (red) with SP Register sheet. Typed growth data for 18-20 individual kauri, naturally regenerated since logging 1925-35. Trees measured at intervals over 40 years to 1984. Locations described. Summary report by T Cooper (14.2.85) with height and diameter increments. Area tended by removing smaller stems 1955-68. Maximum growth on fertile sites. Last entry a summary of plot history by D McKenzie (undated, ?1986). Second folder (brown) has growth data and same two reports.
Source
Kaiarara Stream flats, Great Barrier Island
Reference
Kauri Management Review 1983: section on 'Second crop kauri after logging"
General Note
Important record of growth of kauri and regeneration, especially if measuring continued. Category A (useful) plot.
Sort
Sorted, no index
Publish
Suitable for publication
Researchers
R Lloyd, T Cooper, D McKenzie
Security
Medium
Restriction
Subject to FRI approval
Species
kauri (Agathis australis)
Keywords
Fertile Sites, Great Barrier Island, Growth Rates, Kauri, Logging, Regeneration, Thinning
Subject Areas