Tāne’s Tree Trust

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Indigenous Forest Research

Document Type
Notes
Project Creator
NZ Forest Service
Current Holder
Archives New Zealand
Accession Number
TTT001011
Old Accession Number
TTT000011
Location
Christchurch Archives
Archives Number
CAJF, 2847, CH755, 131e, 28/14/1
Period
1956 - 1963
Volume
11 pp
Content
Gives methodolody of the study on the autecology of the native timber tree species for sustained yield management including local experiments into beech management and silvicultural treatment of indigenous timber crops.Contains a proposal for future work including seed treatment, nursery techniques and seedling growth.Contains Annual Programme for domestication research (seed collection, 'wilding' nurseries, vegetatative propagation), empirical research (growth records, experimental plots) and management work (basic knowledge, forest mananagement, working plans, surveys, research at universities).
Source
Westland
Future Work
No.
General Note
The methodolgy given is brief.
Sort
Adequate.
Publish
No
Researchers
T A Strong, A W Williams, R C Lloyd
Security
High
Species
rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum), kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides), tanekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides), totara (Podocarpus totara), miro (Prumnopitys ferruginea), matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia)
Keywords
Indigenous Silviculture, Seed Collection, Seedlings
Subject Areas