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Kauri items indexed in IFM records - Kauri cabinet K1

Document Type
File notes
Author
Beveridge, A.E., Pardy, G.F., Bunn, E.H., Gibson, L.
Project Creator
Forest Research Institute
Current Holder
Forest Research Institute
Accession Number
TTT000067
Old Accession Number
TTT000067
Location
Held in Scion archives
MS Number
FRI 40
Future Storage
Forest Research Institute archives
Period
mainly 1970s
Volume
30cm thick
Content
Items on seed, nursery, planting; diary notes on selective logging, injurious agents, physiology. First unmrked folder (possibly left by George Pardy, 1992) contains spare copies of published and unpublished papers on indigenous species including kauri. Includes work plans. Items re sample plot A448/3. Folder K-B on research and management, contains some interesting and still valid comments, discussions and reported results. Diary notes, 2pp, on visit to kauri forests in Coromandel and Great Barrier, 14-18.11.77 by EH Bunn, AE Beveridge, J Halkett and others. Kauri planting from 1950. Kauri planting beneath kanuka without releasing in 1950 had mainly survived at 1-3m height and for 27 years. Folder K-H contains copies of second crop kauri evaluation by L Gibson; utilisation report 10. Residual forest condition following helicopter logging, incl photos(Halkett et al 1980).
Future Work
Proposals for kauri research are out of date, but older plantings were never adequately assessed. Compilation of cross references would be useful for establishment trials.
General Note
Material is in vertical files with headings eg. "Agathis australis" (papers), Kauri: Research General. Dairy notes referred to are master (original?) copy. Copies may possibly be held on FRI 28/5 series. K-C folder - general papers, has copies of published and unpublished items, some of historical interest. See F Morrison: Kauri technique, Waipoua Forest; R Lloyd: Kauri roots (1978). Reports by ARA, Ian Barton. K-G Inspection tours of katikati, Russell, Puketi Forest.. Trevor Cooper's compendium on kauri research is missing from K-C2 folder in kauri cabinet 1, drawer 2 - kauri sample plot review 1984 (86pp)
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Publish
Unpublished, but results of field trials on planting, thinning have been included in general publications.
Researchers
A E Beveridge, D Bergin
Security
Medium
Restriction
Subject to FRI approval
Species
kauri (Agathis australis)
Keywords
Ecological Characteristics, Kauri, Management, Visits
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