Nitrogen Cycling on Kauri Forest
- Document Type
- Reports, Letters
- Author
- Silvester, W.B., Orchard, T.A.
- Project Creator
- NZ Forest Service
- Current Holder
- Archives New Zealand
- Accession Number
- TTT001079
- Old Accession Number
- TTT000079
- Location
- Auckland Archives
- Archives Number
- BBEE, 1124, A1506, 896e, 28/3/4
- Period
- 1969 - 1975
- Volume
- 1 cm thick
- Content
- An early report by K. W. Duncan from the University of Canterbury postulated that kauri gum in soil inhibited micro-organism growth. There is a note by R. Ballard querying this.Balance of material relates to research on nitrogen cycling in kauri forests by W. B. Silvester and T. Orchard with comments by R. Lloyd.
- Source
- Various
- Future Work
- Yes, possibly.
- Reference
- Ian Barton to supply references.
- Sort
- Adequate.
- Copy
- No
- Publish
- Silvester/Orchard reports have been published.
- Researchers
- K W Duncan, R Ballard, W B Silvester, T Orchard., R L Lloyd
- Security
- High
- Species
- kauri (Agathis australis)
- Keywords
- Kauri Soil Relationships, Nitrogen Cycling, Soil Conditions
- Subject Areas
- Soil: Contains important information re this relationship with kauri.
- Nutrition: N cycling.