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Podocarp enrichment planting after selective logging, Whirinaki Forest

Document Type
Reports, Data sheets
Project Creator
Forest Research Institute
Current Holder
Forest Research Institute
Accession Number
TTT000128
Old Accession Number
TTT000128
Location
Held in Scion archives
MS Number
FRI 128
Other Reference Number
FRI 28/4/2/1
Future Storage
Forest Research Institute archives
Period
1961-1984
Volume
30 pp
Content
Title of folder is "RO 1072, Whirinaki, Cpt 156. Enrichment planting 15 years after selective logging'. Contents include register sheet for S.P. RO1072, location plan, work plan proposal and work plan which sets out objectives and context of the field experiment. Natural podocarp regeneration was very sparse and undeveloped before 1961 partial logging and 15 years later after canopy gaps had been filled by dense growth of wineberry. Wineberry was starting to die back in 1976 when this trial was intended to supplement natural regeneration by cutting gaps in wineberry and planting. A project report on poor results was written by G. Pardy but is not enclosed in this file. A work plan for a regeneration survey by Brenda Veale is enclosed and a copy of her project record 1170 (possibly a draft version). Folder contains a useful diary note on field inspection of several planting trials, dated June 1984, with comment on browsing damage to podocarps and reference to growth inside and outside exclosures.
Source
Whirinaki Forest by South Rd
Future Work
The background to this work is the scarcity of natural regeneration at Whirinaki and possible methods of enrichment planting.
Reference
Annotated bibliography of Whirinaki Forest Park refers to this enrichment trial and others at Whirinaki.
Sort
Sorted, no index
Publish
Reference source only
Researchers
G Steward, B Veale
Security
Medium
Restriction
Subject to FRI approval
Species
rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum), kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides)
Keywords
Browsing, Enrichment Planting, Exclosures, Podocarps, Regeneration, Whirinaki Forest
Subject Areas