Tāne’s Tree Trust

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Podocarp research - historical and general

Document Type
Reports, Letters
Author
Beveridge, A.E., Nicholls, J.L.
Project Creator
NZ Forest Service
Current Holder
Forest Research Institute
Accession Number
TTT000151
Old Accession Number
TTT000151
Location
Room 927 Lever arch file 28/4 (FRI)
MS Number
FRI 151
Future Storage
Forest Research Institute archives
Period
1952-1987
Volume
50 pp
Content
Correspondence on research policy. Sections tagged: 1. Defects in totara wood (kaikaka); totara and rimu provenance trials - correspondence; 2. Seed collections of rimu, totara, Halls totara; 3. Instructions for collecting seed; 4. Podocarp age structure - matai; 5. Species succession in podocarp-tawa forest Whirinaki and Pureora - ministerial by John Nicholls, 4pp, 21.9.1979. A review -?Sound (Beveridge); 6. Transcript of Radio NZ interview with V. Young Minister of Forests on Whirinaki (missing); 7. Management trials CNI (Beveridge 23.11.73); 9. Podocarp silvicultural research 1954 (starts in North Island - R Cameron, J Holloway, P McKelvey, Wodzicki on seed eating rodents, H Hinds.
Future Work
Seed collection procedures were developed and a totara provenance trial established in the 1980s.
Reference
Review by John Nicholls still of interest and relevance.
General Note
Some comments by pioneers of research in North Island forests, 1952-1984. Ideas on required research and nature of podocarp forests. Most of the outlined activities have been developed.
Sort
Sorted and indexed
Publish
Reference source only
Researchers
P McKelvey, R Cameron
Security
Medium
Restriction
Subject to FRI approval
Species
tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa), podocarps (Podocarpaceae)
Keywords
Age Structure, Podocarps, Seed Collecting, Succession, Tawa
Subject Areas