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- Title
Does cattle grazing facilitate or hinder the recruitment of podocarps in floodplain forest patches, south Westland, New Zealand?
- Authors
Miller, Craig
- Abstract
The article assesses the effect of cattle grazing in the Podocarp-dominated forest. The regeneration and recruitment of podocarp within the patches is essential for patch persistence in the landscape. A brief assessment and the methods of the effect of cattle grazing in ungrazed and grazed forest patches of south Westland is presented. Grazing having an impact on Kahikatea and Matai seedling abundance favours the survival of Totara seedlings and the recruitment of Kahikatea saplings. Light levels are the key factors behind the recruitment of saplings. Grazing is improbable to be a beneficial nor detrimental management strategy. Management practices for manitaining long term forest patches are required in the conservation of regional biodiversity.
- Subjects
GRAZING &; the environment; PODOCARPUS; FLOODPLAIN management; DACRYCARPUS dacrydioides; FOREST biodiversity conservation; TOTARA; EVALUATION of seedlings; SPECIES diversity; CONSERVATION biology; NATURE conservation
- Publication
Ecological Management & Restoration, 2006, Vol 7, Issue 3, p232
- ISSN
1442-7001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1442-8903.2006.312_5.x