The Puketi Kauri forest : an attempt to apply the quadrat method to the ecological study of the Kauri forest

• Main Author: Latter, H. B.
• Language: en
• Published: University of Canterbury. Forestry 2013
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7629

At present there is no accurate quantitative knowledge of the composition of the kauri bush. This must be obtained so that when the kauri bush is put under a system of management it may be known how far the natural composition has been departed from. To make accurate comparisons possible between virgin bush and silviculturally treated stands, a quantitative ecological description is needed to supplement the ordinary qualitative description. The quadrat accompanied by a cross section is an attempt to supply this. Supposing a kauri forest is under management and is being brought into the condition of the so/called ‘normal’ forest, it is desirable to compare all the age classes of this forest with the corresponding age classes in the virgin forest for reasons which follow.