Structure and composition of the subalpine forest on Mount Hauhungatahi, North Island, New Zealand, during the Holocene

Holocene

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-23

  Ogden, John ^a   Horrocks, Mark ^b   Palmer, Jonathan G ^c   Fordham, Robin A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

climatic change; forest history; Holocene; New Zealand; subalpine; subfossil wood; Taupo Tephra; Timberline; Tongariro National Park; vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

FOREST HISTORY; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE VEGETATION; SUBALPINE FOREST; TIMBERLINE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, MOUNT HAUHUNGATAHI;

EID: 0030620936     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369700700102     Document Type: Article

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