Establishment patterns and host tree preferences of the emergent hemi-epiphytic tree metrosideros robusta in northern New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-212

  Knightbridge, P I ^a   Ogden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Disturbance; Establishment; Hemi epiphyte; Host preference; Metrosideros robusta; New Zealand; Stran gler; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

HOST RESISTANCE; NEW ZEALAND;

EPIPHYTE; HERBIVORY; HOST PREFERENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

DACRYCARPUS DACRYDIOIDES; DACRYDIUM CUPRESSINUM; LAURELIA NOVAE-ZELANDIAE; METROSIDEROS ROBUSTA; PODOCARPUS HALLII; PRUMNOPITYS FERRUGINEA; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; VITEX LUCENS;

EID: 0031686967     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1998.9512561     Document Type: Article

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