Evidence of widespread, synchronous, disturbance-initiated forest establishment in Westland, New Zealand

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 333-345

  Wells, Andrew ^a   Stewart, Glenn H ^a   Duncan, Richard P ^b  

^a Lincoln University ^*

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age structure; Conifer forest; Disturbance history; Earthquakes; Size structure; Westland

Indexed keywords

COHORT ESTABLISHMENT; DISTURBANCE HISTORY; EARTHQUAKE; FOREST STRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, WESTLAND;

EID: 0031726631     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1998.9517569     Document Type: Article

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