Regional tectonics, disturbance, and population size of isolated stands of Nothofagus fusca (Nothofagaceae) in a forest ecotone in southwestern New Zealand

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1091-1099

  Haase, Peter ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disturbance initiated regeneration; Earthquakes; Nothofagus forest; Pioneer populations; Southern beech forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TECTONICS;

NEW ZEALAND;

NOTHOFAGUS FUSCA;

EID: 0033426931     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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44. Peter Haase is a plant ecologist with additional qualifications in geology and computing. During 7 years of botanical studies and research in New Zealand, mostly based at or supported by the University of Canterbury, he developed a particular interest in the ecology and biogeography of the genus Nothofagus. As a member of the University of Leeds research group, he investigated aspects of the ecophysiology and demography of semi-arid grasslands and shrublands in south-eastern Spain, which included the analysis of spatial patterns. Still anticipating a 'real job', Peter Haase presently works as a contract lecturer in computer languages.