Establishing long-term changes in takahē winter feeding grounds in Fiordland using pollen analysis

Science for Conservation

Volumn , Issue 228, 2003, Pages 5-25

  Wilmshurst, Janet M ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deer browsing; Fiordland; Forest disturbance; New Zealand; Pollen; Porphyrio bochstetteri; Soil cores; Takah ; Understorey

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DEER; FEEDING GROUND; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POLLEN; RELICT COMMUNITY; UNDERSTORY;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; CELMISIA; CERVIDAE; CYPERACEAE; FAGUS; FILICOPHYTA; HYPOLEPIS; POACEAE; POLYSTICHUM VESTITUM; PORPHYRIO; PORPHYRIO HOCHSTETTERI; PORPHYRIO MANTELLI;

EID: 0344010152     PISSN: 11732946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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