New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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The vegetation of Mt Karioi, North Island, New Zealand

K. A. CLAYTON-GREENE*

University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand

J. B. WILSON

Botany Department, University of Otago
P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand

Abstract The indigenous forest on Mt Karioi was surveyed in 1974-75 and the data examined using multivariate techniques. These revealed a number of recognisable communities. Altitude and aspect were the main environmental factors deter- mining plant distribution. An abrupt change in floristic composition at about 550 m elevation was attributed to fog. The regeneration of many tree species was threatened by a high population of goats. Some floristic differences were also noted between Mt Karioi and other mountains in the Waikato region.

Keywords vegetation; Mt Karioi; multivariate analysis; floristics; plant communities; regenera- tion; goats

Received 12 November 1984; accepted 29 April 1985
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1985, Vol. 23: 533-548
0028-825X/85/2304-0533$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1985 533

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