New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Severe hailstorms: a factor in the ecology of the indigenous forests of New Zealand

W. B. SHAW*

Biological Sciences Department
Waikato University, Private Bag
Hamilton, New Zealand

Abstract Severe hailstorms are known to cause damage to both natural and planted forests, and may lead to tree death. Attention is drawn to the potential for severe hailstorms to induce mortality in indigenous forests.

Keywords hailstorms; New Zealand; vegetation mortality; fungal pathogens; dieback; forests; forest dynamics

Received 17 July 1984; accepted 18 November 1986
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1987, Vol. 25: 615-620
0028-825X/87/2504-0615$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1987

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