Vegetation Mortality in the Kaimai Ranges, North Island, New Zealand!

摘要: Areas ofvegetation mortality have been recognized in theupland forests of the Kaimai Ranges, North Island, New Zealand. The is not confined to any particular vegetation type, but occurs above a critical altitude that differs at different points along ranges. episodic and has occurred intervals over period several hundred years, with severe droughts implicated as causative factor. numerous events resulted many age classes where trees do reach potential maturity. coincidence between occurrence cloud suggested make drought-sensitive through poorly developed root systems caused by prolonged soil waterlogging. ABSTRACT: