Botanical reasons for eradicating possums from Kapiti Island

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Botanical reasons for eradicating possums from Kapiti Island

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Results are given from a 10-year study of the effects of possums on the vegetation of Kapiti Island made between 1975 and 1985. Since possum control was resumed on the island in 1980, and more particularly since intensified control was begun in 1983, there has been a steady reduction in browsing of some of the island's major trees and an improvement in vigour. Flowering and fruiting of some major trees on the island has increased, in particular, that of kohekohe and tawa. Seedling and sapling...

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Date created

1985-03-08

Creator

Atkinson, I. A. E.

URL

https://doi.org/10.7931/DL1-VR-518

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POSSUMS / KAPITI ISLAND / VEGETATION / REGENERATION / PEST CONTROL / BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS / FOREST ECOLOGY / AUTECOLOGY / INTRODUCED TAXA / FEEDING BEHAVIOUR / NZMS260R26 / ENDANGERED TAXA / INDIGENOUS PLANTS / NZMS262 08

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