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… isolation of New Zealand and the predominance of forest vegetation have resulted in the development of a forest-earthworm-fauna with species highly specialised to … occupy particular ecological niches in particular types of forest, and there is an obvious stratification into …
… ( Agathis australis ). Kauri is one of the forest trees of New Zealand that is known throughout many … leaching soils and ultimately of forming a dense pan. Kauri forest soils are therefore notoriously poor for agriculture … by climbing the trees or digging the soil where Kauri forests had once existed. The story of the extraction and …
… protection for the easily eroded rock denuded of its native forest cover. Consequently the region is one of the worst …
… situations and shun light. Common habitats are moss on the forest floor, inside rotten logs, and within the shelter of …
… of the South Island. Its natural habitat is the floor of forest and bush lands but it has invaded, and successfully …
… but in autumn and winter they may be found in subalpine forest down to about 500 metres altitude; thar, however, …
… main route between Auckland and Wellington. In the State forest area between Taupo and Rotorua hundreds of miles of …
… It is the largest remaining area of unspoiled native forest in the North Island. Kiwi, kaka, and most other … a 6-mile radius of the mountain. It varies from heavily forested lower slopes to the bare scoria, rock, snow, and … of the North Island. These regions are surrounded by native forests, open grassland, and sub-alpine vegetation. …
… brackish lagoons separated from the sea by sand bars. Some forest remains, but most of the island is now either scrub …
… early European times was known as Raukapuka Bush and Talbot Forest. Maoris used local timber for canoe building. In 1849 … Cass recommended the reservation of a town site at Talbot Forest in 1854. An area was set apart in 1857, but was not …