Island biogeography : a study of habitat islands of mountain beech forest (Nothofagus solandri, var. cliffortioides) in Tongariro National Park : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology at Massey University

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dc.contributor.authorSeden, Moyra
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-07T22:58:42Z
dc.date.available2016-08-07T22:58:42Z
dc.date.issued1982
dc.description.abstractMacArthur and Wilson's (1967) model for island biogeography is examined, particularly with regard to the proposed species-area relationship. The first chapter includes a consideration of the theoretical background. Nine habitat islands and corresponding mainland regions of similar area were selected. All the sites possess a canopy of mountain beech trees, (Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides), and are located in the western segment of Tongariro National Park. Plants and litter animals were sampled from within these sites to determine the possible relationship between species and area. Forest plant species numbers as well as proportions, assessed using a modification of the Point-centred quarter method, revealed a statistically significant species-area relationship. Litter Crustacea collected in one thousandth of a square metre core samples, and removed from cores by wet extraction, show a gradation in habitat preference, hence a species-area relationship cannot be determined. A wide range of animals collected in pitfall traps appear also not to produce a significant species-area relationship. Possible reasons for the obscurity of such a relationship are considered. An overall assessment of the information gathered in the light of island biogeographic theory is presented, and some more recent thought on the causal explanations for the species-area relationship are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/8499
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.subjectBiogeographyen_US
dc.subjectBeechen_US
dc.subjectTongariro National Parken_US
dc.subjectForest ecologyen_US
dc.titleIsland biogeography : a study of habitat islands of mountain beech forest (Nothofagus solandri, var. cliffortioides) in Tongariro National Park : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorSeden, Moyraen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineZoologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M. Sc.)en_US
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