Claim · model-written summary
Local taxa indicate a shallow swamp initially occupied the site.
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e0“Changes in local taxa show that initially a shallow swamp existed at the site”
Title
A vegetation history from north‐east Nelson, New Zealand
J. R. Dodson New Zealand Journal of Botany 1978. doi:10.1080/0028825x.1978.10425144
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation Mixed Nothofagus-podocarp forest existed locally for the last 10 500 yr B.P.
- Observation Nothofagus rose continuously and peaked around 4 800 yr B.P.
- Observation Podocarpus ferrugineus remained relatively constant.
- Observation Dacrydium cupressinum remained relatively constant.
- Association Other Podocarpus species decreased during the Nothofagus rise.
- Association Shrub taxa decreased during the Nothofagus rise.
- Observation Forest clearance occurred with the arrival of European people.
- Observation Pinus pollen appeared with the arrival of European people.
- Observation The site became a lake between 8 500 and 100 yr B.P., suggesting wetter climate after 8 500 yr B.P.
- Observation Shallow swamp taxa and shrubs returned as the swamp naturally shallowed.
- Method / resource The Dew Lakes pollen record fits Ruahine Range diagrams better than South Island records.