New Zealand Foridland National Park

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Quadrant survey

Food chain + web


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The Quadrant survey found many different plants see thenext slides for details.


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In the beech forest there is a huge number of species of fungisome native species include


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The sky bluemushroom this

fungi is featuredon the front of the50 dollar note. It isnative to the NewZealand bush andcan only be found

here.


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this fungi is a type of parasitism on the beech tree it formsround balls on the branches, this growth is like a cancer forthe trees, the balls are often eaten by the birds of the forest.


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There are many different species of mosses, they covereverything on the ground and when a tree falls they quicklyengulf it. I found many types but could not identify them.the next slide to see pictures


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Introduced animals are far more fierce than our native ones,eating kiwis and other native animals habitats as a result theyare harming the biodiversity of New Zealand.


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Trapping is one of the most effective ways to eradicate pestsfrom the forests, other techniques include poisoning with the1080


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The most extreme abiotic factor is the rain, Here it is not measuredin millilitres but meters. The drenched climate is perfect for many

plants and some animals. another biotic factor is


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The wind can funnel up these glacier made U shaped valleysand over passes sometimes only tussocks can grow here.


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There are many biotic factors in the park the one that is morenoticeable than others is the moss there are hundreds ofdifferent species but there is more than just moss


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In the beech forest that I am studying here the main speciesof tree are mountain beech and silver beech they like living

in almost all areas of fiordland.


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Other trees in Fiordland

include the lance-wood,Rimu, Totara, the

\ cabbage tree, and thePonga, the list goes on

and on.


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We found many types of insects among them is the chaferbeetle, hoppers, and the dreaded sand-fly see the next slides

for details


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This beetle makes its home in the beech tree and as many as2484 adults can be found in one tree, the larvae eat away attrees roots little else is known about the larvae and pupae.


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Hoppers are an important part of the forest ecosystem theyeat the leaves and aid in to process of turning them back into

soil.


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Sand-flies are the dreaded the beasts of New Zealand, theylive wherever there is flowing water and bush. Only the

female bites for the blood is needed to produce eggs, theirvictims are vertebrates such as birds, bats, and most

importantly us humans


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People come to New Zealand to see the amazing bird lifeand flora


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