Pollen analysis of a surface sample from Antipodes Island
- 1 December 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Botany
- Vol. 7 (4) , 419-423
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825x.1969.10428855
Abstract
Of the 23 pollen types recorded during pollen analysis of a surface sample from the northern slopes of Mt Galloway, Antipodes Island, 15 were derived from the New Zealand mainland some 480 miles (ca. 770 km) to the north-west. Of these derived grains Nothofagus fusca type and Pinus were the most frequent. Fern spores were far more numerous than pollen grains, and although these may be over-represented, they reflect the importance of ferns in the vegetation of Antipodes Island. Although spores of the recently recorded Phymatodes diversifolium occurred in the sample, none were recorded in Post-glacial peat samples examined in 1959.Keywords
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