FORESTS DYING
RESULT OF EARTHQUAKE
THE RAVAGES OF BEETLES
Investigations in large areas of virgin beech forests dying in the northwest of the South Island have revealed to officers of the State Foresit Service that many of the areas were in valleys that suffered in the 1029 earthquake when some forests were razed to the ground. The forest adjacent to areas of complete destruction must have suffered severe strains and the .root equilibrium of the trees was probably completely /organised, states the annual report of the service.
These areas of forest have experienced an increase in the population of a fouprestid beetle which has killed off large patches of beech that survived the earthquake. In balance with the rest of a forest population ‘he beetle is a normal beech forest denizen. That serious, or permanent damage, will ensue, is iimprobable, slates the report, as in the decade hat it took the beetle ito reach its nresealt population, trie re-growth of seedling and sapling crops even on bared acres is abundant.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20030, 31 August 1939, Page 16
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170FORESTS DYING Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20030, 31 August 1939, Page 16
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