1934/01/01 by John Pepper Clark · 3 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Botany and Plant Ecology Studies #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Rangeland and Wildlife Management #Environmental science #Geology
paper · pdf · doi:10.24199/j.mmv.1934.8.03
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During J amwry rn:i2 a short collecting trip was undertaken to thr little frrquentrd area 11rar Hrrch Forest. Arrangements were greatly focilitated by l\lr. l\lacRae, Forest Officer in charge of thr district, to whose in krrst and enthusiasm much of our success was cl 11f'. The camp was locatrcl in thr heart of almost virgin forest on Turto11's Track, 11rar Mt. Sabine (1812 ft.), where in all directions deep and almost inaccessible gullies abound, the great wealth of ferns and undergrowth rendering progress difftcult ancl slow. The Ot.way I,anges consist of a drrply dissected plateau of J nrassic sandstones and nrnclstoncs bct "rrn 1:500 ft. and l SOO ft. abon sea Ie,rl. Thr avcragr annual rainfall at Beech Forest exceeds 60 inches, but we W<'rC' fortunate in ha,ing fine weather during our 'isit. Thr ,rry wet climate is rrflrcted in the fauna, Crustaceans being abundant, but most forms of Insect life scarce. Only two specimens of Prripatus wrrf' found. Carab bretlts prrdominatrd over other forms ancl wcrr more numerous