New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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PROBLEMS IN MEASURING PASTURE COMPOSITION IN THE FIELD
PART 2: THE EFFECT OF VEGETATION HEIGHT USING THE POINT METHOD

Joan E. Radcliffe and N. S. Mountier

Department of Agriculture, Wellington

Abstract The effect of pasture height on point analysis recordings has been examined in a series of studies. Results show surprisingly large effects - increases up to 20 "cover" hits on Trifolium repens per 100 points, for an additional inch of sward height. Little consistency in the size of this effect was found between the studies on different pasture associations. The consequences of this relationship on the interpretation of comparisons are discussed, and these consequences are shown to be especially serious where changes over a period of time are being examined.

N.Z. J. Bot. 2: 98-105
(Received for publication, 3 October 1963)

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