Adaptive management of coastal forestry buffers- Section 3: Role of natural regeneration in transitioning coastal exotic buffers to native forest Technical Report
- Author
- Tane's Tree Trust
- Year
- 2021
- Number
- 3
- Pages
- 14
- Species
- Pinus radiata, radiata pine
- Keywords
- buffer, shelter, pine
- Summary
- This research assesses methods for transitioning exotic duneland buffers to native coastal forest buffers. In this technical article we provide a summary of surveys of natural regeneration within existing exotic buffers, native coastal forest remnants and past native plantings. The results help inform recommendations on an adaptive management approach to transitioning exotics to permanent native coastal buffers.