Products - Land Environments of New Zealand Technical Guide
J. Leathwick, F. Morgan, G.
Wilson, D. Rutledge, M. McLeod & K. Johnston. 2003. David Bateman
Ltd., Auckland. 237 pp.
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Land Environments of New Zealand Technical Guide is intended for researchers, conservation managers, resouce managers, land use managers, or other people who want more information and guidance on how to use and apply LENZ to help them with their particular natural resource issue. It provides detailed information on the development of the underlying data layers, the generation of the LENZ classification, and the methods underlying the case studies. In addition, it provides more detailed information on LENZ Level II and tabluar summaries of LENZ Levels III and IV.
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
Chapter Two The underlying data layers
Chapter Three Creation of LENZ
Chapter Four the LENZ Environments Levels II — IV
A - Northern Lowlands
B - Central Dry Lowlands
C - Western and Southern North Island Lowlands
D - Northern Hill Country
E - Central Dry Foothills
F - Central Hill Country and Volcanic Plateau
G - Northern Recent Soils
H - Central Sandy Recent Soils
I - Central Poorly-drained Recent Soils
J - Central Well-drained Recent Soils
K - Central Upland Recent Soils
L - Southern Lowlands
M - Western South Island Recent Soils
N - Eastern South
O - Western South Island Foothills and Stewart Island
P - Central Mountains
Q - Southeastern Hill Country and Mountains
R - Southern Alps
S - Ultramafic Soils
T - Permanent Snow and Ice
Chapter Five Using LENZ
Case Study One - Loss of Indigenous Ecosystems
Case Study Two - Loss and fragmentation of ecosystems
Case Study Three - Restoration of a degraded ecosystem
Case Study Four - Setting priorities for international biosecurity screening
Case Study Five - Predicting pest distributions within New Zealand
Case Study Six - Finding sites suitable for crops
