Indigenous vegetation, vegetation monitoring, permanent photographic points, deer browsing, vegetation recovery, Fiordland National Park, Mt Aspiring National Park

Responses of Indigenous Vegetation to Contrasting Trends in Utilization by Red Deer in 2 Southwestern New Zealand National- Parks

The responses of rain-forest vegetation on Secretary Island (Fiordland National Park) which was subjected to low but sustained browsing by red deer, are compared with those of the full range of mountain vegetation in Mt Aspiring National Park where deer numbers had been reduced substantially from previously high numbers.