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Cite as:
Colin D. Meurk
. (1982) Regeneration of Sub-Antarctic Plants on Campbell Island Following Exclusion of Sheep. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 5: 51 – 58
©New Zealand Ecological Society
Research Article
Colin D. Meurk
1,2
  1. Department of Botany, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
  2. Present address: Grasslands Division, DSIR, Gore, New Zealand
Abstract

Permanent transects, established in 1970 to monitor the effects of sheep grazing on subantarctic palatable and dominant plants, are assessed. Sheep have a detrimental effect on most species considered, but regeneration is vigorous on the sheep-free side of a fence-line dividing Campbell Island.