Proceedings of the New Zealand Ecological Society (1973) 20: 58 – 64

A. T. Dobson
1,2
  1. University of Hull
  2. Present address: Botany Department, University of Canterbury, Christchurch.
Abstract

This describes changes due to grazing that occurred in the vegetation and topography of a previously ungrazed, riparian site. Grazing made the site more susceptible to erosion by eliminating the main pioneer species, Phalaris arundinacea, a rhizomatous reedgrass