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Professor David Andrew Norton

School of Forestry

Fields of Research

  • Conservation biology
  • Conservation evaluation
  • Farm management planning
  • Restoration ecology
  • Sustainable land management
  • Threatened species conservation

Researcher Summary

Research interests include conservation biology (especially fragmentation and restoration ecology, significance assessment and threatened plant conservation) and integrated land management (especially involving biodiversity in agricultural and plantation forest systems). Current research focuses on integrating pastoral and biodiversity values in the South Island high country and includes projects looking at integrated management planning, habitat use by merino sheep, photomonitoring as a management tool, effects of different management actions on biodiversity. Other research projects include assessing the affects of subsidence resulting from underground coal-mining on podocarp-beech forest, mine-site restoration, and ecology, conservation and restoration of threatened plant species.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Research Groups

Future Research

  • Sustainable land management – agriculture and forestry
  • Sustainable land management planning
  • Threatened plant conservation
  • Impact of climate change on agricultural ecosystems
  • Impact of farm management practices on agricultural ecosystems
  • Ecological restoration

Key Methodologies

  • Field ecology
  • Management planning
  • Monitoring

Affiliations

Publications


  • Laliberté, E., Lambers, H., Norton, D.A., Tylianakis, J.M. and Huston, M.A. (2013) A long-term experimental test of the dynamic equilibrium model of species diversity. Oecologia 171(2): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-012-2417-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-012-2417-6. (Journal Article)
  • Williams, A., Ridgway, H.J. and Norton, D.A. (2013) Different arbuscular mycorrhizae and competition with exotic grass affect the growth of Podocarpus cunninghamii Colenso cuttings. New Forests 44(2): 183-195. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11056-012-9309-9. (Journal Article)
  • Toosi, E.R., Clinton, P.W., Beare, M.H. and Norton, D.A. (2012) Biodegradation of soluable organic matter as affected by land-use and soil depth. Soil Science Society of America Journal 76(5): 1667-1677. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2011.0437. (Journal Article)
  • Hurst, J.M., Stewart, G.H., Perry, G.L.W., Wiser, S.K. and Norton, D.A. (2012) Determinants of tree mortality in mixed old-growth Nothofagus forest. Forest Ecology and Management 270: 189-199. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.01.029. (Journal Article)
  • Williams, A., Norton, D.A. and Ridgway, H.J. (2012) Different arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculants affect the growth and survival of Podocarpus cunninghamii restoration plantings in the Mackenzie Basin, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 50(4): 473-479. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2012.672429. (Journal Article)
  • Williams, A. and Norton, D.A. (2012) Estimating carbon stocks in stands of Podocarpus cunninghamii in the eastern South Island high country of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 42(2012): 29-38. (Journal Article)
  • Laliberté, E., Shipley, B., Norton, D.A. and Scott, D. (2012) Which plant traits determine abundance under long-term shifts in soil resource availability and grazing intensity? Journal of Ecology 100(3): 662-677. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01947.x. (Journal Article)
  • Dickinson, Y. and Norton, D.A. (2011) Divergent small-scale spatial patterns in New Zealand's short tussock grasslands. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 35(1): 76-82. (Journal Article)
  • Williams, A., Ridgway, H.J. and Norton, D.A. (2011) Growth and competitiveness of the New Zealand tree species Podocarpus cunninghamii is reduced by ex-agricultural AMF but enhanced by forest AMF. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43(2): 339-345. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.10.021. (Journal Article)
  • Payne, T. and Norton, D.A. (2011) Influence of shade on soil and foliage water in a depleted short tussock grassland, Mackenzie Basin. New Zealand Natural Sciences 36: 21-31. (Journal Article)
  • Laliberté, E., Norton, D.A., Tylianakis, J.M. and Scott, D. (2010) Comparison of two sampling methods for quantifying changes in vegetation composition under rangeland development. Rangeland Ecology and Management 63(5): 537-545. http://dx.doi.org/10.2111/REM-D-09-00156.1. (Journal Article)
  • de Lange, P., Heenan, P., Norton, D., Rolfe, J. and Sawyer, J. (2010) Threatened plants of New Zealand. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. 472pp. (Authored Book)
  • Sage, D.J.M., Norton, D.A. and Espie, P.R. (2009) Effect of grazing exclusion on the woody weed Rosa rubiginosa in high country short tussock grasslands. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 52(2): 123-128. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and Molloy, B.P.J. (2009) Heliohebe maccaskillii (Plantaginaceae) - a new rank for a threatened limestone endemic, North Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 47(4): 405-409. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and Reid, N. (2009) Sheep grazing reduced Hieracium pilosella flowering. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 52(2): 129-131. (Journal Article)
  • de Lange, P.J., Norton, D.A., Courtney, S.P., Heenan, P.G., Barkla, J.W., Cameron, E.K., Hitchmough, R. and Townsend, A.J. (2009) Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61-96. (Journal Article)
  • Harding, J.S., Norton, D.A. and McIntosh, A.R. (2007) Persistence of a significant population of rare Canterbury mudfish (Neochanna burrowsius) in a unique hydrologically isolated catchment. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 41(3): 309-316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00288330709509918. (Journal Article)
  • Pawson, S.M., Brockerhoff, E.G., Norton, D.A. and Didham, R.K. (2006) Clear-fell harvest impacts on biodiversity: past research and the search for harvest size thresholds. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36(4): 1035-1046. (Journal Article)
  • Grüner, I.G. and Norton, D.A. (2006) Herbivory by hares as a threat to the native brooms Carmichaelia juncea and C. vexillata. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 30: 261-265. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A., Espie, P.R., Murray, W. and Murray, J. (2006) Influence of pastoral management on plant biodiversity in a depleted short tussock grassland, Mackenzie Basin. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 30(3): 335-344. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (2006) Managing high country landscapes into the future. Queenstown, New Zealand: High Country Landscape Management Forum, 12-13 Sep 2005. In Proceedings 97-103. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Hobbs, R.J., Arico, S., Aronson, J., Baron, J.S., Bridgewater, P., Cramer, V.A., Epstein, P.R., Ewel, J.J., Klink, C.A., Lugo, A.E., Norton, D.A., Ojima, D., Richardson, D.M., Sanderson, E.W., Valladares, F., Vila, M., Zamora, R. and Zobel, M. (2006) Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order. Global Ecology and Biogeography 15(1): 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00212.x. (Journal Article)
  • Didham, R.K., Watts, C.H. and Norton, D.A. (2005) Are systems with strong underlying abiotic regimes more likely to exhibit alternative stable states? Oikos 110: 409-416. (Journal Article)
  • Pawson, S.M., Brockerhoff, E.G., Didham, R.K. and Norton, D.A. (2005) Clearfell harvest size: a key issue for biodiversity conservation in New Zealand's plantation forests. New Zealand Journal of Forestry 50(2): 29-32. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A., Cochrane, C.H. and Reay, S.D. (2005) Crown-stem dimension relationships in two New Zealand native forests. New Zealand Journal of Botany 43: 673-678. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and Roper-Lindsay, J. (2004) Assessing significance for biodiversity conservation on private land in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 28: 295-305. (Journal Article)
  • Hobbs, R.J. and Norton, D.A. (2004) Ecological filters, thresholds and gradients in resistence to ecosystem reassembly. In V.M. Temperton, R.J. Hobbs, T.Nuttle, S. Halle (Ed.), Assembly Rules and Restoration Ecology: 72-95. Washington DC: Island Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Miller, C.J., Norton, D.A. and Miller, T.K. (2004) Kahikatea Dacrycarpus dacrydioides and Totara-Matai Podocarpus totara-Prumnopitys taxifolia forest patches in the agricultural landscape, Westland, New Zealand: representatives of a past and future condition. Pacific Conservation Biology 9: 278-293. (Journal Article)
  • de Lange, P.J. and Norton, D.A. (2004) The ecology and conservation of Kunzea sinclairii (Myrtaceae), a naturally rare plant of rhyolitic rock outcrops. Biological Conservation 117: 49-59. (Journal Article)
  • Lindenmayer, D.B., Franklin, J.F., Angelstam, P., Bunnell, F., Brown, M.J., Dovers, S., Hickey, J.E., Kremsater, L., Niemela, J., Norton, D.A., Perry, D. and Soule, M. (2004) The Victorian forestry roundtable meeting: a discussion of transitions to sustainability in Victorian forests. Australian Forestry 67: 1-5. (Journal Article)
  • de Lange, P.J., Norton, D.A., Heenan, P.B., Courtney, S.P., Molloy, B.P.J., Ogle, C.C., Rance, B.D., Johnson, P.N. and Hitchmough, R. (2004) Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42: 45-76. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and de Lange, P.J. (2003) A new species of Coprosma (Rubiaceae) from the South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 41(2): 223-231. (Journal Article)
  • Cochrane, C.H., Norton, D.A., Miller, C.J. and Allen, R.B. (2003) Brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) diet in a north Westland mixed beech (Nothofagus) forest. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 27: 61-65. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and de Lange, P.J. (2003) Fire and vegetation in a temperate peat bog: implications for threatened species management. Conservation Biology 17(1): 138-148. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A., Leighton, A. and Buckman, I. (2003) Response of red beech to fertiliser, Island Block coal mine, North Westland. New Zealand Journal of Forestry 48(3): 32-33. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (2003) Sustainable forest management in New Zealand. In Lindenmayer, D.B.; Franklin, J.F. (Ed.), Towards forest sustainability: 167-188. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. (Chapter in Book)
  • Norton, D.A. (2002) "Edge effects in a lowland temperate New Zealand rainforest". DOC Science Internal Series 27. Department of Conservation, Wellington. (Technical Report)
  • Whitehead, D., Hall, G.M.J., Walcroft, A.S., Brown, K.J., Landsberg, J.J., Tissue, D.T., Turnbull, M.H., Griffin, K.L., Schuster, W.S.F., Carswell, F.E., Trotter, C.M., James, I.L. and Norton, D.A. (2002) Analysis of the growth of rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) in south Westland, New Zealand, using process-based simulation models. International Journal of Biometeorology 46(2): 66-75. (Journal Article)
  • Molloy, J., Bell, B., Clout, M., de Lange, P., Gibbs, G., Given, D., Norton, D.A., Smith, N. and Stephens, T. (2002) Classifying species according to the threat of extinction: a system for New Zealand. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 26. (Technical Report)
  • Dungan, R.J., O'Cain, M.J., Lopez, M.L. and Norton, D.A. (2002) Contribution by possums to seed rain and subsequent seed germination in successional vegetation, Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 26(2): 121-128. http://www.nzes.org.nz/nzje/free_issues/NZJEcol26_2_121.pdf. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A., Godley, E.J., Heenan, P.B. and Ladley, J.J. (2002) Germination of Sophora seeds after prolonged storage. New Zealand Journal of Botany 40(3): 389-396. (Journal Article)
  • James, I.L. and Norton, D.A. (2002) Helicopter based natural forest management for New Zealand's rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum, Podocarpaceae) forests. Forest Ecol. Manag 155: 337-346. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A., Ladley, J.J. and Sparrow, A.D. (2002) Host provenance effects on germination and establishment of two New Zealand mistletoes (Loranthaceae). Functional Ecology 16(5): 657-663. (Journal Article)
  • Hurst, S.E., Turnbull, M.H. and Norton, D.A. (2002) The effect of light environment on mycorrhizal colonisation in field-grown seedlings of podocarp-angiosperm forest tree species. N.Z. J. Bot 40: 65-72. (Journal Article)
  • Saunders, A. and Norton, D.A. (2001) Ecological restoration at mainland islands in New Zealand. Biol. Conserv 99: 109-119. (Journal Article)
  • Atkinson, I.A.E. and Norton, D.A. (Ed.) (2001) Introduced pest species and biodiversity conservation in New Zealand: Biologtical Conservation special issue. Oxford: Elsevier. 133. (Edited Book)
  • Norton, D.A. (2001) Is the amount and focus of ecological research in New Zealand sufficient to sustain inidgenous biodiversity on private land? N.Z. J. Ecol 25: 77-82. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (2001) Re-establishment of the shrubby tororaro (Muehlenbeckia astronii petrie), a nationally threatened plant. Science and Research Internal Report 188. Department of Conservation, Wellington. (Technical Report)
  • Dungan, R.J., Norton, D.A. and Duncan, R.P. (2001) Seed rain in successional vegetation, Port Hills Ecological District, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 39(1): 115-124. (Journal Article)
  • Smith, V. and D. Norton. (2001) Significant natural area assessment and protection. Sustainable Management Fund Project 8077. Ministry for the Environment, Wellington. 51. (Technical Report)
  • Norton, D.A. (2000) "Hebe Cupressoides Recovery Plan. Threatened Species Recovery Plan 33." Wellington: Department of Conservation.. (Technical Report)
  • Norton, D.A. and Cochrane, C.H. (2000) Are we delivering indigenous biodiversity conservation outcomes in the best possible way? Victorian Economic Commentaries : 22-29. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (2000) Benefits of possum control for indigenous vegetation. In T. Montague (Ed.), Possums in New Zealand: The Biology, Impact and Management of an Introduced Marsupial: 232-240. Lincoln: Mannaki Whenua Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Norton, D.A. (2000) Conservation biology and private land: shifting the focus.. Conserv. Biol. 14: 1221-1223. (Journal Article)
  • Yates, C.J., Norton, D.A. and Hobbs, R.J. (2000) Grazing effects on soil and microclimate in fragmented woodlands in south western Australia: implications for restoration. Austral Ecology 25: 36-47. (Journal Article)
  • Kelly, D. Ladley., J.J. Robertson, A.W. and Norton, D.A. (2000) Limited forest fragmentation improves reproduction in the declining New Zealand mistletoe Peraxilla tetrapetala (Loranthaceae). In A.G. Young and G.M. Clarke (Ed.), Genetics, demography, and viability of fragmented populations (Conservation biology series ed.): 241-52. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Norton, D.A. (2000) Mainland Habitat Islands. A Vision for New Zealand Nature Conservation. West Coast Conservancy Technical Report Series No.2. Department of Conservation. 14. (Technical Report)
  • Norton, D.A. (2000) Sand plain forest fragmentation and residential development, Invercargill City, New Zealand. In J.L. Craig, N.D. Mitchell, & D.A. Saunders (Ed.), Nature Conservation 5: Nature Conservation in Production Environments: Managing the Matrix: 157-165.. NSW, Sydney: Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, N.S.W. (Chapter in Book)
  • Norton, D.A. and Miller, C.J. (2000) Some issues and options for the conservation of native biodiversity in rural New Zealand. Ecological Management and Restoration 1: 29-37. (Journal Article)
  • de Lange, P.J., Norton, D.A. and Crowcroft, G.M. (2000) Taxonomy, ecology, and conservation of Artiplex billardierei and A. hollowayi sp. nov. (Chenopodiaceae) in Australasia. New Zealand Journal of Botany 38: 551-567. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and de Lange, P.J. (1999) "Coastal Cresses (Nau) Recovery Plan. Threatened Species Recovery Plan 26." Wellington: Department of Conservation. Department of Conservation. 71. (Technical Report)
  • Reay, S.D. and Norton, D.A. (1999) Assessing the success of restoration plantings in a temperate New Zealand Forest. Restoration Ecology 7: 298-308. (Journal Article)
  • Mursidawati, S., Norton, D.A. and Astuti, I.P. (1999) Distribution of Pomatocalpa spicata Breda (Orchidaceae) within and among host trees in Manusela National Park, Seram, Maluku Archipelago. Selbyana 20: 116-119. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1999) Forest reserves. In M.L. Hunter, Jr. (Ed.), Maintaining Bioidversity in Forest Ecosystems: 525-555. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Norton, D.A. and de Lange, P.J. (1999) Host specificity in parasitic mistletoes (Loranthaceae) in New Zealand. Functional Ecology 7: 551-559. (Journal Article)
  • Reay, S.D. and Norton, D.A. (1999) Phormium tenax, an unusual nurse plant. N.Z. J. Ecol 23: 81-85. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and Stafford Smith, M. (1999) Roadsides are good mistletoe sites. Aust. J. Ecol 24: 193-198. (Journal Article)
  • de Lange, P.J., Heenan, P.B., Given, D.R., Ogle, C.C., Johnson, P.N., Cameron, E.K. and Norton, D.A. (1999) Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. N.Z. J. Botany 37: 603-628. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and Ladley, J.J. (1998) Establishment and early growth of Alepis flavida in relation to Nothofagus solandri branch size.. N.Z. J. Bot 35: 213-17. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and de Lange, P.J. (1998) Hebe paludosa (Scrophulariaceae) - a new combination for an endemic wetland Hebe from Westland, South Island, New Zealand. N.Z.. J. Bot 36: 531-538. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1998) Indigenous biodiversity conservation and plantation forestry: options for the future. N.Z. Forestry 43(2): 34-39. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and Carpenter, M.A. (1998) Mistletoes as parasites; host specificity and speciation. Trends Ecol. Evol 13: 101-105. (Journal Article)
  • de Lange, P.J. and Norton, D.A. (1998) Revisiting rarity: a botanical perspective on the meanings of rarity and the classification of New Zealand's uncommon plants. Royal Society of New Zealand Misc. Ser 48: 145-60. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and Reid, N. (1997) Conservation and management of threatened and pest loranthaceous mistletoes in Australasia: lessons for ecosystem management.. Conserv. Biol 11: 759-69. (Journal Article)
  • Widyatmoko, D. and Norton, D.A. (1997) Conservation of the threatened shrub Hebe cupressoides (Scrophulariaceae), eastern South Island, New Zealand. Biol. Conserv. 82: 193-201. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A., Ladley, J.J. and Sparrow, A.D. (1997) Development of non-destructive age indices for three New Zealand Loranthaceae mistletoes. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 35: 337-43. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A., Ladley, J.J. and Owen, H.J. (1997) Distribution and population structure of the loranthaceous mistletoes Alepis flavida, Peraxilla colensoi and Peraxilla tetrapetala within two New Zealand Nothofagus forests.. N.Z. J. Bot 35: 323-36. (Journal Article)
  • de Lange, P.J. and Norton, D.A. (Ed.) (1997) New Zealand's Loranthaceous Mistletoes. Wellington: Department of Conservation. 219. (Edited Book)
  • Norton, D.A., de Lange, P.J., Garnock-Jones, P.J. and Given, D.R. (1997) The role of seabirds and seals in the survival of coastal plants: lessons from New Zealand Lepidium (Brassicaceae).. Biodiv Conserv 6: 765-785. (Journal Article)
  • Awimbo, J.A., Norton, D.A. and Overmars, F.B. (1996) An evaluation of representativeness for nature conservation, Hokitika Ecological District, New Zealand. Biological Conservation 75: 177-186. (Journal Article)
  • Williams, P.A., Norton, D.A. and Nicholas, J.M. (1996) Germination and seedling growth of an endangered native broom, Chordospartium muritai A.W. Purdie (Fabaceae), in Marlborough, South Island. New Zealand Journal of Botany 34: 199-204. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and Allen, J.C. (Ed.) (1996) Professional Forestry - Evolving Issues in Forest Management. Christchurch: School of Forestry, University of Canterbury. 158. (Edited Book)
  • de Lange, P.J. and Norton, D.A. (1996) To what New Zealand plant does the vernacular “scurvy grass” refer? New Zealand Journal of Botany 34: 417-420. (Journal Article)
  • Hobbs, R.J. and Norton, D.A. (1996) Towards a conceptual framework for restoration ecology. Restoration Ecology 4: 93-110. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A., Hobbs, R.J. and Atkins, L. (1995) Fragmentation, disturbance and plant distribution: mistletoes in woodland remnants in the Western Australian wheatbelt. Conservation Biology 9: 426-438. (Journal Article)
  • Garnock-Jones, P.J. and Norton, D.A. (1995) Lepidium naufragorum (Brassicaceae), a new species from South Island's west coast, and notes on other New Zealand coastal Lepidium. New Zealand Journal of Botany 33: 43-51. (Journal Article)
  • Owen, H.J. and Norton, D.A. (1995) The diet of introduced brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) in a low diversity Nothofagus forest and possible implications for conservation management. Biological Conservation 71: 339-345. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1995) Vegetation on goat-free islands in a low-alpine lake, Paparoa Range, and implications for monitoring goat control operations. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 19: 67-72. (Journal Article)
  • Powell, G.A. and Norton, D.A. (1994) Contrasts in crown development of the Loranthaceae mistletoes Alepis flavida and Peraxilla tetrapetala parasitic on Nothofagus solandri, Craigieburn Ecological District. New Zealand Journal of Botany 32: 497-508. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A., Lord, J.M., Given, D.R. and de Lange, P.J. (1994) Over-collecting: an over-looked factor in the decline of plant taxa. Taxon 33: 181-185. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1994) Relationships between pteridophytes and topography in a lowland south Westland podocarp forest. New Zealand Journal of Botany 32: 401-408. (Journal Article)
  • Given, D.R. and Norton, D.A. (1993) A multivariate approach to assessing threat and for priority setting in threatened species conservation. Biological Conservation 64: 57-66. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and Roper-Lindsay, J. (1992) Conservation, tourism and commercial recreation: conflict or co-operation - a New Zealand perspective. Natural Areas Journal 12: 20-25. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1992) Disruption of natural ecosystems by biological invasion. In Willison, J.H.M., Bondrup-Nielsen, S., Drysdale, C., Herman, T.B., Munro, N.W.P., Pollock, T.L. (Ed.), Science and Management of Protected Areas: 309-319. Amsterdam: Elsevier. (Chapter in Book)
  • Morgan, M.D. and Norton, D.A. (1992) Growth response to light of Carex inopinata Cook, an endangered New Zealand sedge. New Zealand Journal of Botany 30: 429-433. (Journal Article)
  • McDonald, D. and Norton, D.A. (1992) Light environments in temperate New Zealand podocarp rainforests. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 16: 15-22. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1992) New Zealand temperatures 1800-1830. In Harrington, C.R. (Ed.), The Year Without a Summer? World Climate in 1816: 516-520. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Natural History. (Chapter in Book)
  • Overmars, F.B., Norton, D.A., Miskelly, C.M., O'Donnell, C.F.J. and Buckman, I.W. (1992) North Westland wildlife corridors research programme. Department of Conservation, Hokitika. 72. (Technical Report)
  • Stewart, C., Norton, D.A. and Ferguson, J.E. (1991) Historical monitoring of heavy metals in kahikatea ring wood in Christchurch, New Zealand. Science of the Total Environment 105: 171-190. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1991) Restoration of indigenous vegetation on sites disturbed by alluvial gold mining in Westland. Energy and Resource Division, Ministry of Commerce, Wellington. 32. (Technical Report)
  • Norton, D.A. (1991) Scientific basis for the conservation management of New Zealand plant communities. In Spellerberg, I.F., Goldsmith, B., Morris, M.G. (Ed.), The Scientific Management of Temperate Communities for Conservation: 349-381. Oxford: Blackwell. (Chapter in Book)
  • Norton, D.A. (1991) Seedling and sapling distribution patterns in a coastal podocarp forest, Hokitika Ecological District, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 29: 463-466. (Journal Article)
  • Adams, J.A. and Norton, D.A. (1991) Soil and vegetation characteristics of some tree windthrow features in a south Westland rimu forest. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 21: 33-42. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1991) Trilepidea adamsii: an obituary for a species. Conservation Biology 5: 52-57. (Journal Article)
  • Grace, J. and Norton, D.A. (1990) Climate and growth of Pinus sylvestris at its upper altitudinal limit in Scotland: evidence from tree growth-rings. Journal of Ecology 78: 601-610. (Journal Article)
  • Lord, J.M. and Norton, D.A. (1990) Scale and the spatial concept of fragmentation. Conservation Biology 4: 197-202. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and Leathwick, J.R. (1990) The lowland vegetation pattern, south Westland, New Zealand: 1. Saltwater Ecological Area. New Zealand Journal of Botany 28: 41-51. (Journal Article)
  • Duncan, R.P., Norton, D.A. and Woolmore, C. (1990) The lowland vegetation pattern, south Westland, New Zealand: 2. Ohinemaka forest. New Zealand Journal of Botany 28: 131-140. (Journal Article)
  • Woollons, R.C. and Norton, D.A. (1990) Time series analyses applied to sequences of Nothofagus growth-ring measurements. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 13: 9-16. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1989) Dendrochronology in the Southern Hemisphere. In Cook, E.R., Kairiukstis, L.A. (Ed.), Methods of Dendrochronology: Applications in the Environmental Sciences: 17-21. Dordrecht: Kluwer. (Chapter in Book)
  • Norton, D.A. (1989) Floristics and structure of mire-forest ecotones, west coast South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 19: 31-42. (Journal Article)
  • Baxter, W.A. and Norton, D.A. (1989) Forest recovery after logging in lowland dense rimu forest, Westland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 27: 391-399. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (Ed.) (1989) Management of New Zealand's Natural Estate. Christchurch: New Zealand Ecological Society. 119. (Edited Book)
  • Norton, D.A. (1989) Problems associated with the use of tree-rings in the study of forest population dynamics. In Cook, E.R., Kairiukstis, L.A. (Ed.), Methods of Dendrochronology: Applications in the Environmental Sciences: 284-288. Dordrecht: Kluwer. (Chapter in Book)
  • Norton, D.A., Briffa, K.R. and Salinger, M.J. (1989) Reconstruction of New Zealand summer temperature back to 1730 A.D. using dendroclimatic techniques. International Journal of Climatology 9: 633-644. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1989) Tree windthrow and forest soil turnover. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 19: 386-389. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and Kelly, D. (1988) Mast seeding over 33 years by Dacrydium cupressinum (Podocarpaceae) in New Zealand: The importance of economies of scale. Functional Ecology 2: 399-408. (Journal Article)
  • Ledgard, N.J. and Norton, D.A. (1988) Shoot growth of different provenances of 2-3 year old Nothofagus seedlings. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 11: 105-108. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A., Herbert, J. and Beveridge, A.E. (1988) The ecology of Dacrydium cupressinum: A review. New Zealand Journal of Botany 26: 37-62. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and Ogden, J. (1987) Dendrochronology: A review with emphasis on New Zealand applications. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 10: 77-95. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A., Palmer, J.G. and Ogden, J. (1987) Dendroecological studies in New Zealand, Part 1. An evaluation of tree age estimates based on increment cores. New Zealand Journal of Botany 25: 373-383. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1987) Tree-ring reconstructions of past river-flow and precipitation in Canterbury, New Zealand. Journal of Hydrology (N.Z.) 26: 161-174. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A., McGlone, M.S. and Wigley, T.M.L. (1986) Quantitative analyses of modern pollen-climate relationships of indigenous forests in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 24: 331-342. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1985) A dendrochronological study of Nothofagus solandri tree growth along an elevational gradient, South Island, New Zealand. In Turner, H., Tranquillini, W. (Ed.), Establishment and Tending of Subalpine Forest: Research and Management: 159-171. Birmensdorf: Swiss Federal Institute of Forestry Research. (Chapter in Book)
  • Norton, D.A. (1984) A multivariate technique for estimating New Zealand temperature normals. Weather and Climate 5: 64-74. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1984) Phenological growth characteristics of Nothofagus solandri trees at three altitudes in the Craigieburn Range, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 22: 413-424. (Journal Article)
  • Gellatly, A.F. and Norton, D.A. (1984) Possible warming and glacier recession in the South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Science 27: 381-388. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. and Schönenberger, W. (1984) The growth forms and ecology of Nothofagus solandri at the alpine timberline, Craigieburn Range, New Zealand. Arctic and Alpine Research 16: 361-370. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1984) Tree-growth-climate relationships in subalpine Nothofagus forests, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 22: 471-481. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1983) Modern New Zealand tree-ring chronologies. I. Nothofagus solandri. Tree-Ring Bulletin 43: 1-17. (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1983) Modern New Zealand tree-ring chronologies. II. Nothofagus menziesii. Tree-Ring Bulletin 43(39-49) (Journal Article)
  • Norton, D.A. (1983) Population dynamics of subalpine Libocedrus bidwillii forests, Cropp River, Westland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 21: 127-134. (Journal Article)