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== Research == As early as 1926 the Dutch geneticist J.P. Lotsy stressed the importance of hybrid plant collections from Cass and their potential use in evolutionary studies. Cockayne, in 1927, agreed that the area's polymorphic plant hybrids had value for evolutionary theory, and Swedish lichenologist G.E. Du Rietz also recognised the important role of Cass Station for plant research. In 1958 Philipson and Garth Brownlie published The Flora of Cass, which included articles on history, geology, soils, climate and vegetation over time. Cass: History and Science in the Cass District, Canterbury, New Zealand, a more comprehensive collection of articles by a wide range of authors, was compiled by Colin Burrows and published in 1977. In 1976–8 American botanist Richard Primack conducted research on flower pollination at Cass and two nearby sites (and also Aoraki / Mt Cook), collecting and interpreting data on flower visits by insects. In 2001 the Fulbright Scholar Scott Wissinger studied the freshwater invertebrate communities of lakes and tarns in and around Cass. Jason Tylianakis in 2008 began a study investigating the effects of climate change on tussocks and their associated invertebrates with a large soil warming experiment.
== Publications == The following is a selection of research publications based on work done at the Cass Field Station.
Chilton, Charles (1914). "Notes from the Canterbury College Mountain Biological Station, Cass. No. 1.—Introduction and General Description of Station". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 47: 331–335 – via Papers Past. Cockayne, L.; Foweraker, C. E. (1916) "Notes from the Canterbury College Mountain Biological Station. No. 4 – the principal plant associations in the immediate vicinity of the station." Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 48: 166–186 William Philipson; Garth Brownlie (1958), The Flora of Cass: a list of species (excluding fungi) known from the vicinity of the Mountain Biology Station of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Christchurch: University of Canterbury Department of Botany, Wikidata Q124309027 Colin Burrows, ed. (1977), Cass: history and science in the Cass district, Canterbury, New Zealand, Christchurch: University of Canterbury Department of Botany, Wikidata Q117789333 Michael Winterbourn; J. S. Rounick; B. Cowie (1981). "Are New Zealand stream ecosystems really different?". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 15 (3): 321–328. doi:10.1080/00288330.1981.9515927. ISSN 0028-8330. Wikidata Q124312976. James S. Rounick; Michael Winterbourn; Graeme L. Lyon (August 1982). "Differential Utilization of Allochthonous and Autochthonous Inputs by Aquatic Invertebrates in Some New Zealand Streams: A Stable Carbon Isotope Study". Oikos. 39 (2): 191. doi:10.2307/3544485. ISSN 0030-1299. Wikidata Q124312979. Laura Young; David Norton; Michelle Lambert (2016). "One hundred years of vegetation change at Cass, eastern South Island high country". New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 40 (3): 289–301. doi:10.20417/NZJECOL.40.38. ISSN 0110-6465. Wikidata Q124309018.
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