scholarly journals Patterns of flammability after a sequence of mixed‐severity wildfire in dry eucalypt forests of southern Australia

Ecosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Barker ◽  
Owen F. Price ◽  
Meaghan E. Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Eucalypt Forests

Mechanisms of rainforest persistence and recruitment in frequently burnt wet tropical eucalypt forests

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL R. WILLIAMS ◽  
MARK PARSONS ◽  
RIGEL JENSEN ◽  
CUONG TRAN
Keyword(s):  
Eucalypt Forests

Mammal surveys in the forests of the Carrai Plateau and Richmond Range in north-east New South Wales.

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
J. Barker ◽  
D. Lunney ◽  
T. Bubela
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
North East ◽  
Mammal Fauna ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Species Lists ◽  
Fauna Composition ◽  
Eucalypt Forests ◽  
Open Forests

Mammal surveys were carried out on the Carrai Plateau and Richmond Range in north-east New South Wales between March 1988 and November 1989. The emphasis was placed on rainforest mammals, following the recognition by Adam ( 1987) that the species lists of mammals in the state's rainforests were incomplete and that more research was needed. The mammals were surveyed primarily by analysis of prey remains in Dog and Fox scats, collected from roads throughout the forests, and from bat trapping. The bat fauna at both the Carrai Plateau and Richmond Range is rich (1 0 species and nine species respectively, including the rare Golden-tipped Bat, Kerivoula papuensis, in the Richmond Range). Scat analysis revealed the presence of 24 native species on the Carrai Plateau, and on the Richmond Range there were 17 species, including high numbers of two pademelon species. Feral prey species are almost completely absent, although the Fox is an established predator in both areas. A sharp division was identified between the mammal faunas of closed and open forests. Differences were found also between the mammal fauna composition of the two rainforest sites, and with those of nearby eucalypt forests. The mammal fauna of New South Wales rainforests is distinct from open forests and future mammal surveys are needed to ensure an adequate level of knowledge to identify and conserve these areas.

Thinking honeyeater: nectar maps for the Northern Territory, Australia

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Z. Woinarski ◽  
Greg Connors ◽  
Don C. Franklin
Keyword(s):  
Northern Territory ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variation ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Nectar Production ◽  
The World ◽  
Eucalypt Forests ◽  
The Times ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Nectar Availability

We create monthly maps of nectar availability for the 1.4 x 106 km2 jurisdiction of the Northern Territory, Australia. These are based on a combination of vegetation mapping and a series of indices of plant species specific nectar scoring. The maps reveal complex spatial and temporal variation in nectar availability, but most notably a greater nectar resource in the monsoon-influenced north than in the arid south, and a peak in nectar availability in the dry season. The latter is associated with the extensive tropical eucalypt forests (especially those co-dominated by Eucalyptus miniata and E. tetrodonta). In contrast, wet season nectar availability in these forests is limited, but riparian and swampland forests, typically dominated by Melaleuca species, provide rich but spatially restricted nectar resources. The extensive and rich nectar resources available in eucalypt forests in the dry season supplement the diets of many species which are not primarily nectarivorous. This resource helps shape the singularity of northern Australian eucalypt forests relative to other extensive forests elsewhere in the world. Nectarivores remain in the system through a combination of movements across a number of scales, habitat shifting, and diet shifting. The latter is aided by the peaking of invertebrate and fruit resources at the times of minimum nectar production; a shuffling in resource availability brought about by the extreme climatic seasonality.

Semi-automating the stand delineation process in mapping natural eucalypt forests

2011 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Haywood ◽  
Christine Stone
Keyword(s):  
Eucalypt Forests

Wildfires, fuel treatment and risk mitigation in Australian eucalypt forests: Insights from landscape-scale simulation

2012 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 66-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.A. Bradstock ◽  
G.J. Cary ◽  
I. Davies ◽  
D.B. Lindenmayer ◽  
O.F. Price ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Landscape Scale ◽  
Fuel Treatment ◽  
Eucalypt Forests

Nitrogen and Phosphorus Availability and the Role of Fire in Heathlands at Wilsons Promontory

1994 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 269 ◽  
Author(s):  
MA Adams ◽  
J Iser ◽  
AD Keleher ◽  
DC Cheal
Keyword(s):  
Phosphatase Activity ◽  
C:N Ratio ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Fire Frequency ◽  
P Availability ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Nutrient Pools ◽  
Inorganic P ◽  
Eucalypt Forests

Analyses of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in heathland soils at Wilsons Promontory and on Snake Island show that the effects of fire, including repeated fires, are confined to the surface 2 cm. The uppermost soil in long-unburnt heathlands is rich in these elements and usually has a smaller C:N ratio compared with the soil below. Indices of N and P availability (C:N ratios, concentrations of potentially mineralisable N and extractable inorganic P, phosphatase activity) are similar to those in highly productive eucalypt forests-a finding in conflict with past assessments of nutrient availability in heathlands. Phosphatase activity and concentrations of carbon, nitrogen and potentially mineralisable N were less in soils from repeatedly burnt heathlands than in soils from long unburnt heathlands whereas there was a greater concentration of extractable inorganic P in soils from repeatedly burnt heathlands. The balance between nitrogen input and loss is dependent on fire frequency and present-day management of heathland (and other native plant communities with low nutrient capitals) should recognise that over- or under-use of fire will significantly alter soil nutrient pools and availability and that these changes may alter community species composition and productivity.

scholarly journals Fire regimes and environmental gradients shape vertebrate and plant distributions in temperate eucalypt forests

Ecosphere ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke T. Kelly ◽  
Angie Haslem ◽  
Greg J. Holland ◽  
Steven W. J. Leonard ◽  
Josephine MacHunter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Gradients ◽  
Fire Regimes ◽  
Plant Distributions ◽  
Eucalypt Forests
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