- Title
- Post-wildfire seedling colonisation patterns in a Eucalyptus delegatemsis (Myrtaceae) windthrow site at Snowy Rover National Park, Victoria
- Creator
- Florentine, Singarayer; Westbrooke, Martin; Milberg, Per; Gibson, Matthew
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/38772
- Identifier
- vital:309
- Identifier
- ISSN:0004-9158
- Abstract
- During June 1998, a severe windstorm caused significant damage to a sub-alpine stand of Eucalyptus delegatensis (Myrtaceae) at the Snowy River National Park. In 2002, about 4.5 y after the windstorm, a study documented the effects on E. delegatensis and early understorey succession. In February 2003, wildfire burnt across the windthrow site and we examined the seedling recruitment patterns at windthrow–burn and burn-only sites. Our aim was to document the regeneration of the canopy-dominant E. delegatensis and to confirm that Acacia dealbata is a pioneer species that potentially interferes with or prevents regeneration of E. delegatensis. Permanent transects were established within the windthrow–burn and burn-only sites. The data suggest that the heavily disturbed (mounded) soil at the windthrow site had a strong positive influence on regeneration of both species. By providing favourable growing conditions, the disturbed soil appears to have assisted seedling survival and subsequent growth of the E. delegatensis, despite competition from dense, concurrently established A. dealbata.; C1
- Publisher
- The Institute of Foresters of Australia Inc.
- Relation
- Australian Forestry Vol. 71, no. 1 (2008), p. 48-53
- Rights
- Copyright The Institute of Foresters of Australia Inc.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 0705 Forestry Sciences; Windthrow; Fire; Seedbeds; Regeneration; Survival; Mortality; Topography; Acacia dealbata; Eucalyptus delegatensis
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