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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">The Tasmanian endemic shrub, Acacia axillaris: conservation ecology applied to the question of rarity or vulnerability</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Lynch, A.J.J.</span> and <span class="person_name">Gilfedder, L.</span> and <span class="person_name">Kirkpatrick, J.B.</span> (1999) <xhtml:em>The Tasmanian endemic shrub, Acacia axillaris: conservation ecology applied to the question of rarity or vulnerability.</xhtml:em> Australian Journal of Botany, 47 (1). pp. 97-109. ISSN 0067-1924</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2746/1/lynch.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2746/1/lynch.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />163Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="3613" name="docid" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT96137">http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT96137</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Acacia axillaris Benth. had been recommended for downgrading from a conservation status of vulnerable to one of rare in response to changed knowledge of its distribution. Ecological investigations of its phytosociology, stand structure, germination requirements, soil seed store and response to fire and disturbance indicate, however, that it is susceptible to elimination by fire regimes that allow the survival of most of its co-occurring species and most other Australian species of Acacia. The species is also vulnerable to land clearance and weed competition in the lowland part of its range, which is largely on private land.A. axillaris may be a refugial species, better suited to glacial Tasmania than to interglacial Tasmania. On ecological evidence, the species should retain its conservation status of vulnerable to extinction.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">The definitive version is available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/65.htm</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/300805.html">300000 Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences > 300800 Environmental Sciences > 300805 Conservation</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2746</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Professor J.B. Kirkpatrick</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">10 Jan 2008 22:56</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">10 Jan 2008 22:57</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2746;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2746">item control page</a></p>
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