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- since burning. These data were used to test for convergence in vegetation characteristics through time between the
- areas burned in 1947 and those burned in 1962 and to determine whether lifeform is a reasonable predictor of the
- successional dynamics of species. While convergence largely prevailed, some lifeforms and species diverged and
- lifeform was generally a poor predictor of species responses. For example, size class analyses of the larger shrub
- species indicated a wide variety of successional responses to fire. The tall shrubs on Mt Wellington have higher
- percentages of tolerators and species relying on the soil seed store for postfire regeneration than physiognomically
- similar vegetation in more fire-prone environments. Fifty-one years after fire, there is evidence of continuing
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- areas burned in 1947 and those burned in 1962 and to determine whether lifeform is a reasonable predictor of the
- successional dynamics of species. While convergence largely prevailed, some lifeforms and species diverged and
- lifeform was generally a poor predictor of species responses. For example, size class analyses of the larger shrub
- species indicated a wide variety of successional responses to fire. The tall shrubs on Mt Wellington have higher
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- <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Succession after fire in alpine vegetation on Mount Wellington, Tasmania</h1>
- <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Kirkpatrick, J.B.</span> and <span class="person_name">Bridle, K.</span> and <span class="person_name">Wild, A.</span> (2002) <xhtml:em>Succession after fire in alpine vegetation on Mount Wellington, Tasmania.</xhtml:em> Australian Journal of Botany, 50 . pp. 145-154. 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/2264/1/kirkpatrick.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/2264/1/kirkpatrick.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />515Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="2859" 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/BT00081">http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT00081</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">The vegetation on either side of fire boundaries in the alpine zone of Mount Wellington, Tasmania, was
- surveyed in 1978 and 1998. This combination of spatial and temporal sampling gave data for 16, 31, 36 and 51 years
- since burning. These data were used to test for convergence in vegetation characteristics through time between the
- areas burned in 1947 and those burned in 1962 and to determine whether lifeform is a reasonable predictor of the
- successional dynamics of species. While convergence largely prevailed, some lifeforms and species diverged and
- lifeform was generally a poor predictor of species responses. For example, size class analyses of the larger shrub
- species indicated a wide variety of successional responses to fire. The tall shrubs on Mt Wellington have higher
- percentages of tolerators and species relying on the soil seed store for postfire regeneration than physiognomically
- similar vegetation in more fire-prone environments. Fifty-one years after fire, there is evidence of continuing
- floristic and structural change in the alpine vegetation that may be partly related to recent climatic warming</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">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270799.html">270000 Biological Sciences > 270700 Ecology and Evolution > 270799 Ecology and Evolution not elsewhere classified</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2264</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">22 Oct 2007 11:29</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</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=2264;">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=2264">item control page</a></p>
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