Sign in to use this feature.

Years

Between: -

Subjects

remove_circle_outline
remove_circle_outline

Journals

Article Types

Countries / Regions

Search Results (1)

Search Parameters:
Keywords = Orites revoluta

Order results
Result details
Results per page
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:
16 pages, 21733 KB  
Article
Demographic Effects of Severe Fire in Montane Shrubland on Tasmania’s Central Plateau
by Judy A. Foulkes, Lynda D. Prior, Steven W. J. Leonard and David M. J. S. Bowman
Fire 2021, 4(3), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/fire4030032 - 24 Jun 2021
Cited by 11 | Viewed by 5147
Abstract
Australian montane sclerophyll shrubland vegetation is widely considered to be resilient to infrequent severe fire, but this may not be the case in Tasmania. Here, we report on the vegetative and seedling regeneration response of a Tasmanian non-coniferous woody montane shrubland following a [...] Read more.
Australian montane sclerophyll shrubland vegetation is widely considered to be resilient to infrequent severe fire, but this may not be the case in Tasmania. Here, we report on the vegetative and seedling regeneration response of a Tasmanian non-coniferous woody montane shrubland following a severe fire, which burned much of the Great Pine Tier in the Central Plateau Conservation Area during the 2018–2019 fire season when a historically anomalously large area was burned in central Tasmania. Our field survey of a representative area burned by severe crown fire revealed that more than 99% of the shrubland plants were top-killed, with only 5% of the burnt plants resprouting one year following the fire. Such a low resprouting rate means the resilience of the shrubland depends on seedling regeneration from aerial and soil seedbanks or colonization from plants outside the burned area. Woody species’ seedling densities were variable but generally low (25 m2). The low number of resprouters, and reliance on seedlings for recovery, suggest the shrubland may not be as resilient to fire as mainland Australian montane shrubland, particularly given a warming climate and likely increase in fire frequency. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bushfire in Tasmania)
Show Figures

Figure 1

Back to TopTop