TY  - JOUR
A1  - Clarke, Peter J.
A1  - Knox, Kirsten J. E.
A1  - Campbell, Monica L.
A1  - Copeland, Lachlan M.
T1  - Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion
T2  - Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia
N2  - The resprouting response of plant species to fire is a key life history trait that has profound effects on post-fire population dynamics and community composition. This study documents the post-fire response (resprouting and maturation times) of woody species in six contrasting formations in the New England Tableland Bioregion of eastern Australia. Rainforest had the highest proportion of resprouting woody taxa and rocky outcrops had the lowest. Surprisingly, no significant difference in the median maturation length was found among habitats, but the communities varied in the range of maturation times. Within these communities, seedlings of species killed by fire, mature faster than seedlings of species that resprout. The slowest maturing species were those that have canopy held seed banks and were killed by fire, and these were used as indicator species to examine fire immaturity risk. Finally, we examine whether current fire management immaturity thresholds appear to be appropriate for these communities and find they need to be amended.
Y1  - 2009
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29329
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-293295
SN  - 2200-405X
SN  - 0727-9620
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
SP  - 221
EP  - 239
PB  - Mount Annan Botanic Garden, The Administration Officer
CY  - Mount Annan, NSW
ER  -