TY  - JOUR
A1  - Stafford, M. J.
A1  - Eldridge, D. J.
T1  - Vegetation, soils and management of "Zara" : a sandhill remnant on the Riverine Plain
T2  - Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia
N2  - The "Zara" exclosure (approximately 35°10'21''S, 144°41'59''E) is on a source-bordering dune on the Riverine Plain north of Deniliquin. The vegetation of this sandhill closely represents the original vegetation that once covered sandhills of the south-west Riverina prior to European occupation. Three vegetation communities comprising six associated Map Units were defined by cluster analysis within the 60 ha exclosure. These were the Callitris Mixed Woodland (Map Units 1, 2, 3, and 6), the Black Box Woodland (Map Unit 5) and the White-top Grassland (Map Unit 4). Seventy-seven taxa were recorded during the survey, and the vegetation was dominated by species from the families Chenopodiaceae and Poaceae. Three shrubs, the exotic weed Lycium ferocissimum and the natives Rhagodia spinescens and Enchylaena tomentosa occurred at more than 75% of sites. The distribution of vegetation communities was strongly associated with attributes of the soil (e.g. soil texture and organic carbon) and plant and litter cover. Vegetation communities occupying remnant sandhills such as the "Zara" exclosure are some of the most vulnerable communities on the Riverine Plain.
Y1  - 2000
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/36792
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-367925
SN  - 0727-9620
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
SP  - 717
EP  - 746
ER  -