TY  - JOUR
A1  - Moxham, Claire
A1  - Turner, Vivienne
A1  - Walker, Gidja
A1  - Douglas, Imelda
T1  - 28 years of vegetation change (1978 – 2006) in a calcareous coastal dune system
T2  - Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia
N2  - Changes in vegetation structure and composition over a 28 year period (1978–2006) following removal of human-induced disturbances, were examined in a calcareous coastal dune system in Point Nepean National Park (380 19’S, 1440 41’E) in south-eastern Victoria, Australia. In the early 1980s human habitation of Point Nepean was abandoned and disturbance regimes such as burning, slashing and land clearing were altered or removed, providing an opportunity to study the recovery of disturbed coastal vegetation. Broad-scale and community-level vegetation changes were assessed by comparing quadrat and GIS mapping data from 1978 with data collected in 2006. Results indicate a change in broad vegetation patterns; shrubland vegetation has replaced hind dune grasslands and disturbed areas and there has been a decrease in exposed coastal areas (such as blowouts, dunes and cliffs), and an increase in woody native species and highly invasive woody weeds. The changes highlight the importance of incorporating vegetation states in planning management actions in dynamic coastal vegetation.
Y1  - 2010
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29314
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-293143
SN  - 2200-405X
SN  - 0727-9620
VL  - 11
IS  - 4
SP  - 445
EP  - 456
PB  - Mount Annan Botanic Garden, The Administration Officer
CY  - Mount Annan, NSW
ER  -