Association of five Austrodanthonia species (family Poaceae) with large and small scale environmental features in central western New South Wales
- Twenty-eight natural populations of Wallaby Grasses, Austrodanthonia species, in central western New South Wales were sampled and species presence related to a suite of environmental characteristics. An average of 12 plants were selectively sampled from each population; most populations consisted of at least four out of five species, Austrodanthonia bipartita, A. caespitosa, A. eriantha, A. fulva and A. setacea. Numerous ecological factors allowed the widespread co-occurrence of these closely-related species. Large-scale rainfall and climatic factors were correlated with species-presence but no universal small-scale site environmental variables were important for all species. The most widespread species was Austrodanthonia caespitosa and environmental variations at a local site scale, depending on exposure to solar radiation, may at least partially overcome regional rainfall and climate influences.
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| Author: | Cathy M. Waters, Gavin Melville, Surrey Jacobs |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-293342 |
| ISSN: | 2200-405X |
| ISSN: | 0727-9620 |
| Parent Title (English): | Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia |
| Publisher: | Mount Annan Botanic Garden, The Administration Officer |
| Place of publication: | Mount Annan, NSW |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2013/04/19 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2009 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2013/04/19 |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Page Number: | 16 |
| First Page: | 65 |
| Last Page: | 80 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 337664765 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 58 Pflanzen (Botanik) / 580 Pflanzen (Botanik) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Cunninghamia : A Journal of Plant Ecology for Eastern Australia / Cunninghamia : A Journal of Plant Ecology for Eastern Australia, Volume 11, Issue 1 (2009) |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-296661 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
