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Fire-driven loss of obligate seeder forests in the Alps
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Bowman, D and Prior, L, Fire-driven loss of obligate seeder forests in the Alps, Hot Topics in Ecology (2018) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]
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Abstract
- Since 2003, multiple high-severity wildfires in short succession have locally eliminated obligate-seeding alpine ash forests in parts of the Australian Alps.
- Aerial seeding of burnt areas can re-establish alpine ash in the winter following fire, but it is costly and depends on harvested seed stores: seed supplies are probably negatively affected by climate change.
- Regenerating forests are vulnerable to wildfire, made more likely under climate change.
- Protecting surviving mature forests must be a management priority.
Item Details
Item Type: | Contribution to Refereed Journal |
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Keywords: | Eucalyptus delegatensis, high severity fire, montane forest |
Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Ecology |
Research Field: | Terrestrial ecology |
Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
Objective Group: | Natural hazards |
Objective Field: | Natural hazards not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Bowman, D (Professor David Bowman) |
UTAS Author: | Prior, L (Dr Lynda Prior) |
ID Code: | 129082 |
Year Published: | 2018 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 1 |
Deposited By: | Plant Science |
Deposited On: | 2018-11-08 |
Last Modified: | 2018-11-30 |
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