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Vegetation-radiation relationships in the wet-dry tropics: Granite hills in northern Australia
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Kirkpatrick, JB and Fensham, RJ and Nunez, M and Bowman, DMJS, Vegetation-radiation relationships in the wet-dry tropics: Granite hills in northern Australia, Vegetatio, 76, (3) pp. 103-112. ISSN 0042-3106 (1988) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
A model of direct and diffuse solar radiation on slopes of varying angle and aspect suggests that radiation differences within hilly terrain are maximized in the beginning of the dry season in the monsoon tropics. The differences between north and south facing slopes are greater than those found during the summer in the temperate zone. Within a study area near Mt. Bundey, Northern Territory, floristic and structural vegetational variability is closely related to June radiation as estimated by the model. However, the distribution patterns
of monsoon thicket and eucalypt forest relate more to relative fire protection than to the effects of incident radiation on temporal patterns of moisture availability. Within both major formations, site rockiness is an important influence on vegetation floristics and structure, both for fire protection and through its influence on moisture availability.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Aspect - Eucalyptus - Fire - Forest - Monsoon - Northern Territory - Radiation - Rockiness |
Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Ecology |
Research Field: | Ecology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Other environmental management |
Objective Field: | Other environmental management not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Kirkpatrick, JB (Professor James Kirkpatrick) |
UTAS Author: | Nunez, M (Dr Manuel Nunez) |
UTAS Author: | Bowman, DMJS (Professor David Bowman) |
ID Code: | 69101 |
Year Published: | 1988 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 22 |
Deposited By: | Plant Science |
Deposited On: | 2011-04-19 |
Last Modified: | 2011-06-22 |
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