How significant is the plant biodiversity of localised patches of heathy vegetation growing on low fertility soils on the hills and ranges and adjacent inland of southern Queensland?

Peter Young

doi:10.25907/00213

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How significant is the plant biodiversity of localised patches of heathy vegetation growing on low fertility soils on the hills and ranges and adjacent inland of southern Queensland?

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How significant is the plant biodiversity of localised patches of heathy vegetation growing on low fertility soils on the hills and ranges and adjacent inland of southern Queensland?

Peter Young

University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland

Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Sunshine Coast

2016

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https://doi.org/10.25907/00213

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Abstract

Northeastern subtropics Australia

heathland

sclerophyllous shrubby ecosystems

endemism

disjunction

persistence

rarity

vegetal patterns

fire

substrate

This study investigates the occurrence of scattered patches of fire-prone sclerophyllous shrubby (heathy) vegetation confined to infertile soil landscapes in a geographical area defined by a Köppen Cfa sub-tropical climate. The region extends from the long-recognised McPherson-Macleay Overlap and New England Tableland north-west to the edge of the sandstone massif of the Carnarvon Range on the margins of the semi-arid interior of central-eastern Australia. It lies north of the major occurrence of sclerophyllous shrubby vegetation within eastern Australia. Coastal parts of the region are recognised as supporting a distinctive heath flora known as the "wallum". However the remainder of the area has been largely overlooked as a centre containing a definable sclerophyllous shrubby flora. The overall goal of the investigation, therefore, is to determine the extent and nature of the regional heath-type diversity and to place it within broader biogeographical and ecological contexts.

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Title: How significant is the plant biodiversity of localised patches of heathy vegetation growing on low fertility soils on the hills and ranges and adjacent inland of southern Queensland?
Authors: Peter Young
Contributors: Alison Shapcott (Supervisor)
Awarding institution: University of the Sunshine Coast
Degree awarded: Doctor of Philosophy
Publisher: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
DOI: 10.25907/00213
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; GeneCology Research Centre - Legacy; Academic Support Unit; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451149802621
Output Type: Dissertation

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