The effect of clearfell logging on tree-ferns in Victorian Wet Forest
The effect of clearfell logging on tree-ferns in Victorian Wet Forest
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砍伐对维多利亚湿森林中树蕨的影响
DOI:
10.1080/00049158.1996.10674687
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Anna Murphy
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文献类型:
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作者:
K. Ough;Anna Murphy
Abstract The Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) is evaluating the effects of logging on understorey flora, with a view to maintaining the long term ecological integrity of forest environments. An important aspect of this research has been investigations into the effect of clearfell logging practices on tree-fern survival. The tree-ferns Dicksonia antarctica and Cyathea australis are characteristic understorey species of Victorian Wet Forests. Tree-fern trunks are a major substratum for many epiphytic species and are an establishment site for some tree and shrub species. Dicksonia antarctica and C. australis can generally survive wildfire, but several researchers have reported low tree-fern occurrence in clearfelled areas. This study quantifies the effects of clearfelling on D. antarctica and C. australis one coupe in the Toolangi State Forest. Tree-ferns were monitored on five 30 x 30 m plots from before a clearfell operation to two and a half years after the operation. The tr...