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FAN, QING-HAI, and DAVID E. WALTER. "A review of the genus Tycherobius (Acari: Camerobiidae), with descriptions of four new species from Australia." Zootaxa 1121, no. 1 (February 2, 2006): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1121.1.1.

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This is the first review on the genus Tycherobius Bolland since its establishment in 1986. We studied characters of the genus, provide distribution and habitat information, and described four new species from Australia: Tycherobius stipula sp. n., from grasstree litter in Brisbane and wetsandy heath litter in Cooloola, T. australis sp. n., from forest litter in Brisbane, wet-sandy heath litter in Cooloola, T. acicula sp. n., from litter in African Mahogany plantation in Far North Queensland and T. elongata sp. n., from forest litter in Brisbane. We also give a key to adults of the genus.

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Conacher, CA, C. O'Brien, JL Horrocks, and RK Kenyon. "Litter production and accumulation in stressed mangrove communities in the Embley River estuary, north-eastern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 47, no. 5 (1996): 737. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf9960737.

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From March 1993 to March 1994, the three main mangrove communities in the Embley River Estuary (12�37'S, 141�52'E) were studied: Rhizophora forest in the main river channel and in a small creek, and Ceriops forest and Avicennia forest in a small creek. In November 1993, all A. marina trees in the main river channel lost their leaves, and some understorey species in Avicennia forests in tributaries died; this is attributed to environmental stress. This defoliation and death continued for at least a year. The Rhizophora forests were moderately to highly productive of litter, were the tallest, an

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Burrows, N. D. "Flame residence times and rates of weight loss of eucalypt forest fuel particles." International Journal of Wildland Fire 10, no. 2 (2001): 137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf01005.

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Shape, size, composition and arrangement of fuel particles within a fuel array significantly affect the way in which wildland fires behave. Australian eucalypt forest fire behaviour models characterise fine fuels according to the quantity burnt in the flaming zone, and the upper size limit for fine fuel particles is somewhat arbitrarily set at 6 mm for the McArthur Forest Fire Danger Meter and 10 mm for the Forest Fire Behaviour Tables for Western Australia. Flame residence time and rate of weight loss during combustion of dry eucalypt leaves and different dimensions of round wood were measure

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Bowman, DMJS. "Monsoon Forests in North-Western Australia. II. Forest-Savanna Transitions." Australian Journal of Botany 40, no. 1 (1992): 89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt9920089.

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Presence-absence data for tree species in over 1000 quadrats, 10 ° 20m, on 144 transects were analysed by the divisive classificatory program TWINSPAN in order to define wet or dry monsoon forest, ecotone and savanna assemblages. A sorted table revealed that there was continuous floristic variation among these six vegetation types, although the abundance of tree species varied highly significantly between assemblages. Both wet and dry monsoon forests have higher stem densities, greater basal area, more tree species, higher litter cover and lower grass cover than surrounding savannas. Wet monso

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Kelly, Luke T., and Andrew F. Bennett. "Habitat requirements of the yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes) in box - ironbark forest, Victoria, Australia." Wildlife Research 35, no. 2 (2008): 128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr07088.

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Understanding the habitat requirements of a species is critical for effective conservation-based management. In this study, we investigated the influence of forest structure on the distribution of the yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes), a small dasyurid marsupial characteristic of dry forests on the inland side of the Great Dividing Range, Australia. Hair-sampling tubes were used to determine the occurrence of A. flavipes at 60 sites stratified across one of the largest remaining tracts of dry box–ironbark forest in south-eastern Australia. We considered the role of six potential e

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Nugent, Daniel T., Steven W. J. Leonard, and Michael F. Clarke. "Interactions between the superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) and fire in south-eastern Australia." Wildlife Research 41, no. 3 (2014): 203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr14052.

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Context The superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae is thought to be an important ecosystem engineer that, through its foraging, accelerates the decomposition of litter in Eucalyptus forests. Lyrebird foraging is therefore likely to affect forest fuel loads and hence fire behaviour in these fire-prone forests. In turn, fire is likely to reduce the abundance and influence the distribution of lyrebirds. Aims Our goal was to determine the impacts of a major bushfire on the habitat and food sources for the superb lyrebird and the effects of foraging activities of lyrebirds on litter fuel and potent

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Dennis, Andrew J. "Scatter-hoarding by musky rat-kangaroos, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, a tropical rain-forest marsupial from Australia: implications for seed dispersal." Journal of Tropical Ecology 19, no. 6 (October 24, 2003): 619–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467403006023.

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Tropical forests around the world contain animals that scatter-hoard fruits and seeds but few are known in Australian tropical forests. This study used both direct observation and spool-and-line tracking of simulated fruits to demonstrate that Australia's smallest kangaroos disperse large numbers of rain-forest fruits and seeds. They did so in two ways, either by scatter-hoarding or by carrying them away from the source to devour the flesh before dropping the seed on to the litter surface. The fruits used included a range of fruit types but particularly species with large fleshy fruit. Caches

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Gormley, Angela G., Tina L. Bell, and Malcolm Possell. "Non-Additive Effects of Forest Litter on Flammability." Fire 3, no. 2 (May 12, 2020): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire3020012.

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Forest litter is a fuel component that is important for the propagation of fire. Data describing fuel load, structure and fuel condition were gathered for two sites of Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forest, a common vegetation type in the Sydney Basin, Australia. Surface litter from the sites was sorted into its constituent components and used to establish which component or mixture of components were the most flammable using several metrics. A general blending model was used to estimate the effect the different mixtures had on the response of the flammability metrics and identify non-additive

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Parsons, Scott A., and Robert A. Congdon. "Plant litter decomposition and nutrient cycling in north Queensland tropical rain-forest communities of differing successional status." Journal of Tropical Ecology 24, no. 3 (May 2008): 317–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467408004963.

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Abstract:Soil processes are essential in enabling forest regeneration in disturbed landscapes. Little is known about whether litterfall from dominating pioneer species in secondary rain forest is functionally equivalent to that of mixed rain-forest litter in terms of contribution to soil processes. This study used the litterbag technique to quantify the decomposition and nutrient dynamics of leaf litter characteristic of three wet tropical forest communities in the Paluma Range National Park, Queensland, Australia over 511 d. These were: undisturbed primary rain forest (mixed rain-forest speci

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Matthews, S., W. L. McCaw, J. E. Neal, and R. H. Smith. "Testing a process-based fine fuel moisture model in two forest types." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37, no. 1 (January 1, 2007): 23–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x06-207.

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We test the ability of a recently developed process-based fine fuel moisture model to predict the surface and profile moisture content of litter fuels in two types of eucalytpus forest in Western Australia. The model predicts fuel moisture by modelling the energy and water budgets of the litter, intercepted precipitation, and the air spaces in the litter. The model equations are solved using an initial observation of fuel moisture and boundary conditions derived from basic weather observations. Model predictions are compared with twice-daily field observations made from October 1983 to March 1

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Attiwill, P. M., P. M. Attiwill, B. M. May, and B. M. May. "Does nitrogen limit the growth of native eucalypt forests:some observations for mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans)." Marine and Freshwater Research 52, no. 1 (2001): 111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf00046.

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It is often stated that the availability of N limits the rate of growth of native forests. We discuss this hypothesis with particular reference to the mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) forests of south-eastern Australia. The abundance of 15 N in leaves and soil of mountain ash forest is in accord with data for Northern Hemisphere temperate forests and for tropical forests,and indicates that N availability is relatively high.None of the nutrient elements has limited the rate of growth of mountain ash forest regenerating after major disturbance (clear-felling and intense wild-fire). There is som

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D. Majer, J., H. F. Recher, B. E. Heterick, and A. C. Postle. "The canopy, bark, soil and litter invertebrate fauna of the Darling Plateau and adjacent woodland near Perth, Western Australia, with reference to the diversity of forest and woodland invertebrates." Pacific Conservation Biology 7, no. 4 (2001): 229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc020229.

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This paper tables and reports on pooled taxonomic data from three separate research projects involving aspects of eucalypt invertebrate ecology: canopy invertebrates in jarrah and marri forest; bark invertebrates on four eucalypt species in forest and woodland; and soil and litter fauna in jarrah and marri forest. The data support the concept of a high invertebrate biodiversity on and under southwestern eucalypts, with 1 234 adult morphospecies of invertebrates being collected from the bark alone. Despite different trapping methods used in each of the three studies, we were able to find a high

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Butler, Orpheus M., Tom Lewis, and Chengrong Chen. "Fire alters soil labile stoichiometry and litter nutrients in Australian eucalypt forests." International Journal of Wildland Fire 26, no. 9 (2017): 783. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf17072.

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Ecological stoichiometry may be used to investigate the impacts of fire regime, as fire regime can influence the cycling and balance of elements within forest ecosystems. We investigated the effects of fire history on soil and litter stoichiometry in four forest sites in Queensland, Australia. Soil and litter in recently burned areas were compared with those in areas with no recent fire. Effects of burning on concentrations and ratios of multiple pools of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in soil varied between sites, indicating that site and fire regime characteristics regulate thes

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B. Lindenmayer, D., A. W. Claridge, A. M. Gilmore, D. Michael, and B. D. Lindenmayer. "The ecological roles of logs in Australian forests and the potential impacts of harvesting intensification on log-using biota." Pacific Conservation Biology 8, no. 2 (2002): 121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc020121.

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A review is presented of the ecological values of logs in Australian eucalypt forests. Logs are a key component of stand structural complexity and have critical functional roles for forest biodiversity including:- (1) providing nesting and sheltering sites for biota, (2) providing foraging substrates for predators like snakes and predatory invertebrates such as velvet worms, (3) providing basking and hibernation sites for reptiles, (4) facilitating animal movement, (5) providing places for key social behaviours, (6) acting as plant germination sites, (7) providing substrates to promote the gro

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Hegarty, Elwyn E. "Leaf litter production by lianes and trees in a sub-tropical Australian rain forest." Journal of Tropical Ecology 7, no. 2 (May 1991): 201–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467400005356.

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ABSTRACTLeaf litter production by lianes (=lianas) and trees was compared in an evergreen rain forest in subtropical Australia. Several successional stages were represented at the main site. Lianes contributed 2.2% of total basal area (69.6 m2 ha-1) of this site, but 24% of leaf litterfall (5.9–6.5 tha-1 y-2 over two years. Minor year-to-year variation in litterfall was attributed to incidence of severe storms, and drought. Lianes were responsible for about 17% of leaf litterfall in spring, 21% in the summerpeak, and 40% in autumn, more lianes than trees being deciduous. Leaf litter production

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Ward, SJ. "Life-History of the Eastern Pygmy-Possum, Cercartetus-Nanus (Burramyidae, Marsupialia), in South-Eastern Australia." Australian Journal of Zoology 38, no. 3 (1990): 287. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo9900287.

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Populations of Cercartetus nanus were investigated in three areas of Victoria: two areas of Banksia woodland at Wilsons Promontory National Park and an area of mixed eucalypt forest with an under- storey of B. spinulosa at Nar Nar Goon North, east of Melbourne. Most births occurred between November and March, but in areas where the dominant Banksia sp. flowered in winter they took place year-round. Most females produced two litters in a year, but some produced three. Males were reproductively active throughout the year. Litter sizes ranged from two to six, with a modal size of four. Pouch life

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Fan, Qing-Hai, David Evans Walter, and Heather C. Proctor. "A review of the genus Ledermuelleriopsis Willmann (Acari : Prostigmata : Stigmaeidae)." Invertebrate Systematics 17, no. 4 (2003): 551. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/is03009.

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The mite family Stigmaeidae (Acari : Prostigmata) is of considerable importance in biological control, but its genera are often poorly defined and have never been subjected to cladistic analysis. Herein, we report the stigmaeid genus Ledermuelleriopsis Willmann from Australia for the first time, present a preliminary phylogenetic analysis that demonstrates that Eustigmaeus Berlese and Ledermuelleriopsis Willman are distinct, review the genus at the world level, and provide diagnostic characters of the adult females for each of the 21 known species. We also catalogue habitats, distributions and

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Bowman, DMJS, and WJ Panton. "Differences in the Stand Structure of Eucalyptus tetrodonta Forests Between Elcho Island and Gunn-Point, Northern Australia." Australian Journal of Botany 41, no. 2 (1993): 211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt9930211.

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Eucalyptus tetrodonta dominated open forests occur across the northern coast of the Northern Territory. They typically have a well developed grass understorey, scattered saplings, numerous woody sprouts (ramets) and a conspicuous absence of seedlings (genets). We compared a typical E. tetrodonta stand on Gunn Point with an atypical stand on Elcho Island; the forest on Elcho Island had less grass cover, greater canopy and litter cover, a deeper organic layer and higher densities of seedlings, woody sprouts and saplings than on Gunn Point. Gunn Point had a greater number of large E. tetrodonta t

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Grant, Carl D., and John Koch. "Orchid species succession in rehabilitated bauxite mines in Western Australia." Australian Journal of Botany 51, no. 4 (2003): 453. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt02127.

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Twenty-three orchid species were recorded in Alcoa's permanent vegetation-monitoring plots in unmined and rehabilitated jarrah forest. Of these, 22 were identified in the unmined jarrah forest and 20 were recorded in rehabilitated areas of between 1 and 31 years old. Three species (Cyrtostylis ovata, Lyperanthus serratus and Prasophyllum elatum) were only recorded in the unmined forest and one species was only recorded in rehabilitated areas (Diuris carinata). The overall density of native orchids in the forest was 13 755 plants ha–1, 10 times greater than the density in rehabilitated areas (1

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Scarff, F. R., and J. S. Bradley. "Invertebrate prey of the bark-foraging insectivore Phascogale tapoatafa: distribution of biomass amongst alternative foraging substrates within south-western Australian woodlands." Australian Journal of Zoology 54, no. 5 (2006): 335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo05051.

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The bark of trees is an important foraging substrate for a range of vertebrate insectivores. This study aimed to investigate the distribution of food resources available to the bark-foraging insectivore Phascogale tapoatafa, and to compare prey biomass on bark versus the litter layer. We conducted nocturnal sampling for arthropods on tree trunks and litter in a forest in south-western Australia. The bark fauna biomass was dominated by spiders, with cockroaches, beetles and ants also well represented. In contrast, the litter was dominated by orthopterans. Invertebrate biomass was much greater i

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Brandis, Kate, and Carol Jacobson. "Estimation of vegetative fuel loads using Landsat TM imagery in New South Wales, Australia." International Journal of Wildland Fire 12, no. 2 (2003): 185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf03032.

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Fuel loads in forest areas are dependent on vegetation type and the time since the last fire. This paper reports a study on the feasibility of using remotely sensed data to estimate vegetative fuel loads. It describes two methods for estimating fuel loads using Landsat TM data based on equations describing litter accumulation and decomposition. The first method uses classification techniques to predict vegetation types coupled with fire history data to derive current fuel loads. The second method applies a canopy turnover rate to estimate litterfall and subsequently accumulated litter from bio

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Williams, RJ, AM Gill, and PHR Moore. "Seasonal Changes in Fire Behaviour in a Tropical Savanna in Northern Australia." International Journal of Wildland Fire 8, no. 4 (1998): 227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf9980227.

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In a landscape-scale experiment, fires were lit in replicate catchments 15-20 km2 in area, either early in the dry season (June) or late in the dry season (September) between 1990 and 1994. For each fire, Byram-intensity was determined in representative one ha areas of Eucalyptus miniata – E. tetrodonta open-forest, with a ground stratum dominated by annual grasses. Fuel weights were measured by harvest, fuel heat content was assumed to be constant, and the rate of spread was determined using electronic timers. Fuels consisted primarily of grass and leaf litter, and ranged from 1.5 to 13 t ha-

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Nakamura, Akihiro, Carla P. Catterall, Chris J. Burwell, Roger L. Kitching, and Alan P. N. House. "Effects of mulch type and depth on the colonization of habitat patches by soil and litter arthropods." Pacific Conservation Biology 15, no. 3 (2009): 197. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc090197.

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Mulch is widely used to encourage establishment and growth of replanted vegetation in forest restoration. The presence of mulch may also benefit soil and litter dwelling arthropods, but little is known about how recolonizing arthropods respond to different types and quantities of mulch used in forest restoration. We employed a manipulative field experiment to assess the effects of mulch type and depth on the colonization patterns of ants and other soil and litter arthropods in created habitat patches. Experimental habitat patches of 2.5 m x 2.5 m were established by adding sterilized hay (a co

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Bunn, Stuart E. "Processing of leaf litter in a northern jarrah forest stream, Western Australia: I. Seasonal differences." Hydrobiologia 162, no. 3 (May 1988): 201–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00016668.

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George, S. J., R. N. Kelly, P. F. Greenwood, and M. Tibbett. "Soil carbon and litter development along a reconstructed biodiverse forest chronosequence of South-Western Australia." Biogeochemistry 101, no. 1-3 (September 19, 2010): 197–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10533-010-9519-1.

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Walsh, Sean F., Petter Nyman, Gary J. Sheridan, Craig C. Baillie, Kevin G. Tolhurst, and Thomas J. Duff. "Hillslope-scale prediction of terrain and forest canopy effects on temperature and near-surface soil moisture deficit." International Journal of Wildland Fire 26, no. 3 (2017): 191. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf16106.

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Soil moisture has important effects on fuel availability, but is often assessed using drought indices at coarse spatial resolution, without accounting for the fine-scale spatial effects of terrain and canopy variation on forest floor moisture. In this study, we examined the spatial variability of air temperature, litter temperature and near-surface soil moisture (θ, 0–100 mm) using data from field experiments at 17 sites in south-east Australia, covering a range of topographic aspects and vegetation types, within climates from semiarid to wet montane. Temperatures and θ in mountainous environm

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Watson, Penny J., Sandra H. Penman, and Ross A. Bradstock. "A comparison of bushfire fuel hazard assessors and assessment methods in dry sclerophyll forest near Sydney, Australia." International Journal of Wildland Fire 21, no. 6 (2012): 755. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf11034.

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Over the last decade, fire managers in Australia have embraced the concept of ‘fuel hazard’, and guides for its assessment have been produced. The reliability of these new metrics, however, remains to be determined. This study compared fuel hazard ratings generated by five assessment teams using two Australian hazard assessment methods, in two dry sclerophyll forest sites on Sydney’s urban fringe. Attributes that underpin hazard scores, such as cover and height of various fuel layers, were also assessed. We found significant differences between teams on most variables, including hazard scores.

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Gwyther, J. "Nematode assemblages from Avicennia marina leaf litter in a temperate mangrove forest in south-eastern Australia." Marine Biology 142, no. 2 (February 2003): 289–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-002-0944-0.

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Crockford, R. H., and D. P. Richardson. "Decomposition of litter in a dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest and aPinus radiata plantation in southeastern Australia." Hydrological Processes 16, no. 17 (2002): 3317–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.1001.

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Heatherington, C., and M. J. Bishop. "Spatial variation in the structure of mangrove forests with respect to seawalls." Marine and Freshwater Research 63, no. 10 (2012): 926. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf12119.

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Artificial structures, such as seawalls, are increasingly disrupting the transition zones between terrestrial and marine systems. They can impede the transport of resources across habitat boundaries and impact adjacent sedimentary ecosystems by modifying hydrodynamics which, in turn, influence sedimentology and erosion. We assessed how structural elements of Avicennia marina mangrove forests along the Parramatta River estuary, Sydney, Australia, differ in the presence or absence of a seawall on the landward side of the forest. These forests are of importance to resident and transient fauna. Sa

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Crockford, R. H., and D. P. Richardson. "Litterfall, litter and associated chemistry in a dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest and a pine plantation in south-eastern Australia: 1. Litterfall and litter." Hydrological Processes 12, no. 3 (March 15, 1998): 365–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(19980315)12:3<365::aid-hyp588>3.0.co;2-0.

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Hobley, E. U., A. J. L. E. Gay Brereton, and B. Wilson. "Soil charcoal prediction using attenuated total reflectance mid-infrared spectroscopy." Soil Research 55, no. 1 (2017): 86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sr16068.

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Despite strong evidence for the importance of charcoal as a long-term carbon sink in soils, simple methods to quantify charcoal in soil are still lacking. In this study, we tested the application of attenuated total reflectance mid-infrared spectroscopy (ATR-MIR) for quantification of charcoal in soil. To do this, we created calibration samples from defined quantities of pulverised rock, charcoal and litter sampled from a forest floor in Guy Fawkes National Park, New South Wales, Australia, and analysed them via ATR-MIR and dry combustion. The organic carbon concentration (mass proportion) of

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Bateman, Brooke L., and Christopher N. Johnson. "The influences of climate, habitat and fire on the distribution of cockatoo grass (Alloteropsis semialata) (Poaceae) in the Wet Tropics of northern Australia." Australian Journal of Botany 59, no. 4 (2011): 315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt10266.

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Cockatoo grass [Alloteropsis semialata (R.Br.) A. Hitchc.] is considered a keystone species in northern Australian ecosystems as it provides a food resource for many species, including several endangered vertebrates. This study examined both local and regional environmental factors influencing cockatoo grass distribution and abundance in the Wet Tropics of north Queensland, Australia. Local distribution and abundance were investigated in the sclerophyll ecotone between open woodland and tall open forest, because little is known about cockatoo grass distribution within this habitat; also, the e

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Liebherr, James K. "Revision of Tropopterus Solier: A disjunct South American component of the Australo-Pacific Moriomorphini (Coleoptera, Carabidae)." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 66, no. 2 (November 5, 2019): 147–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.66.38022.

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Tropopterus Solier, 1849, precinctive to southern South America, is taxonomically revised. Six new species are described: T. peckorumsp. nov., T. robustussp. nov., T. canaliculussp. nov., T. trisinuatussp. nov., T. minimucrosp. nov., and T. fieldianussp. nov.Merizodus catapileanus Jeannel, 1962, is synonymized with T. montagnei Solier, 1849. Lectotypes are designated for T. montagnei, T. giraudyi Solier, T. duponchelii Solier, and T. nitidus Solier (= T. duponchelii). Tropopterus peruvianus Straneo is noted as a nomen dubium, with its identity and taxonomic placement to be substantiated via ne

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Moore, T. L., L. E. Valentine, M. D. Craig, G. E. S. J. Hardy, and P. A. Fleming. "Is the reptile community affected by Eucalyptus wandoo tree condition?" Wildlife Research 40, no. 5 (2013): 358. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr13015.

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Context Large portions of the world’s forests and woodlands are currently affected by declines in canopy condition of dominant tree species; however, the effects of these declines on faunal communities are largely unknown. Eucalyptus wandoo woodlands in the south-west region of Western Australia have demonstrated declines in condition since the early 1990s. Such declines in tree condition can result in reduced understorey vegetation, increased leaf-litter cover and coarse woody debris, potentially altering the habitat and resource available to reptiles. Prescribed fire events, another mechanis

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Liu, Xiaoying, Robyn J. Watts, Julia A. Howitt, and Nicole McCasker. "Carbon and nutrient release from experimental inundation of agricultural and forested floodplain soil and vegetation: influence of floodplain land use on the development of hypoxic blackwater during floods." Marine and Freshwater Research 71, no. 2 (2020): 213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf18452.

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Overbank floods in modified lowland rivers often inundate a mosaic of different land uses (e.g. forests, crops and pastures) on the floodplain. We used a glasshouse experiment to investigate dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nutrient (TP, NH4+, NOx) releases, chemical oxygen demand (COD) and dissolved oxygen (DO) depletion in water following inundation of soil and vegetation from a lowland river floodplain in southern Australia. Six replicate samples of six intact soil and groundcover treatments were collected during summer; three from a forest (bare soil, wallaby grass and leaf litter) and t

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Liu, Xiaoying, Robyn J. Watts, Julia A. Howitt, and Nicole McCasker. "Corrigendum to: Carbon and nutrient release from experimental inundation of agricultural and forested floodplain soil and vegetation: influence of floodplain land use on the development of hypoxic blackwater during floods." Marine and Freshwater Research 71, no. 2 (2020): 261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf18452_co.

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Overbank floods in modified lowland rivers often inundate a mosaic of different land uses (e.g. forests, crops and pastures) on the floodplain. We used a glasshouse experiment to investigate dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nutrient (TP, NH4+, NOx) releases, chemical oxygen demand (COD) and dissolved oxygen (DO) depletion in water following inundation of soil and vegetation from a lowland river floodplain in southern Australia. Six replicate samples of six intact soil and groundcover treatments were collected during summer; three from a forest (bare soil, wallaby grass and leaf litter) and t

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Carlyle, J. Clive, and EK Sadanandan Nambiar. "Relationships between net nitrogen mineralization, properties of the forest floor and mineral soil, and wood production in Pinus radiata plantations." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31, no. 5 (May 1, 2001): 889–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x01-008.

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We examined the relationship between net nitrogen (N) mineralization (subsequently termed N mineralization) in the forest floor and mineral soil (00.15 m) of 20 Pinus radiata D. Don plantations ranging in age from 23 to 59 years, how mineralization was influenced by soil properties, and its relationship to wood production. Forest floor properties had a narrower relative range than the same set of mineral soil properties. Total N in the litter layer was 5.09.5 g·kg1 compared with 0.232.53 g·kg1 in mineral soil. Laboratory rates of net N mineralization ranged between 1.1 and 9.7 mg·kg1·day

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Roxburgh, S. H., B. G. Mackey, C. Dean, L. Randall, A. Lee, and J. Austin. "Organic carbon partitioning in soil and litter in subtropical woodlands and open forests: a case study from the Brigalow Belt, Queensland." Rangeland Journal 28, no. 2 (2006): 115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rj05015.

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A woodland–open forest landscape within the Brigalow Belt South bioregion of Queensland, Australia, was surveyed for soil organic carbon, soil bulk density and soil-surface fine-litter carbon. Soil carbon stocks to 30 cm depth across 14 sites, spanning a range of soil and vegetation complexes, ranged from 10.7 to 61.8 t C/ha, with an overall mean of 36.2 t C/ha. Soil carbon stocks to 100 cm depth ranged from 19.4 to 150.5 t C/ha, with an overall mean of 72.9 t C/ha. The standing stock of fine litter ranged from 1.0 to 7.0 t C/ha, with a mean of 2.6 t C/ha, and soil bulk density averaged 1.4 g/

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Beaulieu, Frédéric. "Saproxyly in predatory mites? Mesostigmata in decaying log habitats versus litter in a wet eucalypt forest, Tasmania, Australia." International Journal of Acarology 38, no. 4 (May 2012): 313–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2011.647072.

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Zhang, Li, Zhihong Xu, and Bharat K. C. Patel. "Frondicola australicus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from decaying leaf litter from a pine forest." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57, no. 6 (June 1, 2007): 1177–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64560-0.

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An aerobic bacterium, designated strain E1HC-02T, was isolated from the decaying leaf litter of a slash pine forest located in southeast Queensland, Australia. Cells of strain E1HC-02T were short irregular rods (0.5–1.0×0.2–0.4 μm) which stained Gram-positive and possessed a cell-wall ultrastructure which appeared to be made of protein subunits. The novel strain grew optimally in 1 % trypticase soy broth (TSB) at 25 °C and at a pH of 9.1. Strain E1HC-02T metabolized a range of carbohydrates, organic acids and amino acids. The G+C content of the DNA was 71±1 mol% as determined by the thermal de

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Collins, Margaret, Mark Brundrett, John Koch, and Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam. "Colonisation of jarrah forest bauxite-mine rehabilitation areas by orchid mycorrhizal fungi." Australian Journal of Botany 55, no. 6 (2007): 653. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt06170.

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Orchids require mycorrhizal fungi for germination of seed and growth of seedlings. The colonisation of bauxite-mine rehabilitation areas by orchids is therefore dependent on the availability of both seed and mycorrhizal fungi. Orchid mycorrhizal fungi baiting trials were carried out in rehabilitation areas that were 1, 10 and 26 years old (established in 2001, 1992 and 1976) and adjacent unmined jarrah forest areas at Jarrahdale, Western Australia. Fungal baits consisted of buried six-chambered nylon-mesh packets containing seed of six jarrah forest orchid taxa, Caladenia flava subsp. flava R.

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O'Connell, AM, and WL McCaw. "Prescribed Burning of Thinning Slash in Regrowth Stands of Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) .2. Nitrogen Budgets in Pre- and Post-Burn Fuel." International Journal of Wildland Fire 7, no. 1 (1997): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf9970041.

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Changes in nitrogen content of fuel were investigated following eight low to moderate intensity experimental fires conducted under a range of fire weather conditions in a recently thinned 22-year-old regrowth stand of karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor F. Muell) in Western Australia. The average amount of dead fuel < 100 mm in diameter present before burning was 76 t/ha (range 50 to 107 t/ha). The amount of live fuel was small, with a mean of 4 t/ha. Forest floor litter, consisting of fresh and partly decomposed dead leaves and fine twigs (< 6 mm diameter) contributed about 30% of total fuel

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SHAW, MATTHEW D. "Re-evaluation of Pseudoparasitus (Gymnolaelaps) annectans (Womersley): a new genus and two new species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae)." Zootaxa 3453, no. 1 (September 5, 2012): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3453.1.2.

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Pseudoparasitus (Gymnolaelaps) annectans (Womersley) and two new species are assigned to a new genus, Nidilaelaps.Nidilaelaps has a number of important differences from Pseudoparasitus and other genera that Nidilaelaps annectans hasbeen previously assigned to, but shares characters with Australopapuan vertebrate-associated taxa, particularly the“Androlaelaps” ulysses species group and Laelapsella Womersley. Nidilaelaps annectans is common in a variety ofmammal and bird nests and also in forest litter. The two new species (N. holdsworthi sp. nov., N. lisae sp. nov.) arerecorded from mammals, bi

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Crockford, R. H., and D. P. Richardson. "Litterfall, litter and associated chemistry in a dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest and a pine plantation in south-eastern Australia: 2. Nutrient recycling by litter, throughfall and stemflow." Hydrological Processes 12, no. 3 (March 15, 1998): 385–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(19980315)12:3<385::aid-hyp589>3.0.co;2-w.

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Moore, T. L., L. E. Valentine, M. D. Craig, G. E. St J. Hardy, and P. A. Fleming. "Does woodland condition influence the diversity and abundance of small mammal communities?" Australian Mammalogy 36, no. 1 (2014): 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am13007.

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Loss of mammal species in Australia in the last 200 years has been attributed to many factors including habitat removal and altered fire regimes. Decline in tree condition could contribute further to the ongoing decline of mammals. Eucalyptus wandoo trees are currently undergoing a decline in condition that can result in a loss of canopy and other changes to the habitat. This paper examines the relationships between E. wandoo tree condition, habitat characteristics and small mammal species richness and abundance. Live-capture trapping was conducted at 24 E. wandoo sites at Dryandra State Fores

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Mcilroy, JC, EJ Gifford, and RI Forrester. "Seasonal Patterns in Bait Consumption by Feral Pigs (Sus Scrofa) in the Hill Country of South-Eastern Australia." Wildlife Research 20, no. 5 (1993): 637. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9930637.

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Both fermenting wheat and bran/pollard pellets were readily accepted as bait throughout the year by feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in Namadgi National Park, Australian Capital Territory. Birds mainly ate wheat bait, particularly during winter. Other animals occasionally fed on both types of bait, mainly during autumn and winter. Covering baits with forest-floor litter did not significantly affect their discovery and consumption by pigs or by other animals. The proximity of the pigs to the bait line and their appetite for bait appeared to be the main factors responsible for seasonal differences in bai

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Majer, Jonathan D. "Ant recolonization of rehabilitated bauxite mines at Trombetas, Pará, Brazil." Journal of Tropical Ecology 12, no. 2 (March 1996): 257–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467400009445.

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ABSTRACTAnt species were sampled in three rainforest and 10 rehabilitated bauxite mine plots at Trombetas, in the tropical monsoonal region of Brazil. Rehabilitation ranged from 0 to 11 years in age and was mainly performed by planting mixed native forest tree species. One plot supported single-species blocks of Australian Eucalyptus and Acacia species. Two hundred and six ant species were recorded, of which 82 were exclusively found in the native vegetation, 54 were confined to the rehabilitation and 70 were found in both situations. In contrast with other studies, ant species richness in the

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Possell, M., M. Jenkins, T. L. Bell, and M. A. Adams. "Emissions from prescribed fires in temperate forest in south-east Australia: implications for carbon accounting." Biogeosciences 12, no. 1 (January 15, 2015): 257–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-257-2015.

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Abstract. We estimated emissions of carbon, as equivalent CO2 (CO2e), from planned fires in four sites in a south-eastern Australian forest. Emission estimates were calculated using measurements of fuel load and carbon content of different fuel types, before and after burning, and determination of fuel-specific emission factors. Median estimates of emissions for the four sites ranged from 20 to 139 Mg CO2e ha−1. Variability in estimates was a consequence of different burning efficiencies of each fuel type from the four sites. Higher emissions resulted from more fine fuel (twigs, decomposing ma

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Possell, M., M. Jenkins, T. L. Bell, and M. A. Adams. "Emissions from prescribed fire in temperate forest in south-east Australia: implications for carbon accounting." Biogeosciences Discussions 11, no. 9 (September 23, 2014): 13809–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-11-13809-2014.

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Abstract. We estimated of emissions of carbon, as CO2-equivalents, from planned fire in four sites in a south-eastern Australian forest. Emission estimates were calculated using measurements of fuel load and carbon content of different fuel types, before and after burning, and determination of fuel-specific emission factors. Median estimates of emissions for the four sites ranged from 20 to 139 T CO2–e ha−1. Variability in estimates was a consequence of different burning efficiencies of each fuel type from the four sites. Higher emissions resulted from more fine fuel (twigs, decomposing matter

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