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Ji, Fei, Nidhi Nishant, Jason P. Evans, Alejandro Di Di Luca, Giovanni Di Di Virgilio, Kevin K. W. Cheung, Eugene Tam, Kathleen Beyer, and Matthew L. Riley. "Rapid Warming in the Australian Alps from Observation and NARCliM Simulations." Atmosphere 13, no. 10 (October 14, 2022): 1686. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos13101686.

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The Australian Alps are the highest mountain range in Australia, which are important for biodiversity, energy generation and winter tourism. Significant increases in temperature in the past decades has had a huge impact on biodiversity and ecosystem in this region. In this study, observed temperature is used to assess how temperature changed over the Australian Alps and surrounding areas. We also use outputs from two generations of NARCliM (NSW and Australian Regional Climate Modelling) to investigate spatial and temporal variation of future changes in temperature and its extremes. The results show temperature increases faster for the Australian Alps than the surrounding areas, with clear spatial and temporal variation. The changes in temperature and its extremes are found to be strongly correlated with changes in albedo, which suggests faster warming in cool season might be dominated by decrease in albedo resulting from future changes in natural snowfall and snowpack. The warming induced reduction in future snow cover in the Australian Alps will have a significant impact on this region.

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Johnston, Frances M., and Catherine M. Pickering. "Alien Plants in the Australian Alps." Mountain Research and Development 21, no. 3 (August 2001): 284–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/0276-4741(2001)021[0284:apitaa]2.0.co;2.

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Zylstra, Philip John. "Flammability dynamics in the Australian Alps." Austral Ecology 43, no. 5 (March 13, 2018): 578–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12594.

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Good, Roger. "Ecologically Sustainable Development in the Australian Alps." Mountain Research and Development 15, no. 3 (August 1995): 251. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3673932.

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Beeton, Nicholas J., and Christopher N. Johnson. "Modelling horse management in the Australian Alps." Ecological Management & Restoration 20, no. 1 (January 2019): 57–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12350.

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König, U. "Climate change and snow tourism in Australia." Geographica Helvetica 54, no. 3 (September 30, 1999): 147–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gh-54-147-1999.

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Abstract. This paper examines impacts of climate change as outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCQ on the snow-reliability ofthe Australian ski fields. It is shown that with a «best case» climate scenario for the Australian Alps, all but one resort (Mt Baw Baw) would have at least 60 days of natural snowcover in 2030 and would therefore still be snow-reliable. With a «worst case» scenario in 2070 on the other hand, none of Australia's current ski resorts would be able to operate a profitable ski industry. Possible adaptation strategies of the ski industry to climate change are suggested. It is demonstrated that the more technical adaptation strategies such as snow-making, super-grooming, and snow-farming are well-developed in Australia, while clearly not enough has been done in both the development of non-snow related activities in winter and an enhanced all-season Visitation. This paper therefore argues that Australian ski resorts need to diversify more than they do today or they will ultimately close due to the negative effects of climate change.

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Doherty, Michael D., A. Malcolm Gill, Geoffrey J. Cary, and Mike P. Austin. "Seed viability of early maturing alpine ash (Eucalyptus delegatensis subsp. delegatensis) in the Australian Alps, south-eastern Australia, and its implications for management under changing fire regimes." Australian Journal of Botany 65, no. 7 (2017): 517. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt17068.

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Eucalyptus delegatensis R.T. Baker subsp. delegatensis is an interval-sensitive, fire-killed eucalypt that dominates large tracts of montane forest in the Australian Alps. Although it has been widely accepted in forest management that E. delegatensis takes 20 years to flower and fruit after stand-replacing fire events, recent observations after high intensity fires in the Australian Alps have shown that early flowering and fruiting is occurring from what can be termed ‘precocious’ individuals in some areas. In some instances, early flowering and fruit set is occurring within 6 years after stand-replacing fire. One historical study in the Australian Capital Territory had noted that such seed was viable, but we found no reported experiments documenting this or detailing the degree of viability. Here we discuss the results of a germination experiment undertaken on seed collected from Namadgi National Park from early-maturing alpine ash trees. Although at the low end of known viability estimates for E. delegatensis, seed from these individuals was nonetheless found to be viable, with a mean of 455 (s.d. = 139) germinants per 10 g of chaff and seed mix. We discuss this result in relation to fire management in the Australian Alps and suggest further research that needs to be undertaken to better document and understand the phenomenon.

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Stoeckl, Natalie, and Trevor Mules. "A Travel Cost Analysis of the Australian Alps." Tourism Economics 12, no. 4 (December 2006): 495–518. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000006779320006.

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Foster, C. N., and B. C. Scheele. "Feral-horse impacts on corroboree frog habitat in the Australian Alps." Wildlife Research 46, no. 2 (2019): 184. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr18093.

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Context Introduced herbivores can have a substantial impact on native plants and animals, particularly in ecosystems that do not share a recent evolutionary history with similar herbivore species. The feral horse, Equus caballus, has a widespread but patchy distribution in Australia, with large populations present in national parks in the Australian Alps. There are few peer-reviewed studies of the impacts of feral horses on ecosystems in this region. However, impacts could be substantial, particularly in wetland and riparian environments that are focal points for horse activity and sensitive to trampling and physical disturbance. Aims In the present study, we used replicated horse exclosures to investigate the effects of feral horses on breeding habitat of the critically endangered northern corroboree frog, Pseudophryne pengilleyi, in the Australian Alps. Methods Pseudophryne pengilleyi constructs nests and lays eggs in dense litter surrounding small, seasonally flooded wetland pools. In 2010, we sampled the litter depth adjacent to pools at eight long-term P. pengilleyi monitoring sites. In 2011, horse exclosures were established at each of the eight sites, such that less than half of the wetland area was inside the exclosure. In 2015, we measured litter depth surrounding pools inside and outside the exclosures, as well as at three additional sites where feral horses were absent. Key results We found that the pool-edge litter was 1.9 times deeper in areas without horses (inside horse-exclosure plots and horse-free sites) than in areas accessible to horses (unfenced areas in horse-occupied sites). Conclusions Our study has presented experimental evidence that horse grazing and trampling reduce breeding-habitat quality for P. pengilleyi, which could result in reduced reproduction success. Implications Ensuring the persistence of high-quality habitat is crucial for the conservation of P. pengilleyi, particularly given the severity of the decline of this species associated with chytrid fungus. Our results have provided direct evidence of a negative feral-horse impact on the habitat of a threatened animal species in the Australian Alps.

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Grover, S. P. P., B. M. McKenzie, J. A. Baldock, and W. A. Papst. "Chemical characterisation of bog peat and dried peat of the Australian Alps." Soil Research 43, no. 8 (2005): 963. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sr04014.

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The importance of bogs in the catchment hydrology of the Australian Alps has been long recognised but little studied. Damaged bogs are thought to be the source of dried peats now common throughout the Alps. We described the characteristics of a bog peat and a dried peat, to better understand the relationship between the two. Standard chemical properties of peat were measured: pH, loss on ignition, gravimetric contents of carbon and nitrogen, and electrical conductivity. We also measured the concentrations of total and plant-available elements, and the chemical composition of the organic carbon, leading to a measure of the extent of decomposition. The results suggest that this is a typical Sphagnum bog peat—low pH, high carbon content—and the distribution of carbon groups and other elements reflect the stable water source of this groundwater-fed Sphagnum bog. The properties of the dried peat were most similar to the catotelm (lower layer) of the bog peat. This resemblance, combined with decades of field observations, indicates that dried peat may form from the catotelm of bog peat, after the acrotelm (upper layer) dries and erodes. These results have implications for the management of Alps catchments, and further studies are needed to ascertain the hydrologic and carbon cycling roles of organic soils in the Australian Alps.

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Good, R. B. "1—Les Alpes australiennes / The Australian Alps (texte disponible en français et en anglais)." Revue de géographie alpine 80, no. 2 (1992): 39–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/rga.1992.3666.

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Cumming, Suzanne. "Snow. A Natural History; an uncertain Future." Pacific Conservation Biology 4, no. 3 (1998): 273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc980273.

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Alpine and subalpine environments are extremely restricted in Australia, with the highest peaks of the Australian Alps occurring well below the theoretical altitudinal range necessary for a permanent snow cover. The alpine environment also suffers from a lack of continuity, emphasized by the break between the mainland and Tasmanian alpine communities. There is a major concern for the snow country of Australia and the organisms which inhabit, and are totally dependent on, the snow. These environments are under threat from predicted global warming from the enhanced greenhouse effect, leading to a loss of snow cover. Australia is facing the loss, not just of snow, but of the alpine ecosystem itself.

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Worboys, Graeme. "A Brief Report on the 2003 Australian Alps Bushfires." Mountain Research and Development 23, no. 3 (August 2003): 294–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/0276-4741(2003)023[0294:abrota]2.0.co;2.

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McDougall, Keith L., John W. Morgan, Neville G. Walsh, and Richard J. Williams. "Plant invasions in treeless vegetation of the Australian Alps." Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 7, no. 3 (December 2005): 159–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2005.09.001.

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Watson, Campbell D., and Todd P. Lane. "A Case of an Undular Bore and Prefrontal Precipitation in the Australian Alps." Monthly Weather Review 144, no. 7 (June 23, 2016): 2623–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-15-0355.1.

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Abstract This study explores the mesoscale processes that led to the development of two prefrontal precipitation events in the Australian Alps on 29–30 October 2010. The synoptic setting was characterized by the passage of an interacting front and prefrontal trough across southern Australia. Observations and model simulations revealed that when the prefrontal trough entered southeast Australia it resembled a density current advancing into a stable nocturnal layer, forming a bore at its leading edge. The bore detached from and propagated ahead of the prefrontal trough and became undular, supported by a wave-ducting mechanism. The undular bore was observed in the Doppler wind field of a radar, parts of which were collocated with bands of reflectivity. Strong winds coincident with this band of reflectivity suggest the undular bore triggered convection that eventually led to the bore’s demise. An ensemble of high-resolution model simulations (with perturbed initial and boundary conditions) was used to understand the key processes affecting the undular bore and two prefrontal precipitation events. While no member of the ensemble reproduced the first prefrontal precipitation event, at least six members (20%) reproduced parts of the second prefrontal precipitation event. Despite the low precipitation predictability, analysis of the ensemble suggests the undular bore was both a predictable phenomenon and integral to the initiation and/or evolution of the two prefrontal precipitation events.

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McCartney, Victoria A., Ewen Silvester, John W. Morgan, and Phillip J. Suter. "Physical and chemical drivers of vegetation in groundwater-source pools on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria." Australian Journal of Botany 61, no. 7 (2013): 566. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt13217.

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The wetland communities intimately associated with groundwater sources in the Australian alps are poorly documented compared with the broader (and more obvious) alpine peatlands. In the present work, we report on the vegetation observed immediately around such sources and the characteristics of the supplying groundwater so as to understand the likely factors controlling the observed vegetation assemblage. Thirty-two groundwater sources were identified across three catchments on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria (Australia), and the vegetation associated with these sources surveyed. Groundwater sources occurred across a range of altitudes (1667–1854 m), independent of aspect, and were hydrologically connected to (upstream of) peatlands. Localised mounding adjacent to the groundwater sources resulted in the formation of pools (‘groundwater source pools’). The vegetation within the pools was dominated by bryophytes, with the aquatic bryophyte Blindia robusta the most common species. The groundwater was deficient in major ions, and similar to rainwater apart from elevated concentrations of CO2 accumulated in the groundwater-recharge process. The high CO2 concentrations, combined with the near-constant temperature conditions provided by sustained groundwater flow, are thought to be likely drivers for the high abundance of B. robusta. Although the relative contributions of rain and snow to aquifer recharge are not fully understood for the Australian Alps, these ecosystems are likely to be vulnerable to the changes in precipitation regime that are predicted under climate-change scenarios.

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Pickering, Catherine Marina, Janice Harrington, and Graeme Worboys. "Environmental Impacts of Tourism on the Australian Alps Protected Areas." Mountain Research and Development 23, no. 3 (August 2003): 247–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/0276-4741(2003)023[0247:eiotot]2.0.co;2.

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Porter, Nicole. "Australian Alps: Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks (Second Edition)." Mountain Research and Development 37, no. 1 (February 1, 2017): 163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/mrd.mm201.

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Grover, S. P. P., and J. A. Baldock. "Carbon decomposition processes in a peat from the Australian Alps." European Journal of Soil Science 61, no. 2 (April 2010): 217–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2009.01220.x.

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Crabb, P., and S. Dovers. "Managing natural resources across jurisdictions: lessons from the Australian Alps." Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 14, no. 4 (January 2007): 210–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2007.10648719.

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Whetton, P. H., M. R. Haylock, and R. Galloway. "Climate change and snow-cover duration in the Australian Alps." Climatic Change 32, no. 4 (April 1996): 447–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00140356.

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Tatarnic, N. J., K. D. L. Umbers, and H. Song. "Molecular phylogeny of the Kosciuscola grasshoppers endemic to the Australian alpine and montane regions." Invertebrate Systematics 27, no. 3 (2013): 307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/is12072.

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Diversity and speciation in Australia’s alpine biota are poorly understood. Here we present a molecular phylogeny of the Australian alpine grasshopper genus Kosciuscola (Sjösted) that currently includes five described species. These grasshoppers are of interest not only because of their alpine distribution but also for the extraordinary colour change exhibited by the species K. tristis, whose males turn turquoise when their body temperature exceeds 25°C. We reconstructed the phylogeny with two fragments of the mitochondrial genome using parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses and our data support the current taxonomy. Further, our data show little geographic structuring within some clades, which is puzzling since members of Kosciuscola are brachypterous. Finally, our data coupled with our observations on colouration provide evidence for a genetically distinct clade of K. tristis in the Victorian Alps. This is among the first molecular studies of an alpine invertebrate and one of a few on non-endangered, widespread Australian alpine species. More phylogenetic studies in the Australian Alps are required if we are to understand the evolution of alpine fauna and establish baseline data to monitor their response to climate change.

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Hodges, S. "3 — Les interprétations des Alpes australiennes / Interpreting the Australian Alps (texte disponible en français et en anglais)." Revue de géographie alpine 80, no. 2 (1992): 97–126. http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/rga.1992.3668.

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MORRISON, CLARE, and CATHERINE PICKERING. "Limits to Climate Change Adaptation: Case Study of the Australian Alps." Geographical Research 51, no. 1 (June 8, 2012): 11–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-5871.2012.00758.x.

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Williams, Prof Richard James (Dick). "Science as an antidote to horse trading in the Australian Alps." Ecological Management & Restoration 20, no. 1 (January 2019): 4–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12348.

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Thompson, JA. "A MODIS-derived snow climatology (2000-2014) for the Australian Alps." Climate Research 68, no. 1 (March 23, 2016): 25–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/cr01379.

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Grover, S. P. P., and J. A. Baldock. "Carbon chemistry and mineralization of peat soils from the Australian Alps." European Journal of Soil Science 63, no. 2 (February 21, 2012): 129–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2011.01424.x.

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Skotnicki, ML, AM Mackenzie, M. Torronen, AA Brunt, and AJ Gibbs. "Cardamine Chlorotic Fleck Virus, a New Carmovirus From the Australian Alps." Australasian Plant Pathology 21, no. 3 (1992): 120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/app9920120.

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Pickering, Catherine Marina, and Michelle Stock. "Insect colour preference compared to flower colours in the Australian Alps." Nordic Journal of Botany 23, no. 2 (June 2003): 217–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.2003.tb00384.x.

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Verrall, Brodie, and Catherine Marina Pickering. "Recovery of subalpine grasslands 15 years after landscape level fires." Australian Journal of Botany 67, no. 5 (2019): 425. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt19020.

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As conditions warm, previously rare landscape level fires are more likely to affect vegetation in the Australian Alps including in subalpine grasslands. The recovery of this community was assessed using paired unburnt and burnt plots (30 × 20 m) at 10 sites 15 years after largescale fires that burnt >70% of the subalpine zone in Kosciuszko National Park. There were few significant differences found: higher cover of shrubs (17.8% burnt vs 11.3% unburnt plots), and taller vegetation (22.6 vs 19 cm). However, vegetation cover (97%), species richness (38 taxa), composition and limited presence of invasive plants (10 species, 8.5% cover) were not significantly different. This differs from results six weeks and one year post-fire, when there were clear differences in the cover and composition of vegetation. These results indicate that subalpine grasslands recover from single fires, but with warmer and drier conditions becoming more common, and repeat fires in some areas, the distribution, structure and composition of this and other communities in the Australian Alps will change.

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Mc Kimm, R. J., and J. Drohan. "5— L'exploitation forestière dans les Alpes australiennes / Forestry in Australian Alps (texte disponible en français et en anglais)." Revue de géographie alpine 80, no. 2 (1992): 157–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/rga.1992.3671.

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Wilson, Brian R., Mitch Tulau, Laura Kuginis, Sally McInnes‐Clarke, Samantha Grover, Humphrey Milford, and Brian R. Jenkins. "Distribution, nature and threats to soils of the Australian Alps: A review." Austral Ecology 47, no. 2 (October 29, 2021): 166–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.13115.

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Driscoll, Don A., Graeme L. Worboys, Hugh Allan, Sam C. Banks, Nicholas J. Beeton, Rebecca C. Cherubin, Tim S. Doherty, et al. "Impacts of feral horses in the Australian Alps and evidence‐based solutions." Ecological Management & Restoration 20, no. 1 (January 2019): 63–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12357.

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Driscoll, Don, Benjamin Scheele, and Tein McDonald. "Feral horses in the Australian Alps: an introduction to the special issue." Ecological Management & Restoration 20, no. 1 (January 2019): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12364.

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Illert, Christopher R. "Origins of linguistic zonation in the Australian Alps. part 1 – Huygens' principle." Journal of Applied Statistics 32, no. 6 (August 2005): 625–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02664760500079258.

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Illert, Christopher R. "Origins of Linguistic Zonation in the Australian Alps. Part 2 – Snell's Law1." Journal of Applied Statistics 33, no. 9 (November 2006): 989–1030. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02664760500450160.

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DAWSON, M. J., and J. HONE. "Demography and dynamics of three wild horse populations in the Australian Alps." Austral Ecology 37, no. 1 (April 27, 2011): 97–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02247.x.

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Satyanti, Annisa, Adrienne B. Nicotra, Thomas Merkling, and Lydia K. Guja. "Seed mass and elevation explain variation in seed longevity of Australian alpine species." Seed Science Research 28, no. 4 (March 15, 2018): 319–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0960258518000090.

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AbstractConserving alpine ecosystems and the plant communities they contain using ex situ conservation requires an understanding of seed longevity. Knowledge of seed longevity may determine the effectiveness of ex situ seed banking for alpine plant conservation, and may provide insight into plant recruitment in situ. We sought to determine the influence of elevation and climatic variables, as well as plant and seed traits, on the seed longevity of 57 species inhabiting a unique biome, (sub-)alpine regions of mainland Australia. Seed longevity was estimated using controlled accelerated ageing tests to determine the time taken for seed viability to fall by 50%. We found that, across the study species, like alpine seeds elsewhere in the world, Australian alpine seeds are relatively short-lived and overall shorter-lived than Australian plants in general. Seed mass and elevation explained most of the variation in seed longevity among the Australian alpine species considered. Species with larger seed mass, and collections made at higher elevations, were found to have relatively short-lived seeds. Phylogeny, however, explained very little of the variation in longevity. Our results suggest that viability testing for Australian alpine seeds in ex situ seed banks should be conducted with shorter intervals than for the non-alpine flora. This study highlights how seed longevity in the Australian Alps is not dictated primarily by evolutionary lineage but rather by a complex combination of environmental variables and intrinsic seed characteristics. Potential implications for conservation ex situ and in situ in the context of climate change are discussed.

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Bridle, K. L., and J. B. Kirkpatrick. "Impacts of grazing by vertebrate herbivores on the flower stem production of tall alpine herbs, Eastern Central Plateau, Tasmania." Australian Journal of Botany 49, no. 4 (2001): 459. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt99034.

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Some species and genera of tall herbs that are widespread both in Tasmanian and in mainland Australian alpine vegetation are dominant or codominant over large areas in the Australian Alps, while being typically subordinate species in Tasmania. This difference has been attributed to the impact of vertebrate herbivores, which are abundant in the Tasmanian high country but rare in or absent from the higher altitudes in the Australian Alps. The present study tests the hypothesis that lack of dominance (>50% cover) of tall alpine herbs in Tasmanian alpine and subalpine areas could be at least partially caused by grazing of their reproductive parts. Both in experimental plots and a clipping experiment, tall herbs produced more flowering stems under lower grazing/clipping pressure. In the field, the greatest reduction in flowering occurred under a grazing regime of sheep plus rabbits plus native herbivores. There was no consistent difference in the number of flowering stems between rabbit-grazed and rabbit plus native-grazed areas. However, there was a significant negative relationship between the number of flower heads and wallaby scats and a non-significant positive relationship between the number of flower heads and rabbit scats, suggesting that wallabies, not rabbits, were largely responsible for flower head depletion. Many species had more flowering stems in rabbit plus native vertebrate-grazed areas than in ungrazed exclosures. Therefore, it seems possible that the effects of vertebrate herbivory on flowering may have contributed to the lack of tall alpine herbfields in Tasmania.

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Cullen, P. "15 — Gestion de la qualité des eaux dans les Alpes australiennes / Management of water quality in the Australian Alps." Revue de géographie alpine 80, no. 2 (1992): 425–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/rga.1992.3683.

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Johnston, Frances Mary, and Catherine Marina Pickering. "Effect of altitude on resource allocation in the weed Achillea millefolium (yarrow, Asteraceae) in the Australian Alps." Australian Journal of Botany 52, no. 5 (2004): 639. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt03005.

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Increasing severity of environment associated with increasing altitude in mountain ecosystems (decreasing temperature, increasing duration of snow cover) can affect relative and absolute biomass-allocation patterns in plants. Biomass allocation was examined along a 620-m altitudinal gradient in the Australian Alps for the important environmental weed Achillea millefolium (L., Asteraceae, yarrow). Relative and absolute biomass allocation (dry weight) to reproductive (capitula, flowering stems and associated leaves), vegetative (leaves not on the flowering stem) and below-ground structures (rhizome and roots) were measured at each of nine sites by using quadrats. Increasing altitude resulted in a decrease in relative and absolute allocation of biomass to reproductive structures. For example, the dry weight of inflorescences declined as altitude increased because of a decrease in the weight of the terminal and side branches of the inflorescences, but not the total number of capitula produced. There was also a trend for increased relative allocation to below-ground structures with increasing altitude, even though altitude did not affect absolute allocation to below-ground and vegetative structures, or the total dry weight of A. millefolium. These results are consistent with those for other species growing at high altitude. The management implications for the control of A. millefolium in the Australian Alps are discussed, including in relation to predicted climatic change.

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Herr, A., and N. I. Klomp. "Preliminary investigation of roosting habitat preferences of the large forest bat Vespadelus darlingtoni (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae)." Pacific Conservation Biology 5, no. 3 (1999): 208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc990208.

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This study reports the roosting habitat preferences of a large forest bat, Vespadelus darlingtoni, on the western slopes of the Australian Alps. V. darlingtoni selected older and larger trees for roosts and displayed a preference for older smooth-barked trees. The areas the bats covered for foraging and commuting between roost sites ranged from less than 10 ha to over 300 ha. These calculated home ranges were larger than previously recorded for the species, but probably smaller than the actual area used by the bats. The data reported in this study enable some of the roosting requirements of V. darlingtoni to be incorporated in the planning and establishment of forest reserve systems in southeastern Australia. For example, areas designated for logging should retain unlogged stands of older trees and refuges of at least 45 ha connected by corridors of native vegetation.

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Giljohann, Katherine M., Cindy E. Hauser, Nicholas S. G. Williams, and Joslin L. Moore. "Optimizing invasive species control across space: willow invasion management in the Australian Alps." Journal of Applied Ecology 48, no. 5 (May 31, 2011): 1286–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02016.x.

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Slaney, Graham, Angus Cook, and Philip Weinstein. "High altitude syndromes at intermediate altitudes: A pilot study in the Australian Alps." Medical Hypotheses 81, no. 4 (October 2013): 547–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2013.07.002.

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GROVER, SAMANTHA P. P., JEFFERY A. BALDOCK, and GERALDINE E. JACOBSEN. "Accumulation and attrition of peat soils in the Australian Alps: Isotopic dating evidence." Austral Ecology 37, no. 4 (November 8, 2011): 510–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02313.x.

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Robertson, Geoff, John Wright, Daniel Brown, Kally Yuen, and David Tongway. "An assessment of feral horse impacts on treeless drainage lines in the Australian Alps." Ecological Management & Restoration 20, no. 1 (January 2019): 21–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12359.

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Happold, D. C. D. "A 10-year demographic study of a small mammal community in the Australian Alps." Australian Journal of Zoology 63, no. 5 (2015): 338. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo15033.

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This paper describes a 10-year study of the community of two species of small rodents (Mastacomys fuscus, Rattus fuscipes) and one species of dasyurid marsupial (Antechinus swainsonii) in the subalpine zone of the Australian Alps. Each species exhibited differing life-histories with respect to population numbers, intra- and interannual fluctuations in numbers, reproduction, proportion of young in the population, winter survival, immigration and longevity. Of the two species of rodents, M. fuscus had the lowest population numbers, was the least fecund, had the highest rate of survival, and the smallest fluctuations in numbers. A. swainsonii was the least numerous species, and the winter die-off of males and the high fecundity of females resulted in much greater fluctuations in numbers than for either rodent. For all species, there were interannual variations in most demographic parameters, suggesting considerable flexibility in response to annual variations in the environment. None of the three species is known to hibernate, nor is there any evidence of cyclicity, as shown by some species of subarctic and arctic small mammals. Comparisons are made with subalpine small mammals in other parts of the world and the influence of the subalpine environment in determining population numbers is considered.

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Mitchell, Michael, Michael Lockwood, Susan A. Moore, and Sarah Clement. "Scenario analysis for biodiversity conservation: A social–ecological system approach in the Australian Alps." Journal of Environmental Management 150 (March 2015): 69–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.11.013.

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Umbers, Kate D. L., Rachel A. Slatyer, Nikolai J. Tatarnic, Giselle R. Muschett, Shichen Wang, and Hojun Song. "<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Phylogenetics of the skyhoppers (<i>Kosciuscola</i>) of the Australian Alps: evolutionary and conservation implications." Pacific Conservation Biology 28, no. 3 (June 2, 2022): 298–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc21015_co.

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The true biodiversity of Australia’s alpine and subalpine endemics is unknown. Genetic studies to date have focused on sub-regions and restricted taxa, but even so, indicate deep divergences across small geographic scales and therefore that the bulk of biodiversity remains to be discovered. We aimed to study the phylogeography of the Australian Alps by focusing on the skyhoppers (<italic>Kosciuscola</italic>), a genus of five species of flightless grasshoppers whose combined distributions both span the region and are almost exclusively contained within it. Our sampling covered 650 km on the mainland and several sites in Tasmania with total of 260 specimens used to reconstruct a robust phylogeny of <italic>Koscisucola</italic>. Phylogenies were based on single nucleotide polymorphism data generated from double-digested restriction-associated DNA sequencing. Skyhoppers diverged around 2 million years ago and have since undergone complex diversification seemingly driven by climatic oscillations throughout the Pleistocene. We recovered not 5 but 14 clades indicating the presence of many unknown species. Our results support conspicuous geographic features as genetic breaks; e.g. the Murray Valley, and inconspicuous ones; e.g. between the Bogong High Plains and Mt Hotham. Climate change is progressing quickly in the region and its impact, particularly on snow, could have severe consequences for the skyhoppers’ overwinter survival. The true diversity of skyhoppers highlights that biodiversity loss in the Alps as a result of climate change is likely to be far greater than what can be estimated based on current species numbers and that management including small geographical scales is key.

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Lockwood, Michael. "Analysing Conflict between Cultural Heritage and Nature Conservation in the Australian Alps: A CVM Approach." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 39, no. 3 (September 1996): 357–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640569612462.

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