Journal articles: 'Dry sclerophyll forest'

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Press, AJ. "Comparison of Numbers of Rattus-Fuscipes Living in Cool Temperate Rain-Forests and Dry Sclerophyll Forests." Wildlife Research 13, no. 3 (1986): 419. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9860419.

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Replicated sampling regimes were used to assess the numbers of Rattus fuscipes in cool temperate rainforests and dry sclerophyll forests, on Gloucester Tops, N.S.W. R. fuscipes was significantly more abundant in the rainforest habitat than in the sclerophyll habitat, and this result was consistent under a number of different sampling regimes. Numbers changed significantly between April 1978 and March 1980, but the patterns of change were similar in each habitat. Fire and logging contributed to the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the Gloucester Tops, and the cool temperate rainforests appeared to be more protected from disturbance than the dry sclerophyll forests. The cool temperate rainforests may be important refuges for populations of R. fuscipes, and may provide recruits for areas of sclerophyll forest the populations of which have been reduced by logging or fire.

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Laurance, William F., and Graham N. Harrington. "Ecological Associations of Feeding Sites of Feral Pigs in the Queensland Wet Tropics." Wildlife Research 24, no. 5 (1997): 579. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr96029.

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Data from 152 plots (0·8 ha) and 659 small quadrats (0·04 ha) were used to assess rooting activity by feral pigs in forest communities in north Queensland. Study sites spanned the rainforest–sclerophyll-forest gradient along the western margin of the wet tropics region. Detailed floristic, physiognomic and edaphic data were recorded for each plot and used to develop a predictive model of pig activity in these habitats. The most striking result was that rooting activity varied markedly among different forest types. Wet sclerophyll forests consistently had the greatest area disturbed, followed by mesic and dry sclerophyll forests. Both rainforest and rainforest-invaded sclerophyll forests had relatively low activity levels. There were some differences in rooting activity among different geographic regions, but few effects of local topography, soil type or proximity to water. A mathematical model was developed to predict the ecological associations of pig rooting activity, using generalised linear modeling. Pig rooting was associated with certain attributes of wet sclerophyll forests and with slopes and ridge tops, but the model had limited effectiveness, with fitted values explaining 16% of the actual variation in rooting activity. This may have resulted because microhabitat preferences of pigs varied among different forest types and seasons. We suggest that pigs could be consuming fungal fruit-bodies in sclerophyll forests, and if so they may compete for food with some native, mycophagous mammals.

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Liddle, Michael J., and N. C. Thyer. "Trampling and Fire in a Subtropical Dry Sclerophyll Forest." Environmental Conservation 13, no. 1 (1986): 33–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892900035840.

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Experimental trampling was carried out in recently-burned and unburned areas of a dry sclerophyll forest. Percentage cover was greatly reduced by burning and trampling. Plant numbers were relatively unaffected by burning, and trampling had approximately the same effect on plant numbers in recently-burned and unburned areas.The reduction of cover and plant numbers to 50% of their original value by fewer than 16 passages was near to that predicted on the basis of the low primary productivity of the ground-flora, and suggests that this type of vegetation is quite vulnerable to trampling.

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Letcher, Peter M., Peter A. McGee, and Martha J. Powell. "Distribution and diversity of zoosporic fungi from soils of four vegetation types in New South Wales, Australia." Canadian Journal of Botany 82, no. 10 (October 1, 2004): 1490–500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b04-109.

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Chytrids are common microfungi in soils, but their distribution and diversity in Australian soils is poorly described. In this study we analyzed chytrid distribution and diversity in soils from four collection sites representing a subtropical rain forest, wet sclerophyll forest, dry sclerophyll forest, and open heath, using a defined and reproducible sampling protocol. The greatest number of chytrid species was observed from dry sclerophyll forest soils, while the least number of species occurred in the open heath soils, although each soil sample of the open heath harbored more species per sample. Differences in patterns of distribution of chytrid species were statistically significant between subtropical rain forest and open heath. Patterns in other habitats differed but could not be verified statistically to be significant at the 5% level. Observed differences in chytrid distribution, diversity, and freqency indicate that their ecological strategies may be in response to environmental cues such as specific edaphic conditions and substrate availability, and their capacity to respond to the environment.Key words: Chytridiomycota, frequency, habitat, sampling.

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Hingston, Andrew B. "Temporal and spatial variation in abundances of native bee species on an altitudinal gradient in southern Tasmania." Australian Journal of Zoology 46, no. 5 (1998): 497. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo97049.

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Bee assemblages were investigated in heathy coastal forest, shrubby dry sclerophyll forest, and shrubby subalpine forest near Hobart, in southern Tasmania, during spring, summer, and autumn between September 1996 and October 1997. Several taxa previously unknown from the state were encountered, including the first Tasmanian records of the halictid subfamily Nomiinae. Assemblages varied both temporally and spatially. Temporal variation within particular vegetation types was due to interspecific differences in flight periods. Spatial variation resulted from most species being restricted to one or two of these vegetation types, with species richness being substantially lower in the subalpine area than the two vegetation types at lower altitude. This variation also involved several species being more or less restricted to one habitat. In particular, Lasioglossum (Austrevylaeus pertribuarium) was a subalpine specialist while numerous species were more or less restricted to either coastal or dry sclerophyll forests. There was also an interaction between these two forms of variation, in the form of divergence in the flight periods of individual species in different vegetation types.

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Crockford, H., S. Topalidis, and D. P. Richardson. "Water repellency in a dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest — measurements and processes." Hydrological Processes 5, no. 4 (October 1991): 405–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.3360050408.

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Ray Wormington, Kevin, David Lamb, Hamish Ian McCallum, and Damien John Moloney. "The status of hollow-bearing trees required for the conservation of arboreal marsupials in the dry sderophyll forests of south-east Queensland, Australia." Pacific Conservation Biology 11, no. 1 (2005): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc050038.

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At 38 sites in the dry sclerophylJ forests of south-east Queensland, Australia, hollow-bearing trees were studied to determine the effects of past forestry practices on their density, size and spatial distribution. The density of hollow-bearing trees was reduced at sites that had been altered by poisoning and ringbarking of unmerchantable trees. This was especially the case for living hollow-bearing trees that were now at densities too low to support the full range of arboreal marsupials. Although there are presently enough hollow-bearing stags (i.e., dead hollow-bearing trees) to provide additional denning and nesting opportunities, the standing life of these hollow-bearing stags is lower than the living counterparts which means denning and nesting sites may be limited in the near future. The mean diameter at breast height (DBH) of hollow-bearing stags was significantly less than that of living hollow-bearing trees. This indicated that many large hollow-bearing stags may have a shorter standing life than smaller hollow-bearing stags. Hollow-bearing trees appear to be randomly distributed throughout the forest in both silviculturally treated and untreated areas. This finding is at odds with the suggestion by some forest managers that hollow-bearing trees should have a clumped distribution in dry sclerophyll forests of south-east Queensland.

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Steinbauer, M. J. "The Incidence and Relative Abundance of Amorbus obscuricornis and Gelonus tasmanicus (Hemiptera : Coreidae) in Southern Tasmania and Their Performance on Selected Eucalyptus Species." Australian Journal of Zoology 45, no. 6 (1997): 631. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo97008.

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Comprehensive records of the host-plant associations of Amorbus obscuricornis (Westwood) and Gelonus tasmanicus (Le Guillou), undertaken over three years at field sites in southern Tasmania, are presented for the first time. Also presented are the results of performance experiments conducted predominantly with native Tasmanian Eucalyptus species. Both insect species were found to be oligophagous for Eucalyptus. However, A. obscuricornis was found to feed more widely than G. tasmanicus; that is, the former species fed upon eucalypts belonging to the ash, gum and peppermint groups whilst the latter was confined to the ash and gum species of Eucalyptus in Tasmania. On the basis of collection records, A. obscuricornis was found to be abundant in both wet and dry sclerophyll forest habitats whilst G. tasmanicus was more abundant in wet sclerophyll forests. The wider degree of oligophagy exhibited by A. obscuricornis than by G. tasmanicus is suggested as being related to this species’ preference for floristically diverse habitats, for example dry sclerophyll forest. In addition, inter- and intraspecific host selection in the exclusively shoot- feeding A. obscuricornis was found to be positively influenced by the architecture, in particular the coppicing phenology, of hosts. The significance of factors such as plant architecture, resource abundance and nutritional quality to the host-plant associations of both species are discussed in relation to secondary chemistry and habitat preferences.

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Steinbauer, M. J. "The incidence and relative abundance of Amorbus obscuricornis and Gelonus tasmanicus (Hemiptera : Coreidae) in southern Tasmania and their performance on selected Eucalyptus species." Australian Journal of Zoology 46, no. 2 (1998): 201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo97008_co.

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Comprehensive records of the host-plant associations of Amorbus obscuricornis (Westwood) and Gelonus tasmanicus (Le Guillou), undertaken over three years at field sites in southern Tasmania, are presented for the first time. Also presented are the results of performance experiments conducted predominantly with native Tasmanian Eucalyptus species. Both insect species were found to be oligophagous for Eucalyptus. However, A. obscuricornis was found to feed more widely than G. tasmanicus; that is, the former species fed upon eucalypts belonging to the ash, gum and peppermint groups whilst the latter was confined to the ash and gum species of Eucalyptus in Tasmania. On the basis of collection records, A. obscuricornis was found to be abundant in both wet and dry sclerophyll forest habitats whilst G. tasmanicus was more abundant in wet sclerophyll forests. The wider degree of oligophagy exhibited by A. obscuricornis than by G. tasmanicus is suggested as being related to this species’ preference for floristically diverse habitats, for example dry sclerophyll forest. In addition, inter- and intraspecific host selection in the exclusively shoot- feeding A. obscuricornis was found to be positively influenced by the architecture, in particular the coppicing phenology, of hosts. The significance of factors such as plant architecture, resource abundance and nutritional quality to the host-plant associations of both species are discussed in relation to secondary chemistry and habitat preferences.

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Soderquist, Todd, and Dale Gibbons. "Home-range of the Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) in dry sclerophyll forest." Emu - Austral Ornithology 107, no. 3 (September 2007): 177–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mu06055.

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Hannah, D. S., G. C. Smith, and G. Agnew. "Reptile and amphibian composition in prescribed burnt dry sclerophyll forest, southern Queensland." Australian Forestry 61, no. 1 (January 1998): 34–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049158.1998.10674714.

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Press, AJ. "Comparison of the Demography of Populations of Rattus-Fuscipes Living in Cool Temperate Rain-Forests and Dry Sclerophyll Forests." Wildlife Research 14, no. 1 (1987): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9870045.

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Capture-mark-recapture and removal-trapping methods were used to monitor population parameters of Rattus fuscipes in cool temperate rainforest and dry sclerophyll forest. Population sizes, breeding, sex ratios, age structure, turnover, growth and condition were compared. Although significantly more rats were captured in the beech than in the sclerophyll forests, other demographic parameters were similar between the different populations. Numbers were highest in late summer and autumn, declined over winter and increased during spring and summer. Superimposed on this cycle, numbers differed between years; far fewer rats were present in the autumn of 1979 than in those of 1978 or 1980. The breeding season lasted from late spring to mid-autumn, and there were no apparent differences between the two habitats in breeding success, growth rates or condition, or in changes in the age-structure of populations with time. The young entered the population in summer and autumn and grew to adults through the winter and spring; the number of adults from the previous breeding season fell during the winter, and few survived to a second breeding season.

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Rae, Stuart, and Duncan Rae. "Orientation of tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) nests and their position on branches optimises thermoregulation and cryptic concealment." Australian Journal of Zoology 61, no. 6 (2013): 469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo13090.

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Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) nests were surveyed in grassy woodland, dry sclerophyll forest and suburbia in the Australian Capital Territory. In total, 253 tawny frogmouth nests were recorded in 145 nest sites. Nests were oriented to the north-east, which would expose them to morning sunshine and partially shelter them from the prevailing wind. Most nests were placed in rough or flaky-barked tree species, on open mid-branch sites with no foliage, where the birds’ plumage and posture resemble the colour and form of the branches. Although smooth-barked gum trees were the most abundant types in the dry sclerophyll forest they were seldom used. Nest sites in all habitats were similar; the mean nest height was 9.2 m, and most nests were set on forks in the lowest branches. By placing their nests in these positions tawny frogmouths likely maximise their potential thermoregulation, protection from wind, concealment from predators, and detection of approaching predators.

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Norton, TW. "The Ecology of Small Mammals in Northeastern Tasmania .1. Rattus-Lutreolus-Velutinus." Wildlife Research 14, no. 4 (1987): 415. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9870415.

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Aspects of the ecology of Rattus lutreolus velutinus (Thomas) were studied in dry sclerophyll forest, buttongrass and heathland communities in north-eastern Tasmania. In each habitat environmental parameters which might influence the species' microhabitat selection (e.g, soil moisture, vegetation structure and floristics) and diet (e.g. monocotyledon food), were assessed. R. I, velutinus began to breed during late August. Sexually active males were captured between September and February, inclusive. Pregnant females were captured between September and November, and the number of lactating females peaked during November in all habitats. Juveniles were captured between December and February. R. I. velutinus was predominantly herbivorous, preferring stem and leaf tissue but also eating seeds, insects, roots and fungus. Captures of rats were positively correlated with vegetation cover less than 50 cm high and with a monocotyledonous food index. Population density was substantially higher in heathland than in buttongrass and dry sclerophyll forest. Animals had similar body condition in each habitat.

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Jones, Penelope J., Ian Thomas, and Michael-Shawn Fletcher. "Long-term environmental change in eastern Tasmania: Vegetation, climate and fire at Stoney Lagoon." Holocene 27, no. 9 (February 16, 2017): 1340–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683617690591.

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Tasmania’s dry, inland east is ideally positioned to inform models of late Quaternary environmental change in southern Australasia. Despite this, it remains poorly represented in the palaeoecological record. Here, we seek to address this with a >13,000-year vegetation and fire history from Stoney Lagoon, a site at the eastern margin of Tasmania’s inland Midlands plains. Pollen and charcoal analysis indicates that here, a relatively moist early deglacial was followed by a dry later deglacial (ca. 14,000–12,000 cal. BP), when sclerophyll forests became well established and burning increased. This suggests that the Midlands’ vegetation responded to the climatic signals characterising Australia’s south-eastern coast rather than those governing developments in western Tasmania. Dry sclerophyll forest persisted throughout the Holocene; with a pronounced transition from more to less grassy understoreys between ca. 9000 and 7000 cal. BP. From the mid-Holocene, the sclerophyll community remains relatively stable. However, increased fire activity and trends in moisture-sensitive taxa suggest generally drier conditions coupled with greater hydroclimatic variability under the strengthening influence of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Overall, these results highlight the role of macro-scale climatic shifts in shaping vegetation development in Tasmania’s inland east, while hinting at the concurrent importance of local ecological drivers. This highlights the need for spatially diverse studies to understand interactions between drivers of long-term environmental change in sub-humid southern Australia. This research also supports conservation by strengthening understandings of pre-colonial baselines in this highly modified landscape.

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Vernes, K., and T. Cooper. "Association of parma wallabies (Macropus parma) with sedge swamps in Gibraltar Range National Park." Australian Mammalogy 29, no. 1 (2007): 111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am07016.

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Parma wallabies (Macropus parma) have a patchy distribution on the coast and ranges of central and northern New South Wales from Goulburn northward to the Queensland border. In Gibraltar Range National Park they are found in dry sclerophyll forest with a heath understorey, a departure from their apparent preference for wet forest types. Distance to swamp was by far the best correlate of M. parma distribution.

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WILLIAMS, STEPHEN E., and HELENE MARSH. "Changes in small mammal assemblage structure across a rain forest/open forest ecotone." Journal of Tropical Ecology 14, no. 2 (March 1998): 187–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467498000157.

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The effect of the change in vegetation structure from closed rain forest to tall open forest on the small mammal assemblage was studied by live trapping at three sites where the ecotone was very narrow (> 20 m) near the southern end of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area of Australia. Habitat heterogeneity was significantly higher in the mixed open forest/ecotone area than in the adjacent rain forest. There was a large change in the struture of the small mammal assemblage coincident with the vegetation discontinuity. Although the species richness of small mammals was relatively constant across the gradient, the evenness and diversity of the assemblage declined across the transition from open forest into rain forest and biomass increased, largely due to the high abundance of Rattus fuscipes in the rain forest. The results suggest that the species richness of the small mammal assemblage was not determined by the spatial heterogeneity of the vegetation struture. The species composition of the rain forest is probably related to the historical biogeography of the area whereas the species richness of the wet sclerophyll forest is probably due to a mass-area effect from the adjcant large areas of rain forest and dry sclerophyll forest. However, the evenness, and therefore the diversity of the assemblage, was strongly affected by habitat heterogeneity.

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Guinto, D. F., Z. H. Xu, P. G. Saffigna, A. P. N. House, and M. C. S. Perera. "Soil nitrogen mineralisation and organic matter composition revealed by 13C NMR spectroscopy under repeated prescribed burning in eucalypt forests of south-east Queensland." Soil Research 37, no. 1 (1999): 123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/s97034.

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The effects of burning on in situ extractable nitrogen (NH+4-N+NO-3-N) and net Nmineralisation following scheduled fuel reduction burns in repeatedly burnt dry and wet sclerophyll forest sites in south-east Queensland were assessed. In addition, soil organic matter composition in the wet sclerophyll site was assessed by 13C NMR spectroscopy. The results showed that at the dry sclerophyll site, extractable N and net N mineralisation for 1 year were largely unaffected by burning, while at the wet sclerophyll site, these parameters decreased. 13C NMR analysis of soil samples from the wet sclerophyll site revealed that there was a significant reduction in the proportion of O-alkyl (alkoxy/carbohydrate) C with increasing burning frequency. Statistically significant effects on the other chemical shift regions were not detected. The ratio of alkyl C to O-alkyl C, a proposed index of organic matter decomposition, increased with increasing burning frequency. A high ratio of alkyl C to O-alkyl C suggests low amounts of carbohydrates relative to waxes and cutins, which could in turn lead to slower mineralisation. The findings are in accord with this hypothesis. There were significant linear relationships between cumulative N mineralisation for 1 year and the proportions of alkyl C and O-alkyl C, and the ratio of alkyl C/O-alkyl C. Thus, in addition to reductions in substrate quantity (low organic C and total N for burnt soils), there was also an alteration of substrate quality as revealed by 13C NMR spectroscopy which is reflected in low N mineralisation.

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Cornish, P. M., and D. Binns. "Streamwater quality following logging and wildfire in a dry sclerophyll forest in southeastern Australia." Forest Ecology and Management 22, no. 1-2 (December 1987): 1–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127(87)90093-4.

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C. Smith, Geoffrey, Benjamin J. Hamley, and Nadya Lees. "An estimate of the Plumed Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus plumiferus population size in the Conondale Ranges." Pacific Conservation Biology 4, no. 3 (1998): 215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc980215.

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Marbled Frogmouths are rare, cryptic, shy, nocturnal birds restricted primarily to rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest. Two sub-species are recognized in two isolated areas on the east Australian coast. A stronghold for the southern subspecies (Plumed Frogmouth) occurs in the Conondale Ranges. This area has been subject to forestry practices for the past 100 years. Because of public concerns and a perceived need to undertake planning and management to assist in conserving the species, a study was undertaken to assess its population status. Radio-tracked adults associated primarily with rainforest and wet sclerophyll along drainage lines, although gullies containing rainforest species within dry sclerophyll were also utilized. Taped playback of Plumed Frogmouth calls revealed a distribution within core habitat (rainforest and wet sclerophyll) across the Conondale Ranges. Individuals radio-tracked in the Conoodale Ranges occupied home ranges from 5 to 18 ha. Estimates of the combined home ranges of pairs ranged from 12 to 19 ha. Home range overlap between pairs was minimal. An assessment of the area of currently suitable core habitat (14 508 ha) within the Conondale Range forested area suggests that conservatively, 755 pairs currently exist; if potential future habitat (i.e., regenerating) of 1 954 ha is taken into consideration, this figure will rise to 857 pairs. If use of dry sclerophyll by birds is also taken into account then these estimates may be as high as 858 and 974 pairs respectively. There is currently no reliable estimate of the amount of suitable habitat, which is not occupied by Plumed Frogmouths or of habitat only occupied by single unpaired birds or non-breeding pairs. Future research should aim to redress this lack of information which could severely reduce any estimates of the numbers of breeding pairs.

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Wormington, Kevin, and David Lamb. "Tree hollow development in wet and dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest in south-east Queensland, Australia." Australian Forestry 62, no. 4 (January 1999): 336–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049158.1999.10674801.

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Johnson, Christopher. "Fruiting of hypogeous fungi in dry sclerophyll forest in Tasmania, Australia: seasonal variation and annual production." Mycological Research 98, no. 10 (October 1994): 1173–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0953-7562(09)80201-3.

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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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Hillman, Samuel, Luke Wallace, Arko Lucieer, Karin Reinke, Darren Turner, and Simon Jones. "A comparison of terrestrial and UAS sensors for measuring fuel hazard in a dry sclerophyll forest." International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 95 (March 2021): 102261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2020.102261.

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Elliott, Todd F., and James M. Trappe. "Australasian sequestrate Fungi 20: Russula scarlatina (Agaricomycetes: Russulales: Russulaceae), a new species from dry grassy woodlands of southeastern Australia." Journal of Threatened Taxa 11, no. 12 (September 26, 2019): 14619–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.4907.11.12.14619-14623.

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Russula scarlatina sp. nov. is a common sequestrate fungus found in the dry sclerophyll Eucalyptus woodlands of southeastern Australia. Basidiomata are hypogeous or sometimes emergent; they are scarlet in youth and become dark sordid red or brown with advanced age. Historically, this species would have been placed in the genus Gymnomyces, but in light of recent revisions in the taxonomy of sequestrate Russulaceae, we place it in the genus Russula. It is morphologically distinct from other sequestrate species of Russula because of its scarlet peridium and unusual cystidial turf in youth. It has been collected only in dry grassy woodlands and open forest habitats of southeastern Australia.

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Penman, Trent D., D. L. Binns, T. E. Brassil, R. J. Shiels, and Ruth M. Allen. "Long-term changes in understorey vegetation in the absence of wildfire in south-east dry sclerophyll forests." Australian Journal of Botany 57, no. 7 (2009): 533. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt09079.

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Wildfire has shaped historic and contemporary vegetation assemblages in Australia. Ecological research has generally focussed on the effects of frequent fire on plant assemblages, with less attention given to the changes that occur in the absence of wildfire. Here we examine changes in understorey assemblages in dry sclerophyll forest catchments where wildfires have not occurred since 1973 and 1979 to determine if the initial floristics model applies. Understorey species (<2 m height) richness peaked approximately 5 years after fire with an average of 22.7 ± 0.4 (s.e.) species per 10 m2. These values declined throughout the study period resulting in an average of 13.4 ± 0.5 (s.e.) species per 10 m2 33 years after fire. Similarly, significant shifts in the understorey community composition were seen with increasing time since wildfire. These changes were attributed to a decrease in 40 species (24 resprouters, 16 obligate seeders) and an increase in 11 species (10 resprouters, 1 obligate seeder). Large shrub species richness (>2 m height) and stem density increased steadily until 10–15 years post-wildfire at which point they remained stable at ~3.2 species per 100 m2. In the absence of wildfire, these forests undergo significant changes in understorey/large shrub communities consistent with the initial floristics model.

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Wooller, RD, and MC Calver. "Changes in an Assemblage of Small Birds in the Understorey of Dry Sclerophyll Forest in Southwestern Australia After Fire." Wildlife Research 15, no. 3 (1988): 331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9880331.

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Changes in the numbers and types of small birds caught in mist-nets in the understorey of dry sclerophyll forest in south-western Australia were recorded for three years after a low intensity fire. There were few changes in the species composition of the assemblage but abundances of the 6-8 most numerous and relatively sedentary species were approximately halved. Many marked individuals (22%) were recaptured up to three years after the fire. After the fire, the number of prey taxa recorded from the faeces of birds caught fell from twelve to six, and the birds ate proportionately more ants and fewer beetles. Ants eaten after the fire were smaller than those eaten before it.

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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. These differences were more apparent when fuel hazard assessments focussed on individual fuel layers than when teams’ assessments were summarised into an overall fuel hazard score. Ratings of surface (litter) fuel hazard were higher when one assessment method was used than when assessors employed the other; however, ratings of elevated (shrub) and bark fuel hazard were relatively consistent across assessment methods. Fuel load estimates based on the two hazard assessment methods differed considerably, with differences between teams also significant. Inconsistency in scoring fuel hazard may lead to discrepancies in a range of management applications, which in turn may affect firefighting safety and effectiveness.

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Collett, Nick G., and Fred G. Neumann. "Effects of two spring prescribed fires on epigeal Coleoptera in dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest in Victoria, Australia." Forest Ecology and Management 76, no. 1-3 (August 1995): 69–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127(95)03560-w.

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Johnson, CN. "Distribution of Feeding Activity of the Tasmanian Bettong (Bettongia Gaimardi) in Relation to Vegetation Patterns." Wildlife Research 21, no. 3 (1994): 249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9940249.

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The Tasmanian bettong (Bettongia gaimardi) feeds by digging for the fruit-bodies of hypogeous ectomycorrhizal fungi in dry sclerophyll forest. This study examined variations in the density of food-diggings of B. gaimardi in relation to vegetation patterns in a 150-ha study area. Density of B. gaimardi diggings was highest in Eucalyptus tenuiramus [E. tenuiramis] forest with a high density of mature stems and little ground vegetation; this type of vegetation was found on soils of low fertility. Density of diggings also increased towards the dry end of a moisture gradient characterized by a transition from E. amygdalina to E. obliqua, and increased with the density of Acacia dealbata stems. High densities of A. dealbata probably indicate recent burning. Analysis of the fine-scale distribution of diggings showed that diggings were clustered around Eucalyptus and Acacia stems, but showed no pattern in relation to density of ground vegetation.

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Specht, RL, and A. Specht. "Species Richness of Sclerophyll (Heathy) Plant Communities in Australia ̵2 the Influence of Overstorey Cover." Australian Journal of Botany 37, no. 4 (1989): 337. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt9890337.

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The species richness (number of vascular-plant species per unit area) of sclerophyll (heathy) plant communities is examined from south-east Queensland to south-west Western Australia. The species richness of communities of heathy open forest, heathy open scrub, dry heathland and wet heathland is consist- ently similar throughout southern Australia and decreases from dry heathland (on laterite, coastal and inland localities) to heathy open forest, heathy open scrub and wet heathland. Investigation of related microcommunities at Cooloola, Stradbroke Island, Ku-ring-gai Chase and Wilsons Promontory indicates that species richness decreases linearly as overstorey cover increases. In post-fire succession on Stradbroke Island heathy woodland and Dark Island heathland, species richness declines linearly as overstorey cover increases during the regeneration of the community. The appli- cation of limiting fertiliser to Stradbroke Island heathy woodland and Dark Island heathland increases the rate of development of overstorey cover, with a simultaneous decrease in species richness. Species richness of the understorey strata of plant communities appears to be inversely related to the rate of development of foliage projective cover in the overstorey. If an environmental or biotic factor inhibits or retards the development of overstorey cover, the understorey increases in species richness. Conversely, if any environmental or biotic factor accelerates the development of overstorey cover, the understorey species show a reduction in species richness.

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French, J. R. J., R. A. Rasmussen, D. M. Ewart, and M. A. K. Khalil. "The gaseous environment of mound colonies of the subterranean termite Coptotermes lacteus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) before and after feeding on mirex-treated decayed wood bait blocks." Bulletin of Entomological Research 87, no. 2 (April 1997): 145–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007485300027280.

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AbstractCarbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, chloroform, hydrogen, methane and nitrous oxide emissions were collected from within several mound colonies of the subterranean termite Coptotermes lacteus (Fgottatt) and the surrounding habitat of a dry sclerophyll forest in central Gippsland, Australia, following treatment of the termite mounds with mirex-treated bait blocks. All the mirex-treated colonies died within two weeks of commencing active feeding on the bait blocks. The flux measurements of the gaseous emissions were calculated before, during and after treatment with the mirex-treated decayed wood bait blocks. Carbon dioxide, methane and hydrogen all declined after colony death.

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Mallett, Ruth K., and Mark J. Hovenden. "Density and assemblage influence the nature of the species richness-productivity relationship in Australian dry sclerophyll forest species." Austral Ecology 40, no. 2 (September 1, 2014): 109–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12182.

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MacDonald, Michael A., Luis A. Apiolaza, and Simon Grove. "The birds of retained vegetation corridors: A pre- and post-logging comparison in dry sclerophyll forest in Tasmania." Forest Ecology and Management 218, no. 1-3 (October 2005): 277–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2005.08.027.

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MAHONY, MICHAEL J., TRENT PENMAN, TERRY BERTOZZI, FRANK LEMCKERT, ROHAN BILNEY, and STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN. "Taxonomic revision of south-eastern Australian giant burrowing frogs (Anura: Limnodynastidae: Heleioporus Gray)." Zootaxa 5016, no. 4 (August 9, 2021): 451–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5016.4.1.

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The rarely encountered giant burrowing frog, Heleioporus australiacus, is distributed widely in a variety of sclerophyll forest habitats east of the Great Dividing Range in south-eastern Australia. Analyses of variation in nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial ND4 gene and thousands of nuclear gene SNPs revealed the presence of two deeply divergent lineages. Multivariate morphological comparisons show the two lineages differ in body proportions with > 91% of individuals being correctly classified in DFA. The two lineages differ in the number and size of spots on the lateral surfaces and the degree by which the cloaca is surrounded by colour patches. The mating calls are significantly different in number of pulses in the note. The presence of a F2 hybrid in the area where the distribution of the two taxa come into closest proximity leads us to assign subspecies status to the lineages, as we have not been able to assess the extent of potential genetic introgression. In our sampling, the F2 hybrid sample sits within an otherwise unsampled gap of ~90km between the distributions of the two lineages. The nominate northern sub-species is restricted to the Sydney Basin bioregion, while the newly recognised southern subspecies occurs from south of the Kangaroo Valley in the mid-southern coast of New South Wales to near Walhalla in central Gippsland in Victoria. The habitat of the two subspecies is remarkably similar. Adults spend large portions of their lives on the forest floor where they forage and burrow in a variety of vegetation communities. The southern subspecies occurs most commonly in dry sclerophyll forests with an open understory in the south and in open forest and heath communities with a dense understory in the north of its distribution. The northern subspecies is also found in dry open forests and heaths in association with eroded sandstone landscapes in the Sydney Basin bioregion. Males of both taxa call from both constructed burrows and open positions on small streams, differing from the five Western Australian species of Heleioporus where males call only from constructed burrows. Using the IUCN Red List process, we found that the extent of occupancy and area of occupancy along with evidence of decline for both subspecies are consistent with the criteria for Endangered (A2(c)B2(a)(b)).

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Vernes, Karl, Lisa C. Pope, Christopher J. Hill, and Felix Bärlocher. "Seasonality, dung specificity and competition in dung beetle assemblages in the Australian Wet Tropics, north-eastern Australia." Journal of Tropical Ecology 21, no. 1 (January 2005): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s026646740400224x.

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A trapping study of five mammal species in wet sclerophyll forest adjacent to rain forest in the Australian Wet Tropics was used to examine the seasonal diversity, abundance and dung-specificity of dung beetles associated with mammal dung. A total of 542 dung beetles from 11 species within three genera was recovered from beneath the traps of 1104 mammal captures. The diversity of beetles associated with the dung of the northern bettong (Bettongia tropica), a mycophagous marsupial, differed significantly from the diversity predicted by a null model. Numbers of beetles varied significantly with type of dung, indicating preference by beetles. Beetle numbers were related positively to a 1-mo lag in monthly mean minimum temperature and less strongly to maximum temperature and rainfall. Significantly more beetles per mammal capture were detected in the wet season than in the dry season. Dung beetles showed a strong preference for either the Eucalyptus woodland (six species) or the adjacent Allocasuarina forest (four species), with only one species occurring in both habitat types. Beetle species from the Eucalyptus woodland were typically only detected in the late wet and early dry seasons, while species in the wetter Allocasuarina forest were generally collected during the late dry and early wet seasons. A significant ‘checkerboard’ species effect was detected in both time and space in both habitat types, suggesting that competition for dung was strong.

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Johnson, C. N., and A. P. McIlwee. "Ecology of the Northern Bettong, Bettongia tropica, a Tropical Mycophagist." Wildlife Research 24, no. 5 (1997): 549. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr96034.

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The diet and seasonal ecology of the northern bettong, Bettongia tropica, was studied at three sites along a moisture gradient from closed Allocasuarina-Eucalyptus forest to dry open woodland in north-eastern Queensland. At each site, fungi (sporocarps of hypogeous ectomycorrhizal species) were the major food, and most of the remainder of the diet consisted of grass leaf and stem, roots and tubers, and lilies. Forbs and invertebrates were also eaten, but in small quantities. Fungus consumption was greatest at the wettest forest type and least at the driest site. Seasonal variation was insignificant except at the driest site, where fungus consumption peaked in the late wet season and dropped during the dry season; this seasonal fall in fungus consumption was associated with an increase in consumption of grass and roots and tubers. There was little seasonal variation in body condition, except at the driest site, where the dry-season decline in the proportional representation of fungus in the diet was associated with a decline in body condition. Breeding was continuous and aseasonal. B. tropica is found only in a narrow zone of sclerophyll forest along the western edge of wet tropical rainforest in north-eastern Queensland. We suggest that this species (like bettongs and potoroos in southern Australia) depends on hypogeous fungi, and that expansion of its geographical range into drier forest types is prevented by shortages of fungus during the dry season.

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NEUMANN, F. G., and K. TOLHURST. "Effects of fuel reduction burning on epigeal arthropods and earthworms in dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest of west-central Victoria." Austral Ecology 16, no. 3 (September 1991): 315–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.1991.tb01060.x.

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Gupta, V., K. Reinke, and S. Jones. "Changes in the spectral features of fuel layers of an Australian dry sclerophyll forest in response to prescribed burning." International Journal of Wildland Fire 22, no. 6 (2013): 862. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf12211.

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Prescribed burning is a landscape management tool often used for asset protection and ecological maintenance. Accordingly, there is a need to understand the effects fire has on the landscape and how these changes might be measured. Remote sensing pre- and post-burn has the potential to inform decisions about burn severity and ecosystem sensitivity to fire. The aim of this research was to identify changes in the electromagnetic radiation (EMR) following a prescribed burn in the fuel layers of an Australian dry sclerophyll forest using a hyperspectral radiometer (HSR). Results indicated three major changes in spectral features (1) absence of the green reflectance peak (550nm), (2) flattening or absence of red edge (680–750nm) and (3) disappearance of water absorption feature (970nm). The greatest difference in the intensity and shape of spectral signatures from pre-burn levels for all the targets occurred within the first 2 weeks post-burn. The trend of a return to the pre-burn spectral signature was seen to occur from week 5 onwards for most targets. These findings have important implications for identifying suitable remote sensing parameters for monitoring the effects of fire on vegetation.

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Harper, Michael J., Michael A. McCarthy, and Rodney van der Ree. "The abundance of hollow-bearing trees in urban dry sclerophyll forest and the effect of wind on hollow development." Biological Conservation 122, no. 2 (March 2005): 181–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.07.003.

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Davies, G. T. O., J. B. Kirkpatrick, E. Z. Cameron, S. Carver, and C. N. Johnson. "Ecosystem engineering by digging mammals: effects on soil fertility and condition in Tasmanian temperate woodland." Royal Society Open Science 6, no. 1 (January 2019): 180621. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180621.

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Many small- and medium-sized mammals dig for their food. This activity potentially affects soil condition and fertility. Digging is well developed especially in Australian mammals, many of which have recently become rare or extinct. We measured the effects of digging by mammals on soil in a Tasmanian temperate dry sclerophyll forest with an intact mammal community. The density of diggings was 5812 ha −1 , affecting 11% of the forest floor. Diggings were created at a rate of around 3113 diggings ha −1 yr −1 , disturbing 6.5% of the forest floor and displacing 7.1 m 3 ha −1 of soil annually. Most diggings were made by eastern bettongs ( Bettongia gaimardi) and short-beaked echidnas ( Tachyglossus aculeatus ). Many (approx. 30%) fresh diggings consisted of re-excavations of old diggings. Novel diggings displaced 5 m 3 ha yr −1 of soil. Diggings acted as traps for organic matter and sites for the formation of new soil, which had higher fertility and moisture content and lower hardness than undisturbed topsoil. These effects on soil fertility and structure were strongest in habitats with dry and poor soil. Creation of fine-scaled heterogeneity by mammals, and amelioration of dry and infertile soil, is a valuable ecosystem service that could be restored by reintroduction of digging mammals to habitats from which they have declined or gone extinct.

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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 effects. Optimisation methods were applied to the models to determine the mixture compositions that were the most or least flammable. Differences in the flammability of the two sites were significant and were driven by Allocasuarina littoralis. The presence of A. littoralis in litter mixtures caused non-additive effects, increasing the rate of flame spread and flame height non-linearly. We discuss how land managers could use these models as a tool to assist in prioritising areas for hazard reduction burns and how the methodology can be extended to other fuel conditions or forest types.

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Krusel, N., D. Packham, and N. Tapper. "Wildfire Activity in the Mallee Shrubland of Victoria, Australia." International Journal of Wildland Fire 3, no. 4 (1993): 217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf9930217.

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McArthur's Fire Danger Indices were developed originally as empirical models to describe fire danger in dry sclerophyll forest and grasslands of Australia. These indices are now used widely in southeastern Australia for fire danger rating and as a guideline for the issue of fire weather warnings. Nine years of historical fire reports, fire danger indices and meteorological information have been analysed objectively to develop a model to predict days of high fire activity in the mallee shrubland of northwestern Victoria. Tested on two years of independent data it was found that the use of a simple model utilising standard meteorological observations rather than the McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index reduced the false alarm rate from 98.4% to 96.7%. Although apparently a small reduction in false alarm rate, over a two year period days of high fire activity predicted incorrectly were reduced dramatically by 345 days.

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Norton, TW. "The Effect of Trap Placement on Trapping Success of Rattus-Lutreolus-Velutinus (Thomas) (Muridae, Rodentia) in Northeast Tasmania." Wildlife Research 14, no. 3 (1987): 305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9870305.

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The effect of trap placement on the trapping success of Rattus lutreolus velutinus (Thomas) was investigated in three vegetation communities (heathland, sedgeland, dry sclerophyll forest) in north-east Tasmania. In all these communities, trapping success was markedly higher at trap stations with a high percentage cover of vegetation less than 50 cm high. Trapping success was also significantly influenced (P<0.01) by the presence of Rattus runways in all communities, runways of larger animals in heath, and logs in the understorey of forest. Percentage cover of vegetation greater than 50 cm high, rock cover and litter cover were not shown to influence trapping success. For population censuses per se, it may be desirable to have some latitude in trap placement within a predetermined trapping configuration, to enhance captures. However, this procedure is not recommended for studies primarily investigating habitat use by small mammals.

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Franklin, Michael J. M., Richard E. Major, and Ross A. Bradstock. "How much survey effort is required to assess bird assemblages in fire-prone eucalypt forests using acoustic recorders?" Wildlife Research 48, no. 5 (2021): 414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr20099.

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Abstract ContextForest fire activity is expected to increase in many parts of the globe over the course of the 21st century, with corresponding potential for heightened levels of proximate and ultimate threats to avian diversity. Landscape-scale investigations of the responses of birds in locations where current extreme fire regimes represent those expected in the future provide opportunities to identify potentially vulnerable species in advance. Autonomous acoustic recorders are well suited to survey birds in the typically large and remote natural areas with low accessibility required for these types of studies, because they offer cost-effective and relatively safe options for obtaining reliable data. AimsThe present study aimed to optimise survey using acoustic recorders to achieve a satisfactory assessment of montane dry sclerophyll forest bird assemblages using these devices. Survey completeness, or the number of species detected as a percentage of total species, was used as a metric to gauge survey suitability. MethodsAcoustic recorders were deployed in 10 ridge-top forest sites in the Blue Mountains, south-eastern Australia. Extensive field recordings were processed by an analyst, with species detected by their calls recorded in a series of 20-min samples. A results-based approach, incorporating a stopping rule that established when to conclude sampling at a site, was applied to the data. The results guided the target survey completeness and sampling effort levels assigned to a set of fixed-effort survey methods, which were subsequently evaluated. Key resultsThe optimal survey method involved using recordings from five 20-min sampling periods immediately following dawn for 2 days, achieving an average survey completeness level of 69%. ConclusionsThe optimal survey method can obtain results that are suitable for many types of studies involving assessments of bird assemblages, because the method can detect all common and moderately common species in assemblages, plus a fair proportion of rare species. ImplicationsThe present study has systematically developed an effective method of using autonomous acoustic recorders to research and monitor montane bird assemblages in fire-prone dry sclerophyll forests. This methodological approach may also be applied in systems subject to altered patterns of flood, storm or other extreme weather under climate change.

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Law, Bradley, Mark Chidel, Alf Britton, and Caragh Threlfall. "Comparison of microhabitat use in young regrowth and unlogged forest by the eastern pygmy-possum (Cercartetus nanus)." Australian Mammalogy 40, no. 1 (2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am16041.

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We describe microhabitat use and response to disturbance by the eastern pygmy-possum (Cercartetus nanus) in heathy dry sclerophyll forest using spool-and-line-tracking. We compared unlogged forest with forest regenerating four years after selective logging. Structural and floristic attributes were scored along spool lines and compared with a random line for each possum. We found that possums (n = 23) selected areas based on both structural and floristic attributes. Possums selected dense understorey, especially that comprising flowering hairpin banksia (Banksia spinulosa) and Gymea lily (Doryanthes excelsa). Fallen logs were not selected by nocturnally active possums. Spool lines in regrowth forest had less eucalypt cover and more understorey cover (e.g. D. excelsa and B. spinulosa) than unlogged forest. Conversely, cover of Banksia serrata was less in regrowth than unlogged forest. Spool lines were commonly found both at ground level (mean = 52–57% of lengths) and above the ground (43–48% of lengths). There was no difference in the mean spool height between the logging treatments (regrowth: 0.47 ± 0.14 m; unlogged: 0.49 ± 0.10 m; ± s.e.). Overall, our results suggest that the dense, flowering understorey that regenerates after selective logging is suitable for use and is the primary attribute selected by active pygmy-possums.

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Murray, Brad R., Lyndle K. Hardstaff, and Megan L. Phillips. "Differences in Leaf Flammability, Leaf Traits and Flammability-Trait Relationships between Native and Exotic Plant Species of Dry Sclerophyll Forest." PLoS ONE 8, no. 11 (November 18, 2013): e79205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079205.

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Fest, Benedikt J., Stephen J. Livesley, Joseph C. von Fischer, and Stefan K. Arndt. "Repeated fuel reduction burns have little long-term impact on soil greenhouse gas exchange in a dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest." Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 201 (February 2015): 17–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.11.006.

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Brown, Sandra, Jiangming Mo, James K. McPherson, and David T. Bell. "Decomposition of woody debris in Western Australian forests." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 26, no. 6 (June 1, 1996): 954–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x26-105.

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Changes in mass and nutrients in experimental logs of six tree species during 5 years of exposure in the three major forest production regions of southwest Western Australia were measured to determine how climate, substrate quality, and substrate size interact to regulate decomposition of woody debris in this Mediterranean-type climate. Branch (3–5 cm in diameter) and bole (10–15 cm in diameter) material of the six species was set out in representative areas of a regenerating clear-cut Eucalyptusdiversicolor F. Muell. wet sclerophyll forest, selectively cut Eucalyptusmarginata Donn ex Smith dry sclerophyll forest, and clear-cut areas of a former Pinuspinaster Aiton plantation. Experimental logs were collected at about 0.5, 2, and 5 years after placement and were separated into bark and wood components. Samples of initial material were analyzed for moisture content, water-soluble and NaOH-soluble extractives, and nutrient concentrations (N, P, K, Ca, and Mg). At each collection, moisture content and changes in mass and nutrient concentration were determined for the sample logs. Eucalyptuscalophylla R.Br, the major associate of the two native forests, lost the most mass during this time, up to 65% of the initial mass (decomposition coefficient k = 0.22 year−1). Decomposition was least in P. pinaster and E. marginata, at about 24–26% of original mass (k = 0.05 year−1 and 0.07 year−1, respectively). Mass losses were greatest in Manjimup, the wettest site, and least at Gnangara, the driest site, but differences in overall levels of decomposition were small despite the range in climatic moisture regimes. Small logs decomposed faster than large logs. Changes in nutrient concentrations occurred in all logs at all sites, indicating activity by decomposer organisms and (or) leaching losses. Nitrogen was the only element to be immobilized over the 5-year period. Mineralization rates were of the order P ≈ Ca < Mg < K. Concentrations of compounds extractable in cold water and NaOH decreased during the 5 years of exposure. Differences in decomposition rates were partly explained by initial concentrations of N only; there appeared to be no relationship between decomposition and concentration of the other elements and extractives.

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Crockford, R. H., and D. P. Richardson. "Partitioning of rainfall in a eucalypt forest and pine plantation in southeastern australia: III determination of the canopy storage capacity of a dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest." Hydrological Processes 4, no. 2 (April 1990): 157–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.3360040206.

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