The origin of grassy balds in the Bunya Mountains, southeastern Queensland, Australia
Moravek, Silvie, Luly, Jon, Grindrod, John, and Fairfax, Russell (2013) The origin of grassy balds in the Bunya Mountains, southeastern Queensland, Australia. Holocene, 23 (2). pp. 305-315.
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Abstract
Montane grasslands, or grassy balds, are enigmatic features of mountains worldwide. Their origins are often obscure. Pollen, phytolith and charcoal analysis of Dandabah Swamp in the Bunya Mountains in southeastern Queensland, Australia suggest that there, grassy balds comprise a relict vegetation maintained in the face of postglacial tree invasion by fire. The balds are not the product of edaphic phenomena or natural or anthropogenic cataclysms and will require intensive management efforts to be conserved in a world of increased woodiness, rising atmospheric CO₂ and changing climate.
| Item ID: | 28412 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1477-0911 |
| Keywords: | fire, grassy balds, Holocene climate, phytolith analysis, pollen analysis, tree incursion, vegetation change |
| Funders: | Australian Geographic Foundation, Queensland Herbarium |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2013 06:58 |
| FoR Codes: | 04 EARTH SCIENCES > 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience > 040606 Quaternary Environments @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9613 Remnant Vegetation and Protected Conservation Areas > 961306 Remnant Vegetation and Protected Conservation Areas in Forest and Woodlands Environments @ 40% 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9609 Land and Water Management > 960906 Forest and Woodlands Land Management @ 40% 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9603 Climate and Climate Change > 960305 Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change @ 20% |
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