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Far South Ecology

Adventures of a plant nerd south of Australia

Month: September 2016

The limits to tree growth

Posted onSeptember 30, 2016October 25, 2016Leave a comment

What is the treeline? If you go high enough up a tall mountain there is a point where trees disappear and you transition into low alpine vegetation. The same holds if you travel toward the North Pole, where the boreal Read More …

CategoriesUncategorisedTagsalpine, forest, subalpine, treeline, trees

The end of an era: Macquarie Island research station to close down

Posted onSeptember 15, 2016September 23, 2016Leave a comment

UPDATE 19 SEPT 2016: Following a backlash from the public and scientific community the Australian Government is reconsidering the plan to close Macquarie Island station (see the backflipping ministerial announcement). We shall have to wait and see what the plan Read More …

CategoriesSubantarcticTagsAAD, Macquarie Island

AAD alpine Athrotaxis Aurora Australis biogeography bushfire Central Plateau conifers dispersal extinction fauna feldmark field work fieldwork fire ecology flora forest invasive species Macquarie Island megaherbs MIPEP penguins rabbits rephotography revegetation rewilding subalpine Subantarctic Tasmania threatened species treeline trees wind World Heritage

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