Published: Oct. 11, 2023
Language: Английский
Journal of Vegetation Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 36(2)
Published: March 1, 2025
ABSTRACT Aims Australia's coastline is fringed by more than 8000 continental islands. These islands feature a diverse array of landforms, rock and soil types geological origins. Some these are among the least invaded, most pristine habitats in Australia support high plant diversity. Here, we present new Australia‐wide curated dataset for species occurrences on Results Combining information from 1349 lists floras, A‐Islands includes data > 6500 844 ranging size 18 m 2 to 4400 km , exhibiting different degrees isolation mainland, spanning all major Australian climate zones. Of these, 251 have been repeatedly sampled up 11 times, making it possible investigate temporal compositional change. open access will be continuously updated. Its simple structure, consisting three comma‐separated files allows easy integration with other global plant‐occurrence databases can serve as repository island research Australia. Conclusions Knowing which occur provide opportunities future research, including studying changes biodiversity turnover within archipelagos, tests classical biogeography theory, baseline ecological monitoring conservation.
Language: Английский
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New Phytologist, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Feb. 11, 2025
Summary Theory suggests that the dominance of resprouting and seeding, two key mechanisms through which plants persist with recurrent fire, both depend on other traits vary fire regime. However, these patterns remain largely untested over broad scales. We analysed relationships between mean frequency, derived from MODIS satellite data, seeding strategies, respectively, for c . 10 000 woody herbaceous species in Australia. tested whether leaf economics differed among strategies. Probability exhibits a monotonic increase frequency plants; plants, hump‐shaped relationship is observed. hump shape plants. In probability was associated higher mass per area (LMA), lower LMA. A broader range investment strategies occurred Our findings provide largest empirical support to date theory connecting response strategy frequency. Woody seeders appear constrained by immaturity senescence risk. Herbaceous showed different placements along spectrum, suggesting an important interaction growth form rate seeders.
Language: Английский
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Published: Aug. 30, 2024
Abstract Australia’s coastline is fringed by more than 8,000 continental islands. These islands feature a diverse array of landforms, rock and soil types geological origins. Some these are among the least invaded, most pristine habitats in Australia support high plant diversity. Here, we present new Australia-wide curated dataset for species occurrences on Combining information from 1,349 lists floras, A-Islands includes data >6,500 844 ranging size 18 m 2 to 4,400 km , exhibiting different degrees isolation mainland, spanning all major Australian climate zones. Of these, 251 have been repeatedly sampled up 11 times making it possible investigate temporal compositional change. open access will be continuously updated. Its simple structure consisting three comma separated files allows easy integration with other global plant-occurrence databases can serve as repository island research Australia. Knowing which occur Australia′s provide opportunities future research, including studying changes biodiversity species-turnover within archipelagos, tests classical biogeography theory baseline ecological monitoring conservation.
Language: Английский
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Published: Oct. 11, 2023
Language: Английский
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