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DOI | 10.1071/WF13007 |
Relationship between fire-return interval and mulga (Acacia aneura) regeneration in the Gibson Desert and Gascoyne-Murchison regions of Western Australia | |
Ward, Bruce G.1; Bragg, Thomas B.2; Hayes, Barbara A.3 | |
通讯作者 | Ward, Bruce G. |
来源期刊 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE
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ISSN | 1049-8001 |
EISSN | 1448-5516 |
出版年 | 2014 |
卷号 | 23期号:3页码:394-402 |
英文摘要 | A study of 26 burnt mulga (Acacia aneura) stands was conducted from 2003 to 2012 in the Gibson Desert and eastern Gascoyne-Murchison region of Western Australia to assess the effect of fire interval on seedling regeneration. Tree-ring analysis and Landsat satellite imagery identified mulga stands with fire intervals ranging from 3 to 52 years. Results show fire-return intervals less than 20 years produce 2-3-year-old seedling regeneration lower than 50% of the original adult stand population (average juvenile-to-adult ratio=0.49). In total, 6 of the 26 stands sampled had reburnt within 3 to 10 years of the previous burn, a consequence of increased plant growth associated with higher rainfall. For all fires, summer fires were larger and more frequent (24 of 35 fires recorded, median fire size=150km(2)) than spring fires (median fire size=91km(2)). This study emphasises the important role of fire in maintaining the diversity and vigour of the mulga-Triodia ecosystem but indicates a minimum fire-return interval of 26 years to maintain mulga populations. |
英文关键词 | fire frequency fire size mulga spinifex Triodia |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Australia ; USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000335468000009 |
WOS关键词 | SHRUBS ; SEASON ; COEXISTENCE ; VEGETATION ; RANGELANDS ; LANDSCAPE ; SURVIVAL ; TREES |
WOS类目 | Forestry |
WOS研究方向 | Forestry |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/182788 |
作者单位 | 1.Dept Pk & Wildlife, Manjimup, WA 6258, Australia; 2.Univ Nebraska, Dept Biol, Omaha, NE 68182 USA; 3.Hayes Environm, Elkhorn, NE 68022 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Ward, Bruce G.,Bragg, Thomas B.,Hayes, Barbara A.. Relationship between fire-return interval and mulga (Acacia aneura) regeneration in the Gibson Desert and Gascoyne-Murchison regions of Western Australia[J],2014,23(3):394-402. |
APA | Ward, Bruce G.,Bragg, Thomas B.,&Hayes, Barbara A..(2014).Relationship between fire-return interval and mulga (Acacia aneura) regeneration in the Gibson Desert and Gascoyne-Murchison regions of Western Australia.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE,23(3),394-402. |
MLA | Ward, Bruce G.,et al."Relationship between fire-return interval and mulga (Acacia aneura) regeneration in the Gibson Desert and Gascoyne-Murchison regions of Western Australia".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE 23.3(2014):394-402. |
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