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Post‐fire succession in the northern jarrah forest of Western Australia
Author(s) -
BELL DAVID T.,
KOCH JOHN M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1442-9993
pISSN - 0307-692X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1980.tb01226.x
Subject(s) - ecological succession , dominance (genetics) , species richness , ecology , geography , forestry , species diversity , biology , biochemistry , gene
Post‐fire species changes were documented over a portion of the northern section of the jarrah forest of Western Australia from a series of sites of known age since last fire. Species richness and species diversity were observed to increase following fire for several years, followed by a gradual decline. Dominance‐diversity curves indicated that maximum diversity occurred from 3 to 5 years following fire. The species composition of sites of different regions was more similar than sites of similar time since burn. The significance of the results to the programme of controlled burns is discussed.