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Anodopetalum biglandulosum : Growth form and abundance in Tasmanian rainforest
Author(s) -
BARKER P. C. J.,
BROWN M. J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1442-9993
pISSN - 0307-692X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1994.tb00509.x
Subject(s) - rainforest , ecology , old growth forest , abundance (ecology) , canopy , disturbance (geology) , geography , floristics , tree canopy , biology , taxon , paleontology
Anodopetalum biglandulosum grows in a variety of habits in Tasmanian rainforest. Forty‐eight stands were classified to produce a typology of growth forms for the species. The species has a fundamentally deterministic growth form and exhibits a variety of responses to canopy disruption. The responses are related to community floristics, forest structure and the disturbance regime. The roles of canopy proliferation and clonal spread were investigated for their ecological significance. In some forests A. biglandulosum may dominate the regrowth after tree‐fall, resulting in a late successional shift in the forest structure.