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Ground cover two years after prescribed fire in stringybark open forest at Bagdad Native Forest Reserve, Robe, South Australia

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dc.contributor.authorMurphy, B.P.
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, C.M.
dc.contributor.authorHeath, M.
dc.contributor.authorGibbs, J.
dc.contributor.authorPetit, S.
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractTo develop optimal fire regimes, land managers need to monitor vegetation responses following prescribed burning. We sampled plants <30 cm in height ("ground cover") to compare a site burnt two years previously with an adjacent unburnt site in stringybark open forest. Species richness and density (stem count) were measured in 12 x 1 m2 quadrats at each site. Twelve plant species were found in the burnt habitat compared with 10 in the unburnt and only four plant species were common to both sites. Shannon diversity indices indicated slightly greater diversity at the burnt site when Centrolepis fascicularis was excluded, although moss species were absent.
dc.identifier.citationThe South Australian naturalist, 2013; 87(2):85-89
dc.identifier.issn0038-2965
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/154493
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherField Naturalists' Society of South Australia
dc.rightsCopyright 2013 Field Naturalists' Society of South Australia
dc.source.urihttps://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=827604606953426;res=IELHSS
dc.subjectoptimal fire regimes
dc.subjectstringybark open forest
dc.subjectBagdad Native Forest Reserve
dc.titleGround cover two years after prescribed fire in stringybark open forest at Bagdad Native Forest Reserve, Robe, South Australia
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9915909660901831

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