Authors:
Geoffrey Hope, Roger Good, Jennie Whinam, 1 and Genevieve Wright
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
fire, peatland-recovery, shade, transplants
Documentfile:
ipc16p451-453a398hope.good_.etal_.pdf
Summary:
In January 2003 wild fires burnt approximately 2.1 million hectares in the mountains of southeastern Australia with a high proportion of the subalpine peatlands being affected. Alpine and subalpine peatlands dominated by shrubs and restiads but including the hummock moss Sphagnum cristatum are common in the highlands of southeastern Australia and total 9710 ha (Hope and Nanson 2015). The peatlands in national parks in New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) had been recovering…