Appendix A. Field site descriptions.Rainfall data from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/).
Location
|
Site description
|
Grid reference
|
Altitude
(m amsl)
|
Kosciuszko National Park Vegetation
Mean annual
rainfall Date sampled
Total number
of species studied Post: 13 spp from 9 families (Appendix G) |
subalpine forest on hillslopes | 36° 29' 54" S; 148° 18' 47" E 36° 22' 26" S; 148° 28' 14" E 36° 19' 37" S; 148° 28' 36" E |
1380 m 1650 m 1310 m |
subalpine forests on river flats | 36° 26' 51" S; 148° 25' 41" E 36° 20' 54" S; 148° 34' 16" E |
1130 m 1200 m |
|
subalpine grassland | 36° 21' 41" S; 148° 30' 20" E | 1580 m | |
alpine herbfields | 36° 26' 02" S: 148° 19' 32" E 36° 17' 24" S; 148° 23' 05" E |
1860 m 1804 m |
|
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Vegetation Mean annual rainfall Date sampled Total number of species
studied |
heath and shrubland on sandstone ridge tops |
33° 39' 40" S; 151° 13' 59" E 33° 40' 42" S; 151° 12' 58" E 33° 36' 07" S; 151° 16' 10" E |
180 m 170 m 110 m |
coastal forest | 33° 34' 09' S; 151° 18' 22" E | 70 m | |
forest on relatively nutrient-rich soil (totP = 650 ppm) | 33° 33' 53" S; 151° 17' 35" E | 160 m | |
forested stream terrace | 33° 39' 50" S; 151° 14' 45" E | 80 m | |
Sturt National Park Vegetation Mean annual rainfall Date sampled Total number of species
studied |
granite outcrop | 29° 25' 38" S; 141° 59' 36" E | 190 m |
gravel-covered plains | 29° 20' 08" S; 142° 59' 36" E 29° 12' 52" S: 141° 53' 49" E |
140 m 150 m |
|
lake shore | 29° 05' 21" S; 141° 13' 03" E | 120 m | |
dune crest | 29° 02' 00" S; 141° 11' 38" E | 130 m | |
dune swale | 29° 01' 50" S; 141° 11" 27" E | 120 m | |
plateau | 29° 03' 40" S; 141° 51' 45" E | 200 m |
Notes:
Names in parentheses under "Mean annual rainfall" represent weather
stations from which the data was taken. Appendice B–G show the species
names, phylogenetic relationships between species, and data for species from
each location.