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Vegetation communities, species distribution and foliar morphology as indicators of climate change on Marion Island

Australian Antarctic Division
Bergstrom, D.M., Kingdom, D. and Kiefer, K. ; BERGSTROM, DANA M. ; KINGDOM, DENNA ; KIEFER, KATE
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Altitudinal variations in vegetation community composition, species ranges and foliar morphology were collected on subantarctic Marion Island.

Two altitudinal transects on the eastern slopes of the island were sampled for vegetation surface cover and physical environmental attributes, with one transect located on black lava and the other on grey lava soils. Five 1*1m quadrats were randomly located within 25m^2 sites at each 100m rise in altitude, plus an additional two on the coastal lowlands between the lowest altitude site and 100m. Within each quadrat the per cent surface cover of each vascular plant present was determined. Five leaves were obtained from most vascular plant species and traced whilst still wet in order to obtain leaf area, length and width of each leaf. Environmental characteristics of each site were recorded, including unconsolidated substrate depth, aspect, slope and exposure, and soil wetness based on a five point subjective scale. Three soil samples were taken randomly from each site and later analysed for carbon and water content, salinity, conductivity and pH. Each site was located using a Garmin 12XL GPS and altitude determined using a Barigo electronic altitmeter.

The dataset consists of Denna Kingdom's thesis, plus references, and raw data. Data has been incorporated into the Biodiversity Database.

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Progress Code: completed

Data time period: 2000-03-01 to 2000-04-30

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AGROSTIS MAGELLANICA | AMD | AMD/AU | AZORELLA SELAGO | CEOS | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > INVASIVE SPECIES | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > ENDANGERED SPECIES | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > EXTINCTION RATE | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > MIGRATORY RATES/ROUTES | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAMICS | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > RANGE CHANGES | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES COMPETITION | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SURVIVAL RATES | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ALPINE/TUNDRA | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ISLANDS | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > INDIGENOUS VEGETATION | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > PLANT CHARACTERISTICS | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION COVER | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION SPECIES | FIELD SURVEYS | FOLIAR MORPHOLOGY | GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR | MARION ISLAND | OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > Marion Island | SPECIES DIVERSITY | SUBANTARCTIC | VEGETATION COMMUNITIES | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | biota |

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ACN 633 798 857