Published: 2019-01-31
View Vol. 2 No. 1 (2019): Field Studies in Ecology Alpine Ecology 2016

This volume arises from the 2016 Field Studies in Functional Ecology course based at Charlotte Pass, NSW in Kosciuszko National Park in the Australian Alps. Students were undergraduates at the time the experiments were conducted. 

Articles

The relationship between functional trait variation and water availability in hybridising Australian alpine buttercups

Julia Hammer
Abstract 290 | pdf Downloads 315
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The effects of geographic orientation on shrub microclimates related to Australian pipit nesting

Bronte Sinclair
Abstract 242 | pdf Downloads 170
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Changes in pigment accumulation as indicators of physical stress in Eucalyptus pauciflora

Cynthia Turnbull
Abstract 407 | pdf Downloads 573
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The effect of elevation and temperature on metabolic intensity of Eulamprus kosciuskoi in Kosciuszko National Park

Holly Sargent
Abstract 311 | pdf Downloads 225
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Divergence in floral morphology and pollinator interactions in two sympatric Australian pea plants

Sarah Stock
Abstract 396 | pdf Downloads 384
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Gas exchange in Ranunculus species and the evolution of alpine herbaceous plant physiology

Caitlin McLeod
Abstract 234 | pdf Downloads 146
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Assessing biomechanical durability of alpine and subalpine leaves via measuring bend and fracture attributes

Shoshana Rapley, Isaac Bell, Callum Bryant, Helen Burke, Angelina Clerc-Hawke, Sarah Hazell Pickering, Kenyah Lawler, Matthew Rolfe
Abstract 320 | pdf Downloads 154
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Intraspecific and interspecific variation in metabolic rate across an elevational gradient in Australian mountain grasshoppers

Tenzin Norzin, Alexandra Apelt, Luke Bavin, Emily Dickey, Tobias Gruba, Barry Kerton, Edmond Ransome Gillding, Phoebe Worth, Huanlv Yang
Abstract 505 | pdf Downloads 215
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Field study of endogenous and exogenous contributions to diurnal stomatal conductance rhythms in Eucalyptus pauciflora saplings

Sarah Hazell Pickering, Alexandra Apelt, Callum Bryant, Angelina Clerc-Hawke, Kenyah Lawler, Edmond Ransome Gillding, Matthew Rolfe, Huanlv Yang
Abstract 255 | pdf Downloads 147
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Morphological and physiological determinants of performance and associations to thermoregulatory preferences in an alpine skink, Eulamprus kosciuskoi

Isaac Bell, Luke Bavin, Emily Dickey, Tobias Gruber, Barry Kerton, Tenzin Norzin, Shoshana Rapley, Phoebe Worth
Abstract 291 | pdf Downloads 264
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The effect of UV light intensity on anthocyanin content of Richea continentis leaves

Alexandra Apelt, Luke Bavin, Emily Dickey, Tobias Gruber, Barry Kerton, Tenzin Norzin, Edmond Ransome Gillding, Phoebe Worth, Huanlv Yang
Abstract 590 | pdf Downloads 910
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Jump distance of Monistria concinna in relation to metabolic rate and femur length:mass ratio

Kenyah Lawler, Isaac Bell, Callum Bryant, Sarah Hazell Pickering, Edmond Ransome Gillding, Shoshana Rapley, Matthew Rolfe
Abstract 412 | pdf Downloads 350
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