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 270 | pdf Downloads 278
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The effects of geographic orientation on shrub microclimates related to Australian pipit nesting

Bronte Sinclair
Abstract 235 | pdf Downloads 151
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Changes in pigment accumulation as indicators of physical stress in Eucalyptus pauciflora

Cynthia Turnbull
Abstract 345 | pdf Downloads 526
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The effect of elevation and temperature on metabolic intensity of Eulamprus kosciuskoi in Kosciuszko National Park

Holly Sargent
Abstract 289 | pdf Downloads 207
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Divergence in floral morphology and pollinator interactions in two sympatric Australian pea plants

Sarah Stock
Abstract 364 | pdf Downloads 340
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Gas exchange in Ranunculus species and the evolution of alpine herbaceous plant physiology

Caitlin McLeod
Abstract 210 | pdf Downloads 129
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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 287 | pdf Downloads 136
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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 488 | pdf Downloads 204
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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 241 | pdf Downloads 135
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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 259 | pdf Downloads 236
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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 537 | pdf Downloads 742
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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 392 | pdf Downloads 327
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