Dmjs. Bowman et Wj. Panton, DIFFERENCES IN THE STAND STRUCTURE OF EUCALYPTUS-TETRODONTA FORESTS BETWEEN ELCHO ISLAND AND GUNN-POINT, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA, Australian Journal of Botany, 41(2), 1993, pp. 211-215
Eucalyptus tetrodonta dominated open forests occur across the northern
coast of the Northern Territory. They typically have a well developed
grass understorey, scattered saplings, numerous woody sprouts (ramets
) and a conspicuous absence of seedlings (genets). We compared a typic
al E. tetrodonta stand on Gunn Point with an atypical stand on Elcho I
sland; the forest on Elcho Island had less grass cover, greater canopy
and litter cover, a deeper organic layer and higher densities of seed
lings, woody sprouts and saplings than on Gunn Point. Gunn Point had a
greater number of large E. tetrodonta trees that were more widely spa
ced than trees on Elcho Island. The cause of these differences remains
unclear.