Aspects of the growth and climate of tussock grasslands in montane New Guinea and sub-Antarctic islands

• Main Author: Hnatiuk, Roger
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: biogeography; tussock grasslands; primary production; microclimate; sub-Antarctic; alpine; Papua New Guinea; Campbell Island; Macquarie Island; Kosciusko; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Troll; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/8061

On the cool, misty slopes of high mountains that rise out of the hot equatorial lowland, there are places that bear surprising resemblances of climate and vegetation to the remote islands of the vast southern ocean. Why such disparate regions should look alike can be found in the three-dimensional (...