Diurnal to decadal changes in the balance between vegetation and bare ground in Tasmanian fjaeldmark

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Annandale, B, Kirkpatrick, JB
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inst Arctic Alpine Res 2017
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Terrestrial Ecology; Mount Rufus; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0017-001; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/120177

Periglacial processes are active under current climatic conditions on the more exposed peaks and ridges of Tasmanias high country. Non-sorted steps, stripes, and solifluction lobes with vegetated risers and bare treads have formed on many of the mountains capped in fissile sedimentary rocks. Any dis...