Abstract
Temperate rainforests of western and northeastern Tasmania, mainland Australia (New South Wales, Victoria), and New Zealand, collectively referred to as Australasia throughout this book (see figure 8-1), are restricted primarily to coastal areas of latitudes 39.5 to 43.5°S latitude. These rainforests are valued for their beauty, mystery, and spirituality by nearly all Australians and New Zealanders, having been globally recognized by scientists, bureaucrats, and nongovernmental organizations for outstanding universal significance according to a wide variety of tests of the forests’ importance.
Temperate rainforests of Australasia, including the Australian coastline, Tasmania, and New Zealand (adapted from Kirkpatrick and Dickerson 1984).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Literature Cited
Adam, P. 1992. Australian rainforest. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Ajani, J. 2007. The forest wars. Carlton: Melbourne Univ. Press.
Bowman, D. M. J. S. 2000. Islands of green in a sea of fire. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press.
Brown, M. J., and J. Read. 1996. A comparison of the ecology and conservation management of cool-temperate rainforest in Tasmania and the Americas. Pp. 320–41 in High-latitude rainforests and associated ecosystems of the west coast of the Americas. Ed. R. G. Lawford, P. B. Alaback, and E. Fuentes. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Creedy, J., and A. D. Wurzbacher. 2001. The economic value of a forested catchment with water, timber, and carbon sequestration benefits. Ecological Economics 38:71–83.
Cullen, P.C., and J.B. Kirkpatrick. 1988. The ecology of Athrotaxis D. Don (Taxodiaceae) II. The distributions and ecological differentiation of A. cupressoides and A. selaginoides. Australian Journal of Botany 36:561–73.
Ellis, R. C., A. B. Mount, and J. P. Mattay. 1980. Recovery of Eucalyptus delegatensis from high-altitude dieback after felling and burning the understorey. Australian Forestry 43:29–35.
Gibson, N., P.C. J. Barker, P.J. Cullen, and A. Shapcott. 1995. Conifers of southern Australia. Pp. 223–51 in Ecology of the southern conifers. Ed. N. J. Enright and R. S. Hill. Carlton: Melbourne Univ. Press.
Harris, S., J. Balmer, and J. Whinam. 1995. Western Tasmanian Wilderness. Pp. 495–99 in Asia, Australasia, and the Pacific. Vol. 2 of Centres of Plant Diversity. Ed. S. D. Davis, V.H. Heywood, and A.C. Hamilton. Cambridge, UK: WWF/IUCN, IUCN Publications Unit.
Hill, R. S., R. S. Mac Phail, and G. J. Jordan. 1999. Tertiary history and origins of the flora and vegetation. Pp. 39–63 in Vegetation of Tasmania. Supplementary Series No. 8 of Flora of Australia Ed. J. B. Reid, R. S. Hill, M. J. Brown, and M. J. Hovenden. Canberra: ABRS.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 2007. Synthesis report. Geneva, Switzerland. www.ipcc.ch/contact/contact.htm
Jarman, S. J., G. Kantvilas, and M. J. Brown. 1999. Floristic composition of cool-temperate rainforest. Pp. 145–59 in Vegetation of Tasmania. Supplementary Series No. 8 of Flora of Australia. Ed. J. B. Reid, R. S. Hill, M. J. Brown, and M. J. Hovenden. Canberra:ABRS.
Keith, H., B. G. Mackey, and D. B. Lindenmayer. 2009. Re-evaluation of forest biomass carbon stocks and lessons from the world’s most carbon-dense forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (28):11635–40.
Kirkpatrick, J. B. 1997. Alpine Tasmania: An illustrated guide to the flora and vegetation. Melbourne: Oxford Univ. Press.
——, and M. Fowler. 1998. Locating likely glacial refugia in Tasmania using palynological and ecological information to test alternative climatic models. Biological Conservation 85:171–82.
Marsden-Smedley, J., and J.B. Kirkpatrick. 2000. Fire management in Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage Area: Ecosystem restoration using Indigenous-style fire regimes? Ecological management and restoration 1:195–203.
Mendel, L. C., and J. B. Kirkpatrick. 2002. Historical progress of biodiversity conservation in the protected-area system of Tasmania, Australia. Conservation Biology 16:1–11.
Myers, N., R.A. Mittermeier, C.G. Mittermeier, G.A.B. da Fonseca, and J. Kent. 2000. Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature 403:853–58.
Ogden, J., and G.H. Stewart. 1995. Community dynamics of the New Zealand conifers. Pp. 81–119 in Ecology of the southern conifers. Ed. N. J. Enright and R. S. Hill. Carlton: Melbourne Univ. Press.
Olson, D. M., and E. Dinerstein. 1998. The Global 200:A representation approach to conserving the Earth’s most biologically valuable ecoregions. Conservation Biology 12:502–15.
Podger, F. D., and M. J. Brown. 1989. Vegetation damage caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi on disturbed sites in temperate rainforest in western Tasmania. Australian Journal of Botany 37:443–80.
Stewart, G. H., and T.T. Veblen. 1982. Regeneration patterns in southern rata (Metrosideros umbellata)-kamahi (Weinmannia racemosa) forest in central Westland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 20:55–72.
Wardle, P. 1991. Vegetation of New Zealand. Melbourne: Cambridge Univ. Press.
Webb, L. J. 1978. A structural comparison of New Zealand and southeastern Australian rainforests and their tropical affinities. Australian Journal of Ecology 3:7–21.
White, M. E. 1986. The greening of Gondwana. Sydney: Reed.
Williams, W. D. 1974. Introduction. Pp. 3–15 in Biogeography and ecology in Tasmania.Vol. 25 of Monographiae Biologicae. Ed. W. D. Willams. The Hague: Dr. W. Junk Publishers.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2011 Island Press
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Kirkpatrick, J.B., DellaSala, D.A. (2011). Temperate Rainforests of Australasia. In: Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World: Ecology and Conservation. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-008-8_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-008-8_8
Publisher Name: Island Press, Washington, DC
Online ISBN: 978-1-61091-008-8
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)
