Penny van Oosterzee
James Cook University
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Marine and Freshwater Research | 2017
Norman C. Duke; John M. Kovacs; Anthony D. Griffiths; Luke Preece; Duncan J. E. Hill; Penny van Oosterzee; Jock R. Mackenzie; Hailey S. Morning; Damien Burrows
This study records and documents the most severe and notable instance ever reported of sudden and widespread dieback of mangrove vegetation. Between late 2015 and early 2016, extensive areas of mangrove tidal wetland vegetation died back along 1000km of the shoreline of Australia’s remote Gulf of Carpentaria. The cause is not fully explained, but the timing was coincident with an extreme weather event; notably one of high temperatures and low precipitation lacking storm winds. The dieback was severe and widespread, affecting more than 7400ha or 6% of mangrove vegetation in the affected area from Roper River estuary in the Northern Territory, east to Karumba in Queensland. At the time, there was an unusually lengthy period of severe drought conditions, unprecedented high temperatures and a temporary drop in sea level. Although consequential moisture stress appears to have contributed to the cause, this occurrence was further coincidental with heat-stressed coral bleaching. This article describes the effect and diagnostic features of this severe dieback event in the Gulf, and considers potential causal factors.
Journal of Applied Ecology | 2018
Alexander W. Cheesman; Noel D. Preece; Penny van Oosterzee; Peter D. Erskine; Lucas A. Cernusak
1. Early establishment and sapling growth is a key phase in ensuring cost-effective reforestation success in relation to biodiversity outcomes. Therefore species selection must consider the interaction between plant functional traits and the often-challenging and heterogeneous biophysical environment of degraded landscapes. 2. In this study, we examine how microtopography (slope) results in spatial heterogeneity of soil nutrients, especially phosphorus (P) in a degraded tropical pasture landscape in Queensland, Australia. We then explore how this small-scale heterogeneity influences the growth of two native tree species, Cardwellia (C.) sublimis (Proteaceae) and Flindersia (F.) brayleyana (Rutaceae), which differ in key nutrient-acquisition strategies. 3. The proteaceous C. sublimis was found to be buffered from possible P limitation in degraded soils due to its effective P acquisition by cluster roots. In contrast to C. sublimis, which showed no difference in growth after 5 years across a range of soil conditions, F. brayleyana was found to be highly responsive to soil conditions with increased growth in low-slope, higher P availability areas. The ability of F. brayleyana to take advantage of high soil P levels, including the development of leaves with higher P concentrations, resulted in an apparent switch in competitive fitness between these two species across a landscape gradient. 4. Synthesis and applications. In a detailed study of a landscape reforestation experiment in North Queensland, Australia, we demonstrate that site edaphic factors can vary within tens of meters due to topographic relief, and that species respond differently to these conditions. We therefore show the need to consider both the spatial heterogeneity of edaphic factors and the below ground functional traits of potential reforestation species when planning reforestation programs.
Forest Ecology and Management | 2012
Noel D. Preece; Gabriel Crowley; Michael J. Lawes; Penny van Oosterzee
Conservation Letters | 2012
Penny van Oosterzee; James Nelson Blignaut
Global Environmental Change-human and Policy Dimensions | 2014
Penny van Oosterzee; Allan Dale; Noel D. Preece
Ecological Management and Restoration | 2012
Penny van Oosterzee
Conservation Letters | 2010
Penny van Oosterzee; Noel D. Preece; Allan Dale
Forest Ecology and Management | 2015
Noel D. Preece; Michael J. Lawes; Allison K. Rossman; Timothy J. Curran; Penny van Oosterzee
Archive | 1995
Noel D. Preece; Penny van Oosterzee; David James
Biological Conservation | 2017
Noel D. Preece; Sandra E. Abell; Laura F. Grogan; Adrian F. Wayne; Lee F. Skerratt; Penny van Oosterzee; Amy L. Shima; Peter Daszak; Hume E. Field; Andrea Reiss; Lee Berger; Tasmin L. Rymer; Diana O. Fisher; Michael J. Lawes; Susan G. Laurance; Hamish McCallum; Carol Esson; Jonathan H. Epstein