Robert S Hill
Biographic Data
| ID | 5644718 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert S Hill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert S |
| FAMILY NAME | Hill |
| SIGNATURE | HILL R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tasmania |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4564-4339 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
History of the Australian Vegetation
The Australian vegetation is the end result of a remarkable history of climate change, latitudinal change, continental isolation, soil evolution, interaction with an evolving fauna, fire and most recently human impact. This book presents a detailed synopsis of the critical events that led to the evolution of the unique Australian flora and the wide variety of vegetational types contained within it. The first part of the book details the past cont…
The history of selected Australian taxa
Attempting to Define the Impossible
The Ecology and Biogeography of Nothofagus Forests
Focusing on the tree species Nothofagus, or southern beech, ecologists and biogeographers here provide a comprehensive examination of the distribution, history, and ecology of this species that predominates in forests from highland New Guinea at the equator to the subantarctic latitudes of Tierra del Fuego. The Nothofagus genus offers a fascinating key to understanding historical plant geography and modern vegetation patterns
Quaternary Organic Deposit from Newton Creek Valley, Western Tasmania
Pollen and macrofossils from an organic deposit probably 44 ka BP in age record subalpine heath with abundant local Athrotaxis cupressoides. This was succeeded by subalpine heath that included Casuarina, Phyllocladus and Eucalyptus. The pollen/vegetation assemblages are comparable with present subalpine vegetation located between 850–1050 m, though the site is at 550 m and potentially below the limit of temperate rainforest (620 m). It is inferre…
Abstracts of the 1991 conference on vertebrate palaeontology, evolution and systematics, Alice Springs, NT, March 28-30
Interpretation of plant fossils traditionally splits into twocamps; those concerned with 'microfossils' (e.g.pollen and spores) and those concerned with 'macrofossils' (or 'megafossils', e.g.wood, leaves, reproductive structures).It is also traditionally accepted that whereas microfossils provide the general picture of past vegetation, macrofossils generally provide higher taxonomic resolution but represent vegetation from a very restricted area.…
Australian vegetation during the Tertiary
The Australian Tertiary plant macrofossil record, although very incomplete, offers a unique insight into past vegetation composition and dynamics, and the effect of changing climate both on vegetation composition and plant evolution.During the Early Tertiary, southeastern Australia supported complex rainforests with a very high diversity of woody plant species.The prevailing climate included a moderate mean annual temperature and, more importantl…
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Abstracts of the 1991 conference on vertebrate palaeontology, evolution and systematics, Alice Springs, NT, March 28-30
Interpretation of plant fossils traditionally splits into twocamps; those concerned with 'microfossils' (e.g.pollen and spores) and those concerned with 'macrofossils' (or 'megafossils', e.g.wood, leaves, reproductive structures).It is also traditionally accepted that whereas microfossils provide the general picture of past vegetation, macrofossils generally provide higher taxonomic resolution but represent vegetation from a very restricted area.…
Australian vegetation during the Tertiary
The Australian Tertiary plant macrofossil record, although very incomplete, offers a unique insight into past vegetation composition and dynamics, and the effect of changing climate both on vegetation composition and plant evolution.During the Early Tertiary, southeastern Australia supported complex rainforests with a very high diversity of woody plant species.The prevailing climate included a moderate mean annual temperature and, more importantl…
Quaternary Organic Deposit from Newton Creek Valley, Western Tasmania
Pollen and macrofossils from an organic deposit probably 44 ka BP in age record subalpine heath with abundant local Athrotaxis cupressoides. This was succeeded by subalpine heath that included Casuarina, Phyllocladus and Eucalyptus. The pollen/vegetation assemblages are comparable with present subalpine vegetation located between 850–1050 m, though the site is at 550 m and potentially below the limit of temperate rainforest (620 m). It is inferre…
The Ecology and Biogeography of Nothofagus Forests
Focusing on the tree species Nothofagus, or southern beech, ecologists and biogeographers here provide a comprehensive examination of the distribution, history, and ecology of this species that predominates in forests from highland New Guinea at the equator to the subantarctic latitudes of Tierra del Fuego. The Nothofagus genus offers a fascinating key to understanding historical plant geography and modern vegetation patterns
Attempting to Define the Impossible
History of the Australian Vegetation
The Australian vegetation is the end result of a remarkable history of climate change, latitudinal change, continental isolation, soil evolution, interaction with an evolving fauna, fire and most recently human impact. This book presents a detailed synopsis of the critical events that led to the evolution of the unique Australian flora and the wide variety of vegetational types contained within it. The first part of the book details the past cont…
The history of selected Australian taxa
Biology (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Paleontology (3 works) · Paleontology (3 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Evolutionary biology (2 works) · Genealogy (2 works)