An Island of Green in the Sunburnt Country
The Rainforest of the Humid Tropics of Northeastern Australia and Their Response to Quaternary Environmental Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7784840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick T Mo, Patrick Mo (0000-0003-1546-9242, The University of Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1777-1797 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geography Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00185.x |
| OpenAlex | W1996887203 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 32 |
The Humid Tropics of northeastern Australia is a region of exceptional diversity and productivity that reflects many of the characteristics of similar tropical biomes. In the Australian context, it is a unique environment being a virtual ‘island of green’ surrounded by the more typical sclerophyll (i.e. dry and fire prone) landscapes of Australia. This article will examine the modern ecological characteristics of the region, as well as providing historical context by discussing the response of the humid tropics communities to Quaternary environmental upheavals and the possible implications that these alterations have for understanding ecosystem response to future environmental change
Agroforestry · Archaeology · Biodiversity · Biology · Biome · Climate change · Ecosystem · Environmental change · Geography · Quaternary · Rainforest · Sclerophyll · Tropical rainforest · Tropics · Environmental Science · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |