Claim · model-written summary
Vine size and density decrease gradually upwards along the altitudinal gradation.
Verbatim
e0“an exploratory study was made of altitudinal gradation between subantarctic or temperate rain forest (at higher elevations) and subtropical rain forest”
e6“the size and density of vines as well as leaf sizes of trees and vines decrease gradually upwards”
Title
An altitudinal transect in rain forest in the Barrington Tops area, New South Wales
J. C. TURNER Australian Journal of Ecology 1976. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.1976.tb01104.x
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation The ecotone has floristic elements both of a mosaic and of a gradual mix of upper and lower rain forest species.
- Observation Subtropical rain forest species drop out gradually upwards along the transect.
- Observation The rate of species drop-out is greatest at the bases of steep steps on the slope.
- Observation Doryphora sassafras is shared by the subtropical and subantarctic rain forest kinds.
- Association Leaf sizes of trees and vines decrease gradually upwards along the altitudinal gradation.
- Observation Nothofagus moorei is not regenerating within most of the ecotone, according to strong evidence.
- Observation The vertical extent of the ecotone is about 90 m.
- Observation Vegetation shows sustained structural gradation from notophyll-microphyll vinefern forest to microphyll fern forest.