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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Feeling the cold in a warming climate: differential effects of low temperatures on co-occurring eucalypts

George Matusick A B C , Katinka X. Ruthrof A , Jason Pitman A and Giles E. St. J. Hardy A
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A School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, WA 6150, Australia.

B Present address: The Nature Conservancy, Georgia Chapter, Chattahoochee Fall Line Project, Fort Benning, Georgia, 31905, United States.

C Corresponding author. Email: G.Matusick@murdoch.edu.au

Australian Journal of Botany 64(5) 456-466 https://doi.org/10.1071/BT16064
Submitted: 1 April 2016  Accepted: 13 July 2016   Published: 29 July 2016

Abstract

Climate change is altering extreme temperature events, and is expected to drive changes in species composition as a result. To assess the potential for compositional shifts from low-temperature events, the effects of repeated events in 2010 and 2012 on three co-occurring eucalypts were determined in south-western Australia. To examine the climatic conditions that led to tree damage, and the long-term pattern of low-temperature events, temperatures were monitored on affected sites, and modelled from climate-station data. The three species varied considerably in their susceptibility to low temperatures. Corymbia calophylla K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson was most affected (crown-damage index (CDI) = 47), followed by Eucalyptus marginata Sm. (CDI = 17) and E. wandoo Blakely (CDI = 3), which was comparatively tolerant. The temperatures leading to damage in 2010 and 2012 were –3.4°C and –2.1°C respectively. The frequency of low-temperature events (days below 0°C) have been steadily increasing in the study area since the mid-1990s. Because minimal tree mortality was observed, species composition is unlikely to change as a result of low temperatures in the short term. However, continued dieback from repeated events may disrupt regenerative processes, and cause long-term compositional shifts.

Additional keywords: climate change, eucalypt dieback, Eucalyptus, forest ecology, frost, jarrah.


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