
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gibson, N 
A1  - Kirkpatrick, JB 
T1  - Effects of the Cessation of Grazing on the Grasslands and Grassy Woodlands of the Central Plateau, Tasmania
JF  - Australian Journal of Botany
JO  - Aust. J. Bot.
Y1  - 1989
VL  - 37
IS  - 1
SP  - 55
EP  - 63
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BT9890055 
N2  - The response of grassy vegetation to exclusion from grazing was found to be related to a major productivity gradient in the central highlands of Tasmania. All sites showed a trend toward increased structural complexity, a decrease in bare ground and a decrease in species richness when grazing was excluded. However, the effect was much more pronounced at sites of high productivity. These findings support the theory that species richness is a function of both disturbance and the rate of competitive exclusion (site quality), and support suggestions that stock grazing is inappropriate above 1000 m on the Central Plateau. 
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