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• W1488481640 abstract "This study fills a void in autecological research of D. antarctica by investigating the epiphytic relationships between the tree ferns and those vascular plant species which utilise its caudex. Research was based on hypotheses designed to explain aspects of the distribution of obligative epiphytes and the reliance of facultative epiphytes on D. antarctica caudices as well as why apogeotropic roots of terrestrially rooted specimens invade the tree fern‘s root mantle.Close to 1200 specimens of Soft Tree Fern (D. antarctica) were examined in 19 replicate field plots representative of temperate moist forests in north-eastern Tasmania. Dicksonia antarctica morphological and site floristics variables were recorded from each site. Selected parametric and non-parametric statistical tests were employed to analyse the relationships between and among the observed and recorded environmental, morphological, floristic, epiphytic and apogeotropic variables.Dicksonia antarctica frond plasticity was first examined because epiphytes are likely to be influenced both by site climatic conditions and by their host‘s architecture which in turn also influences microsite conditions. How frond size, frond frequency and frond shape change as D. antarctica grows older and taller was investigated using regression analysis. The inferred photosynthate store of D. antarctica was considered a critical determinant of emerging frond size and frequency. Frond size, frequency and shape were shown to vary with canopy closure, maximum temperature and site fertility. The relationships between caudex length and the size, frequency and shape of fronds are most likely indirect as a result of autocorrelation. The direct causal relationship is instead between the photosynthate store and frond size and frequency i.e. frond productivity. Two main epiphyte zones were identified on D. antarctica caudices (stems). These zones were largely delineated by surface microclimate, texture and substrate conditions. The first zone consists of the lower caudex nearest the ground and is dominated by obligate hygrophytic vascular epiphytes. The second zone is at the apex of the caudex, which is colonised by obligate epiphytes that can survive a drier more exposed microclimate compared to the lower caudex. In between the lower caudex and caudex apex zones is typically a length of caudex which is largely devoid of obligate epiphytes.Twenty-eight species of terrestrial flora were found to utilise large D. antarctica caudices as a regeneration substrate, providing strong evidence of the importance of D. antarctica caudices in maintaining floristic diversity in the closed-canopy wet forests of the region. Dicksonia antarctica caudices were identified as the dominant establishment substrate for Atherosperma moschatum, Pittosporum bicolor and Tasmannia lanceolata in these forests. Nothofagus cunninghamii can establish on all four substrates surveyed, provided there is sufficient insolation, but no single substrate dominates. Olearia argophylla seedlings were prolific across all substrates, but subsequent establishment success in general was poor and occurred only on soil and on erect D. antarctica caudices.Atherosperma moschatum produces apogeotropic roots that invade the caudex of D. antarctica. Root invasion by Atherosperma moschatum may be instigated when Atherosperma moschatum roots in the soil detect a localised nutrient source of higher concentration in an adjacent D. antarctica caudex. A negative association was identified between apogeotropic Atherosperma moschatum root invasion and soil nutrient availability. It is possible Atherosperma moschatum is maximising access to nutrients on sites of low fertility compared to those on sites of high fertility. Apogeotropic root invasion was shown to be associated with a significant reduction in the frequency and size of fronds of the tree fern, compared to non-invaded caudices. Therefore apogeotropic root invasion constitutes a significant disadvantage to tree ferns as such an impost limits tree fern productivity and likely its ability to recover from periodic canopy disturbance and crown injury. The contribution of D. antarctica caudices to forest biodiversity and in particular the population densities and regeneration modes of these important woody species suggest that excessive harvesting of D. antarctica caudices in concentrated areas, either legally or illegally, can be damaging to long-term forest diversity and structure. This study shows that the tree fern D. antarctica provides the principal regeneration substrate for several woody species in the moist closed forests of north-eastern Tasmania, including canopy tree species that are generally considered terrestrial (as opposed to epiphytic). The results demonstrate that D. antarctica exerts significant functional influence on forest structure and floristic composition of these forests, attesting to the essential role of the tree fern in contributing to the diversity and dynamics of these forests." @default.
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• W1488481640 title "Epiphytic relations of the Soft Tree Fern Dicksonia antarctica Labill. and the vascular plant species utilising its caudex" @default.
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