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Gewählte Master / Diploma Thesis:

Thomas Wabnig (2014): Case Study at Hinewai-Reserve: Post-fire assessment of the resprouting ability of some New Zealand native woody plants.
Master / Diploma Thesis - Institut für Waldbau (WALDBAU), BOKU-Universität für Bodenkultur, pp 48. UB BOKU obvsg FullText

Abstract:

The ability to resprout after a fire enables plants to persist in their environment. Research on this topic often is conducted in fire prone areas of the world. As this study demonstrates also plants in more humid regions of the world, like New Zealand, have the ability to resprout. 15 native New Zealand plants (Aristotelia serrata, Carpodetus serratus, Coprosma dumosa, Fuchsia excorticata, Griselinia littoralis, Melicytus ramiflorus, Pittosporum eugenioides, Pittosporum spp., Podocarpus totara, Pseudopanax arboreus, Pseudopanax crassifolius, Pseudowintera colorata, Rubus cissoides, Schefflera digitata, Teucridium parvifolium) have been observed being able to resprout after a fire. Results show that individuals of the same species resprout in a similar way, but that the factor species is no sufficient indicator for determining whether an individual resprouts in the first place. The study allows to confirm the assumptions that: plants that are known to be browsed by animals could be expected to resprout more likely also after a fire; early successional species may resprout more likely than later successional ones; smaller plants could be expected to resprout more likely than bigger ones; individuals of the same species might show a more similar resprouting response; specialist species could be expected to show a more similar resprouting response whereas generalist species could be expected to show more variability; less competitive species could be expected to resprout more likely from higher positions on the stem compared to more competitive species that are shade tolerant and can also afford to resprout from the base.

Beurteilende(r): Vacik Harald