Ms Jayne Balmer
Postgraduate -
Contact Details
| Contact Campus |
Sandy Bay Campus |
| Building |
Geography-Geology Building |
| Room Reference |
409 |
| Telephone |
+61 3 62262465 |
| Fax |
+61 3 62262989 |
| Email |
jbalmer@postoffice.utas.edu.au |
Publications
Publications:
- Alpine vegetation Balmer, J. 1991 * Tasmanian native bush: A management handbook J.B. Kirkpatrick (ed.) Tasmanian Environment Centre 117-127
- The vegetation of the Lake Pedder area prior to flooding Balmer, J. & Corbett, E. 2001 * The Proceedings of a Symposium held on 8th April at the University of Tasmania, Hobart, April 7-8, 1995 C. Sharples (ed.) 67-86
- Map and description of the Warra vegetation Corbett, S. & Balmer, J. 2001 * Tasforests 13 45-76
- Vegetation change over twenty years at Bathurst Harbour, Tasmania Brown, M.J., Balmer, J. & Podger, F. 2002 * Measuring and imagining: exploring centuries of Australian landscape change, Special Addition of Australian Journal of Botany 50 (4) 499-510
- A review of the floristic values of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Balmer, J. Whinam, J. Kelman,J., Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Lazarus, E. 2003 * Nature Conservation Report
- Moving with the times: baseline data to gauge future shifts in vegetation and invertebrate altitudinal assemblages due to environmental change
Doran, N.E., Balmer, J., Driessen, M., Bashford, R., Grove, S., Richardson, A.M.M., Griggs, J. & Ziegeler, D. 2003 * Organisms, Diversity and Evolution: International Biodiversity Observation Year (IBOY), special volume 3 127-149
- The ecology, phytosociology and stand structure of an ancient endemic plant Lomatia tasmanica (PROTEACEAE) approaching extinction Lynch, A.J.J. & Balmer, J. 2004 * Australian Journal of Botany 52 619-627
- Management of Tasmanias giant trees, Poster abstract
Balmer, J., Hickey, J. & Leaman, T. 2008 * Proceedings of Old Forest, New Management Sir Mark Oliphant Conference, 17-21 February 2008, Hobart, Australia. Full poster available at http://oldforests.com.au/ 133
PhD Topic
Historical and environmental determinants of Eucalyptus obliqua and E. regnans wet forest floristic and structural diversity
A survey of the vascular plant diversity in a region of the southern forests will be undertaken to measure the influence of landscape context upon the composition of regrowth Eucalyptus obliqua and E. regnans wet forest patches in State Forest. In particular it will compare the diversity of patches surrounded by mature wet forests (concentrated within reserves) with forest patches surrounded by regrowth. Other researchers will be undertaking parallel studies of beetles, birds and coarse woody debris.
This research will test the hypothesis posed by connectivity theory that landscape context influences the biodiversity of the patch. Landscape ecology has largely explored polarised landscapes. In contrast the site of this study is comprised of native forest of various ages and successional stages. This project will also measure the importance of local environmental factors (including climate) and historical influences such as initial floristic composition and disturbance events, in structuring understorey composition. Species dispersal mechanisms and the circumstances necessary for recruitment will be examined. These factors may be particularly important in the wet forest landscape where disturbance processes (wildfire and silvicultural regeneration) operate over broad spatial and temporal scales.
The robustness of the current reserve design to provide a long term refuge for wet forest floristic diversity will be examined in the light of current forest management practices, climate change predictions and the factors found to determine local floristic diversity. The ability of landscape planning and forest management practices to improve the long term conservation of wet forest floristic diversity will also be assessed.
Supervisors: Prof Jamie Kirkpatrick & Dr Arko Lucieer
Research Advisors: Simon Grove & Tim Wardlaw, Forestry Tasmania
