Biology:Mulga-eucalypt line

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The mulga-eucalypt line, or mulga-eucalypt boundary line, marks a boundary between Acacia-dominated shrublands and Eucalyptus-dominated open woodlands across Western Australia. It runs across the north of the Eastern Goldfields,[1] and through the northeastern segment of Charles Darwin Reserve, from Seven Mile Well to Christmas Bore.[2] Its course runs along the isohyet marking 250 mm (10 in) annual rainfall.[2]

Ferdinand von Mueller predicted its existence in 1883, and it was subsequently mapped by explorers and botanists Woodward, Diels, Clarke, Gardner, Burbidge and Beard.[2]

References

  1. Department of the Environment. "Introduction to National Ecological Communities endemic to Western Australia". Parkes, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia. http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/d1d1d634-a913-4a40-baaa-6344a0aaba5e/files/arid-eucalypt-descriptions-2.pdf. Retrieved 16 November 2014. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bush Heritage Australia (2007). "The Mulga-Eucalypt line". Charles Darwin Reserve. Bush Heritage Australia. http://www.bushheritage.org.au/cdr_history/ecology/mulga_eucalypt.html. Retrieved 16 November 2014.