BIOL10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Skink, Australian Alps, Brumby
30 Jul 2018
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No trees often endemic to that area. In tas altitude of areas lower. Constraints on population if they can"t intermix. Fragmentation these areas are not well supply. South-eastern end of great dividing range connected. Snow gums (sub-alpine: leaves can withstand freezing (waxy, do not occur on mountain tops (not in alpine, highly susceptible to fire. Stenothermy (geared to withstand low temperatures . Reduced wings (flying difficult in high winds if body mass if. Remain active all day (can cope with temperature extremes) In warmer conditions (lower altitude) paler blue or. Totally inactive in winter need to find areas they wont. Males dig burrow in sphagnum moss bogs & call. Eggs hatch, but development is delayed until winter, then slow. Don"t hop or jump because they are on sphagnum. Rare and declining due to dependency on sphagnum moss burrows fill with water in spring they mature.
