affiliation

University of Tasmania

email

J.Kirkpatrick[at]utas.edu.au

contact details

School of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, PO Box 252-78, Hobart TAS 7001, Australia, Tel: (03) 6226 2463, Fax: (03) 6226 2989

research interests

• Recreation & tourism
• Snow ecology
• Plant ecology
• Management of alpine areas
• Long-term monitoring

publications

Refereed journal articles and book chapters
Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1980. Tasmanian high mountain vegetation - A reconnaissance survey of the Eastern Arthur Range and Mount Picton. Pap. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas. 114, 1-20.

Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Harwood, C.E., 1980. The vegetation of an infrequently burned Tasmanian mountain region. Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic. 91, 79-107.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1982. Phytogeographical analysis of Tasmanian alpine floras. J. Biogeogr. 9, 255-271.

Brown, M.J., Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Moscal, A., 1983. The conservation of Tasmanian endemic species found in alpine vegetation. Proc. Ecol. Soc. Aust. 12, 168-169.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1983. Treeless plant communities of the Tasmanian high country. Proc. Ecol. Soc. Aust. 12, 61-77.

Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Brown, M.J., 1984. Numerical analysis of Tasmanian higher plant endemism. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. Lond. 79, 165-183.

Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Brown, M.J., 1984. The palaeogeographic significance of local endemism in Tasmanian higher plants. Search 15, 112-113.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1984. Tasmanian high mountain vegetation. Il. Rocky Hill and Pyramid Mountain. Pap. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas. 118, 5-20.

Kirkpatrick, J.B. and Dickinson, K.J.M., 1984. The impact of fire on Tasmanian alpine vegetation and soils. Aust. J. Bot. 32, 613-629.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1984. Altitudinal and successional variation in the vegetation of the West Coast Range, Tasmania. Aust. J. Ecol. 9, 81-91.

Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Gibson, N.L., 1984. Dynamics of a Tasmanian bolster heath string fen. Vegetatio 47, 71-78.

Gibson, N.L. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1985. Vegetation associated with localised snow accumulation at Mount Field West, Tasmania. Aust. J. Ecol. 10, 91-99.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., Minchin, P. & Davies, J., 1985. Floristic composition and macroenvironmental relationships of Tasmanian vegetation containing bolster plants. Vegetatio, 63, 89-96.

Gibson, N. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1985. A comparison of the cushion plant cornmunities of New Zealand and Tasmania. N.Z. J. Bot. 23, 549-66.

Calais, S.S. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1986. The impact of trampling on the natural ecosystems of the Cradle Mt. - Lake St. Clair National Park. Aust. Geogr. 17, 6-15.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1986. Conservation of plant species, alliances and associations of the treeless high country of Tasmania. Biol. Con., 37, 43-57.

Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Brown, M.J., 1987. The nature of the transition from sedgeland to alpine vegetation in South West Tasmania: I Altitudinal vegetation change on four mountains. J. Biogeogr., 14, 539-50.

Kirkpatrick , J.B. & Whinam , J.P., 1988 . Tasmanian high mountain vegetation III. Lake Ewart, Dome Hill and Eldon Bluff, Pap. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas., 122, 145-164.

Gibson, N. & Kirkpatrick, J.B. 1989. Effects of the cessation of grazing on the grasslands and grassy woodlands of the Central Plateau, Tasmania. Aust. J. Bot., 37, 55-63.

Kirkpatrick, J.B. 1989. The cornparitive ecology of mainland Australian and Tasmanian alpine vegetation, In R. Good (ed.) The Scientific Significance of the Australian Alps, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 127-142.

Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Balmer, J., 1991. The vegetation and flora of the Cradle Mountain-Pencil Pine area, Tasmania. Aspects of Tasmanian Botany Royal Society of Tasmania, 119-148.

Fensham, R.J. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1992. The eucalypt forest-grassland/grassy woodland boundary in central Tasmania. Aust. J. Bot., 40, 123-138.

Gibson, N. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1992. Dynamics of a Tasmanian cushion heath community. J. Veg. Sci., 3, 647-654.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., Hutchinson, M.N. & MacQuillan, P.B., 1993. Alpine ecosystems, In S. Smith & M.R. Banks (ed). Tasmanian Wilderness -World Heritage Values, Royal Society of Tasmania, Hobart, 73-79.

Whinam, J., Cannell, E.J., Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Comfort, M., 1994. Studies on the potential impact of recreational horseriding on some alpine environments of the Central Plateau, Tasmania. J. Env. Mngmt., 40, 103-117.

Scott, J.J. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1994. Effects of human trampling on the sub-Antarctic vegetation of Macquarie Island. Polar Record, 30, 207-220.

Pharo, E. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1994. Vegetation of the alpine sand dunes at Lake Augusta, Tasmania. Aust. J. Ecol., 19, 319-327.

Whinam, J. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1994. The Mt. Wellington string bogs, Tasmania. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm., 128, 63-68.

Lynch, A.J.J. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1995. Pattern and process in alpine vegetation and landforms at Hill One, Southern Range, Tasmania. Aust. J. Bot. 43, 537-554.

Whinam, J. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1995. Successional sequences in two Tasmanian valley Sphagnum peatlands. J. Veg. Sci. 6, 675-682.

Nunez, M., Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Nilsson, C., 1996. Rainfall estimation in south west Tasmania using satellite images and phytosociological calibration. International Journal of Remote Sensing 17, 1583-1600.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., Nunez, M., Bridle, K. & Chladil, M., 1996. Explaining a sharp transition from sedgeland to alpine vegetation on Mount Sprent, south-west Tasmania. J. Veg. Sci. 7, 763-768.

Bridle, K. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1997. Local environmental correlates of variability in the organic soils of moorland and alpine vegetation, Mt Sprent, Tasmania. Aust. J. Ecol., 22, 196-205.

Bridle, K.L. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1998. Why do tall herbs rarely dominate Tasmanian alpine vegetation? Evidence from islands in the Ouse River system. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 132, 9-14.

Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Fowler, M., 1998. Locating likely glacial refugia in Tasmania using palynological and ecological information to test alternative climatic models. Biological Conservation, 85, 171-182.

Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Bridle, K.L., 1998. Environmental relationships of floristic variation in the alpine vegetation of south-east Australia. Journal of Vegetation Science 9, 251-260.

Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Bridle, K., 1999. Environment and floristics of ten Australian alpine vegetation formations. Aust. J. Bot. 47, 1-21.

Bridle, K.L. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1999. The comparative effects of stock and wild vertebrate grazing on treeless subalpine vegetation, eastern Central Plateau, Tasmania. Aust. J. Bot. 47, 817-834.

Books
Brown, M.J., Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Moscal, A., 1983. An Atlas of Tasmania's Endemic Flora. Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Hobart, 104 pp.

Whinam, J., Eberhard, S., Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Moscal, A., 1989. Ecology and Conservation of Tasmanian Sphagnum Peatlands. Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Hobart, 107pp.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., Gilfedder, L., Hickie, J. & Harris, S. 1991 Reservation and Conservation Status of Tasmanian Native Higher Plants. Dept. Parks, Wildlife and Heritage, Wildl. Div. Sci. Rep. 91/2, 71pp.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., Barker, P., Brown, M.J., Harris, S. & Mackie, R., 1995. The reservation status of Tasmanian vascular plant communities. Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania, Wildlife Scientific Report 95/4, 220 pp.

Dombrovskis, P., Flanagan, R. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1996. On the Mountain. Westwind Press, Hobart, 144 pp.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1997. Alpine Tasmania: An Illustrated Guide to the Flora and Vegetation. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, xii + 196 pp.

Dombrovskis, P., Brown, B. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1998. Dombrovskis. West Wind Press, Hobart.

Maps
Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Dickinson, K.J.M., 1984. Vegetation Map of Tasmania, 1:500,000. Forestry Commission, Tasmania.

Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Mackie, R., 1991. Cradle Mountain Pencil Pine 1:25,000. Vegetation Map. Parks, Wildlife and Heritage, Hobart.

Other book chapters
Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1977. Native vegetation of the West Coast region of Tasmania, In Banks, M.R.& Kirkpatrick, J.B. (eds.) Landscape and Man. Royal Society of Tasmania, Hobart, 55-80.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1977. The impact of man on the vegetation of the West Coast region, In Banks, M.R. & Kirkpatrick, J.B. (eds.) Landscape and Man, Royal Society of Tasmania, Hobart, 151-156.

Fenton, J. (eds.) The South West Book. Australian Conservation Foundation, Melbourne, p. 94.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1986. Tasmanian alpine biogeography and ecology and interpretation of the past, In Barlow, B.A. (ed.). Flora and Fauna of Alpine Australasia: Ages and origins. CSIRO, Melbourne, pp. 229-242.

Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Tyler, P. 1988. Tasmanian wetlands and their conservation, In A. MacComb and P.S. Lake (eds.). The Conservation of Australian Wetlands. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Sydney, pp. 1-16.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1992. Wilderness and people in the Western Tasmanian World Heritage Area. Fifth Regional Seminar on National Parks and Wildlife Management, Tasmania 1991, Tasmanian Parks, Wildlife and Heritage, Hobart, 85-89.

Unrefereed papers
Brown, M.J., Duncan, F., Jackson, W.D., Jarman, S.J., Kirkpatrick, J.B.& Tyson, R.G., 1982. Vascular plants of the Denison Range and Vale of Rasselas. Tasmanian Naturalist, 71, 1-6.

Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1992. Possible impact of the World Heritage Area management plan on the maintenance of biological diversity. Tasmanian Naturalist, 111, 6-10.

current research or projects

• ARC- large grant - plant dynamics in alpine area
• CRC tourism - impacts of human waste disposal on plant communities in backcoutry regions of Tasmania (not all alpine)