affiliation

Research Fellow, La Trobe University

email

j.morgan[at]latrobe.edu.au

contact details

Dept of Botany, La Trobe University, Plenty Road, Bundoora VIC 3083, Australia, Tel: (03) 9479 2498, Fax: (03) 9479 1188

research interests

• Long-term monitoring
• Plant ecology
• Management of alpine areas

publications

Morgan, J.W. (2004) Effects of drought on subalpine shrubs, Bogong High Plains, Victoria. Cunninghamia 9:

Morgan, J., Venn, S., Wearne, L., Bartley, M. & McMillan, S. (2003) Small-scale patterns of occurrence of Snow Pratia Pratia gelida at Hospice Plain, Mount Buffalo National Park. The Victorian Naturalist 120: 230-235.

Wearne, L.J. & Morgan, J.W. (2001). Floristic composition and variability of subalpine grasslands in the Mt Hotham region, north-eastern Victoria. Australian Journal of Botany 49: 721-734.

Wearne, L.J. & Morgan, J.W. (2001). Recent forest encroachment in subalpine grasslands in the Mt Hotham region, Australia. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 33: 369-377.

Wearne, L.J. & Morgan, J.W. Community-level changes in subalpine vegetation following invasion by the non-native shrub Cytisus scoparius. Journal of Vegetation Science 15: 595-604.

Whinam, J., Chilcott, N. & Morgan, J.W. (2003) Floristic composition and environmental relationships of Sphagnum-dominated communities in Victoria. Cunninghamia 8: 162-174.

current research or projects

Recruitment dynamics of alpine plants across altitudinal gradients Treeline population dynamics Peatland ecology and function - role of disturbance and water availability Patterns of diversity of native and exotic plants in subalpine grasslands Plant distribution patterns in relation to climate, snow cover, herbivory Duration of snowcover and implications for plant phenological developmental phases Using plant functional groups in alpine areas to predict cahnges with global climate change Frost as an important determinant of climate change impacts in alpine areas