affiliation

Arthur Rylah Institute (Vic Dept of Sustainability & Environment)

email

Arn.Tolsma[at]dse.vic.gov.au

contact details

Arthur Rylah Institute, 123 Brown Street, Heidelberg VIC 3084, Tel: (03) 9450 8645, Fax: (03) 9450 8799

research interests

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

publications

Papst, W., Tolsma, A. & Wahren, H. (2005) Post-Fire Regeneration in Grassland and Heathland on the Bogong High Plains. Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research and La Trobe University.

Steane, D. & Tolsma, A. (2005) A Survey of the Distribution and Habitat Preference of the Alpine Water Skink Eulamprus kosciuskoi at the Bogong High Plains, Victoria. Report to Parks Victoria. Research Centre for Applied Alpine Ecology (La Trobe University) and Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research.

Tolsma, A. & Newell, G. (2003) Assessing the Quality of Native Vegetation: Further Development of the ‘Habitat Hectares’ Approach. Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria. Internal report. 95pp.

Tolsma, A. D. (2002) The Effects of Fire and Grazing on the Energy Reserves of Resprouting Plants in Victoria’s Alpine Grasslands. PhD Thesis, The University of Melbourne.

Tolsma, A. (2002) Alpine National Park - Assessing the Risk of Cattle in Sub-Alpine Bogs Affected by the 1998 Caledonia Fire. Parks Victoria. Internal report. 70pp.

current research or projects

• Assessing post-fire recovery of alpine heathlands, grasslands and mossbeds.
• Monitoring recovery of rehabilitated alpine mossbeds.
• Developing techniques for assessing the condition of alpine vegetation using remote sensing.