affiliation

NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service

email

Susanna.venn[at]environment.nsw.gov.au or Susanna.venn[at]gmail.com

contact details

NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, PO Box 2228, Jindabyne NSW 2627, Tel: (02) 6450 5558

research interests

• Snow ecology
• Plant ecology
• Global warming
• Other: Climate change
• Long-term monitoring

publications

Venn SE, Morgan, JW and Green PT (2009) Do facilitative interactions with neighboring plants assist the growth of seedlings at high altitudes in alpine Australia? Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 41(3) 381-387

Venn SE and Morgan JW (2009) Patterns in alpine seedling emergence and establishment across a stress gradient of mountain summits in south-eastern Australia.  Plant Ecology and Diversity, 1 1-12

Venn SE and Morgan JW (2009) Germination characteristics of Mountain Celery Aciphylla glacialis (F. Muell.) Benth. (Apiaceae). The Victorian Naturalist, 126 (1) 4-12

Venn SE, Morgan JW (2007) Phytomass and phenology of three alpine snowpatch species across a natural snowmelt gradient. Australian Journal of Botany 55, 450-456.

Venn SE, Morgan JW (2005) Patterns in alpine vegetation across an altitudinal gradient in Victoria, Australia: an example of 'space for time substitution' in order to assess the potential effects of climate change. In: Global Change in Mountain Regions. (Ed. MF Price). (Sapiens Publishing: Duncow, United Kingdom)

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, 4-9.

current research or projects

• Recruitment at the alpine treeline in Kosciuszko National park
• Functional Diversity within snowpatch communities and relationships with growing season length
• Investigation into the mechanisms maintaining linear, parallel bands of snowgums at high altitudes
• Frost tolerance among snowgum seedlings
• Germination studies of snowgum
• Participation in the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA)