Comparative Ecophysiological Analyses of Melaleuca Irbyana and Melaleuca Bracteata – a Narrowly Versus Widely Distributed Congeneric Species
COMPARATIVE ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF MELALEUCA IRBYANA AND MELALEUCA BRACTEATA – A NARROWLY VERSUS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED CONGENERIC SPECIES Thita Soonthornvipat Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences Science and Engineering Faculty Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia 2018 Keywords Adaptive ability, basal area, biodiversity, canopy, competitive ability, critically endangered species, critically threatened species, crucial abiotic factors, diameter at breast height, dominant, ecological community, ecosystems, edaphic factors, ecological strategies, ecophysiology, extinction, fitness traits, germination characteristics, geographical range, growth performance, habitat fragmentation, habitat’ s specificity, interspecific variation, intraspecific variation, Kaplan-Meier estimate, leaf area index, life history traits, Melaleuca bracteata, Melaleuca irbyana, monoculture, non-dominant, nutrient acquisition, phenotypic plasticity, photosynthetic active radiation, photosynthetic rate, physiological performance, physiology, plant herbivores, Principal Component Analysis, reciprocal seedlings, regeneration programs, regional management plans, relative growth rate, reproductive capability, resin bag, resource acquisition, resource availability, resource use efficiency, restoration, restricted distribution, revegetation programs, seed ecology, seed germination, seedling survival, shoot elongation, soil conditions, stem density, survival
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