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Robert A. Congdon

Researcher at James Cook University

Publications -  29
Citations -  1651

Robert A. Congdon is an academic researcher from James Cook University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Plant litter & Dry season. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 28 publications receiving 1476 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert A. Congdon include Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.

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Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

William F. Laurance, +216 more
- 13 Sep 2012 - 
TL;DR: These findings suggest that tropical protected areas are often intimately linked ecologically to their surrounding habitats, and that a failure to stem broad-scale loss and degradation of such habitats could sharply increase the likelihood of serious biodiversity declines.
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Germinable soil seed banks in a tropical savanna: seasonal dynamics and effects of fire

TL;DR: The effect of recent fire history on soil seed bank dynamics was limited to the immediate release of some seed from dormancy; a reduction in seed densities of subshrubs and monocots, other than grasses, in recently burnt savanna; and enhanced seed density of the ephemeral I. hirsuta in the year following fire.
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Fire-related cues break seed dormancy of six legumes of tropical eucalypt savannas in north-eastern Australia

TL;DR: Fire can promote the germination of some tropical savanna legumes, especially of exotic species, and as a proportion of seeds of each species displayed no innate dormancy, some germination may occur in the absence of fire.
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Effect of fire regime on plant abundance in a tropical eucalypt savanna of north-eastern Australia

TL;DR: Conservation management of eucalypt savannas will need to balance the role of regular fires in maintaining the diversity of herbaceous species with the requirement of fire intervals of at least 4-years for allowing the growth of saplings >2 m in height.
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Plant litter decomposition and nutrient cycling in north Queensland tropical rain-forest communities of differing successional status

TL;DR: The exceptionally slow decomposition of the pioneer species is likely to limit soil processes at disturbed tropical rain-forest sites in Australia.