This is a list of selected references of research in the Alps. They relate directly or indirectly to Alpine grazing.

Ashton, D. H. & Hargreaves, G. R. (1983) Dynamics of subalpine vegetation at Echo Flat, Lake Mountain, Victoria. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia 12, 35-60.

Ashton, D. H. & Williams, R. J. (1989) Dynamics of the sub-alpine vegetation in the Victorian region. In: The Scientific Significance of the Australian Alps: The Proceedings of the First Fenner Conference on the Environment. (Ed. R. Good) pp. 143-168. Australian Alps National Parks Liaison Committee

Atkin, O. K., Botman, B. & Lambers, H. (1996) The causes of inherently slow growth in alpine plants: an analysis based on the underlying carbon economies of alpine and lowland Poa species. Functional Ecology 10, 698-707.

Australian Academy of Science (1957) A Report on the Condition of the High Mountain Catchments of New South Wales and Victoria. Australian Academy of Science, Canberra

Banks, J. C. (1982) The Use of Dendrochronology in the Interpretation of the Dynamics of the Snowgum Forest. PhD thesis, Australian National University.

Banks, J. C. G. (1989) A history of forest fire in the Australian Alps. In: The Scientific Significance of the Australian Alps. (Ed. R. Good) pp. 265-280. Australian Alps National Parks Liasion Committee, Canberra

Bryant, W. G. (1969) Vegetation and ground cover trends - following the exclusion of stock at three sites in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales. Journal of Soil Conservation N.S.W. 25, 183-198.

Bryant, W. G. (1973) The effect of grazing and burning on a mountain grassland, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales. Journal of Soil Conservation N.S.W. 29, 29-44.

Carr, S. G. M. (1962) The role of shrubs in some plant communities of the Bogong High Plains. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 75, 301-310.

Carr, S. G. M. & Turner, J. S. (1959a) The ecology of the Bogong High Plains I. The environmental factors and the grassland communities. Australian Journal of Botany 7, 12-33.

Carr, S. G. M. & Turner, J. S. (1959b) The ecology of the Bogong High Plains II. Fencing experiments in grassland C. Australian Journal of Botany 7, 34-63.

Clarke, P. J. & Martin, A. R. H. (1999) Sphagnum peatlands of Kosciuszko National Park in relation to altitude, time and disturbance. Australian Journal of Botany 47, 519-536.

Costin, A. B. (1954) A Study of the Ecosystems of the Monaro Region of New South Wales. Government Printer, Sydney

Costin, A. B. (1957a) High Mountain Catchments in Victoria in Relation to Land use. Government Printer, Melbourne

Costin, A. B. (1957b) The high mountain vegetation of Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 5, 173-189.

Costin, A. B. (1958) The Grazing Factor and the Maintenance of Catchment Values in the Australian Alps. CSIRO Division of Plant Industry Technical Paper No. 10, Melbourne.

Costin, A. B. (1959) Vegetation of high mountains in Australia in relation to land use. In: Biogeography and Ecology in Australia. (Eds. A. Keast, R. L. Crocker & C. S. Christian) pp. 427-451. W. Junk, Den Haag

Costin, A. B. (1962a) Ecology of the high plains I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 75, 327-337.

Costin, A. B. (1962b) The soils of the high plains. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 75, 291-299.

Costin, A. B. (1968) Alpine ecosystems of the Australasian region. In: Arctic and Alpine Environments. (Eds. H. E. Wright Jr & W. H. Osburn) pp. 55-87. Indiana University Press, Bloomington

Costin, A. B. (1970) Sub-alpine and alpine communities. In: Australian Grasslands. (Ed. R. M. Moore) pp. 191-198. Australian National University Press, Canberra

Costin, A. B. (1981) Vegetation of High Mountains in Australia. In: Ecological Biogeography of Australia. (Ed. A. Keast). W. Junk, The Hague

Costin, A. B. (1983) Mountain lands in the Australasian region. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia 12, 1-13.

Costin, A. B., Gay, L. W., Wimbush, D. J. & Kerr, D. (1961) Studies in Catchment Hydrology in the Australian Alps. III. Preliminary Snow Investigations. CSIRO Division of Plant Industry Technical Paper No. 15, Melbourne.

Costin, A. B. & Wimbush, D. J. (1961) Studies in Catchment Hydrology in the Australian Alps. IV. Interception by Trees of Rain, Cloud, and Fog. CSIRO Division of Plant Industry Technical Paper No. 16, Melbourne.

Costin, A. B. & Wimbush, D. J. (1963) Reaction of Species to Adverse Conditions in the Snowy Mountains. CSIRO Division of Plant Industry Field St. Rec. 2.2.

Costin, A. B., Wimbush, D. J., & Cromer, R. N. (1964) Studies in Catchment Hydrology in the Australian Alps. V. Soil Moisture Characteristics and Evapotranspiration. CSIRO Division of Plant Industry Technical Paper No. 20, Melbourne.

Costin, A. B., Wimbush, D. J., Barrow, M. D. & Lake, P. (1969) Development of soil and vegetation climaxes in the Kosciusko area. Vegetatio 18, 273-288.

Costin, A. B., Wimbush, D. J. & Kerr, D. (1960) Studies in Catchment Hydrology in the Australian Alps. II. Surface Run-off and Soil Loss. CSIRO Division of Plant Industry Technical Paper No. 14, Melbourne.

Costin, A. B., Wimbush, D. J., Kerr, D. & Gay, L. W. (1959) Studies in Catchment Hydrology in the Australian Alps. I. Trends in Soils and Vegetation. CSIRO Division of Plant Industry Technical Paper No. 13, Melbourne.

Davey, A. G. (1989) An overview of the national and international significance of the Australian Alps. In: The Scientific Significance of the Australian Alps: The Proceedings of the First Fenner Conference on the Environment. (Ed. R. Good) pp. 337-343. Australian Alps National Parks Liaison Committee

Dodson, J. R., De Salis, T., Myers, C. A. & Sharp, A. J. (1994) A thousand years of environmental change and human impact in the alpine zone at Mt Kosciusko, New South Wales. Australian Geographer 25, 77-87.

Downes, R. G. (1962) The Victorian high plains - the environment and its use. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 75, 339-347.

DPC (2003) Report of the Inquiry Into the 2002-2003 Victorian Bushfires. Part B. Term of Reference One: Fire and Public Land. Department of Premier and Cabinet, Melbourne.

Farrell, T. P. & Ashton, D. H. (1973) Ecological studies on the Bennison High Plains. Victorian Naturalist 90, 286-298.

Flood, J. (1976) Man and ecology in the highlands of southeastern Australia: a case study. In: Tribes and Boundaries in Australia. (Ed. N. Peterson) pp. 30-49. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra

Gill, A. M., Groves, R. H., Leigh, J. H., Price, P. C. & Wimbush, D. J. (1975) Fire in Kosciusko National Park. In: CSIRO Division of Plant Industry Annual Report pp. 38-44. CSIRO, Canberra

Good, R. (1980) The Effects of Prescribed Burning in the Sub-alpine Area of Kosciusko National Park. Master of Science thesis, University of New South Wales.

Good, R. B. (1992) Kosciusko Heritage: The Conservation Significance of Kosciusko National Park. New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hurstville

Leigh, J. H. & Holgate, M. D. (1979) The responses of the understorey of forests and woodlands of the Southern Tablelands to grazing and burning. Australian Journal of Ecology 4, 25-45.

Leigh, J. H., Wimbush, D. J., Wood, D. H., Holgate, M. D., Slee, A. V., Stanger, M. G. & Forrester, R. I. (1987) Effects of rabbit grazing and fire on a subalpine environment. I. Herbaceous and shrubby vegetation. Australian Journal of Botany 35, 433-464.

Leigh, J. H., Wood, D. H., Slee, A. V. & Holgate, M. (1991) The effects of burning and simulated grazing on productivity, forage quality, mortality and flowering of eight subalpine herbs in Kosciusko National Park. Australian Journal of Botany 39, 97-118.

McCarthy, G. J., Tolhurst, K. G. & Chatto, K. (2000) Determination of Sustainable Fire Regimes in the Victorian Alps Using Plant Vital Attributes. Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Research Report No. 53, Melbourne.

McDougall, K. (1982) The Alpine Vegetation of the Bogong High Plains. Soil Conservation Authority, Environmental Studies Series No. 357, Victoria.

McDougall, K. L. (1989) The Effect of Excluding Cattle From a Mossbed on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria. Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands, East Melbourne.

McDougall, K. L. (2001) Colonization by alpine native plants of a stabilized road verge on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria. Ecological Management and Restoration 2, 47-52.

McDougall, K. L. (2003) Aerial photographic interpretation of vegetation changes on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria, between 1936 and 1980. Australian Journal of Botany 51, 251-256.

McKenzie, L. B. (1968) Some Causes and Results of Grazing in Alpine Areas of the Kosciusko National Park. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Kosciusko National Park.

McVean, D. N. (1969) Alpine vegetation of the central Snowy Mountains of New South Wales. Journal of Ecology 57, 67-86.

Moore, R. M. & Williams, J. D. (1976) A study of a subalpine woodland-grassland boundary. Australian Journal of Ecology 1, 145-153.

Newman, J. C. (1954) Burning on sub-alpine pastures. Journal of Soil Conservation N.S.W. 10, 135-140.

Noble, I. R. (1980) Interactions between tussock grass (Poa spp.) and Eucalyptus pauciflora seedlings near tree line in south eastern Australia. Oecologia (Berlin) 45, 350-353.

Park, G. N. (1975) Variation in Nutrient Dynamics and Secondary Ecosystem Development in Subalpine Eucalypt Forests and Woodlands. PhD thesis, Australian National University.

Patton, R. T. (1953) Ecology of the Bogong High Plains. Victorian Naturalist 69, 137-142.

Richards, R. M., Cary, G. J. & Bradstock, R. A. (2001) The sensitivity of snow gum to fire scarring in relation to Aboriginal landscape burning. In: 'Australasian Bushfire Conference'. Christchurch pp. 285-292

Rowe, R. K. (1972) A Study of the Land in the Catchment of the Kiewa River. Soil Conservation Authority, Melbourne.

Scherrer, P. & Pickering, C. M. (2001) Effects of grazing, tourism, and climate change on the alpine vegetation of Kosciuszko National Park. Victorian Naturalist 118, 93-99.

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.

Totterdell, C. J. & Nebauer, N. R. (1973) Colour aerial photography in the reappraisal of alpine soil erosion. Journal of the Soil Conservation Service of N.S.W. 29.

Tyson, N. (1978) Grazing in the High Country. Conservation Council of Victoria

van Rees, H. (1982) The diet of free-ranging cattle on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria. Australian Rangeland Journal 4, 29-33.

van Rees, H. (1984a) Behaviour and Diet of Free-ranging Cattle on the Bogong High Plains Victoria. Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands, E.S.P. No. 409, Victoria.

van Rees, H. (1984b) The Behaviour and Diet of Free-Ranging Cattle on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria. PhD thesis, The University of Melbourne.

van Rees, H. & Hutson, G. D. (1983) The behaviour of free-ranging cattle on an alpine range in Australia. Journal of Rangeland Management 36, 740-743.

van Rees, H., Papst, W. & McDougall, K. (1984) Monitoring of the Grassland Community on the Bogong High Plains. Soil Conservation Authority, Victoria.

van Rees, H., Papst, W. A., McDougall, K. & Boston, R. C. (1985) Trends in vegetation cover in the grassland community on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria. Australian Rangeland Journal 7, 93-98.

van Rees, H. & Walsh, N. (1985) Monitoring of the Burnt Vegetation on the Buffalo Plateau. Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands, Progress Report 1, Victoria.

Vickery, J. W. (1964) Observations on Plant Regeneration in the Snowy Mountains, 1964. National Herbarium of New South Wales, Sydney

Wahren, C.-H. A. (1997) Vegetation Dynamics on the Bogong High Plains. PhD thesis, Monash University.

Wahren, C.-H. A. & Papst, W. A. (1999) Post-Fire Regeneration in Sub-alpine Vegetation on Holmes and Wellington Plains. Department of Agricultural Sciences, La Trobe University.

Wahren, C.-H. A., Papst, W. A. & Williams, R. J. (1994) Long-term vegetation change in relation to cattle grazing in subalpine grassland and heathland on the Bogong High Plains: An analysis of vegetation records from 1945 to 1994. Australian Journal of Botany 42, 607-639.

Wahren, C.-H. A., Papst, W. A. & Williams, R. J. (1999) Post-fire regeneration in Victorian alpine and sub-alpine vegetation. In: 'Australian Bushfire Conference'. Albury. School of Environmental & Information Sciences, Charles Sturt University

Wahren, C.-H. A., Papst, W. A. & Williams, R. J. (2001) Early post-fire regeneration in subalpine heathland and grassland in the Victorian Alpine National Park, south-eastern Australia. Austral Ecology 36, 670-679.

Wahren, C.-H. A. & Walsh, N. G. (2000) Impact of Fire on Treeless Vegetation at Mt Buffalo National Park. Report to Australian Alps Liaison Committee by Department of Agricultural Sciences, La Trobe University.

Wahren, C.-H. A., Williams, R. J. & Papst, W. A. (1996) The Ecology of Wetlands and Snow Patches on the Bogong High Plains. Report to The Australian Heritage Commission & The Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Wahren, C.-H. A., Williams, R. J. & Papst, W. A. (1999) Alpine and subalpine wetland vegetation on the Bogong High Plains, south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 47, 165-188.

Wahren, C.-H. A., Williams, R. J. & Papst, W. A. (2001a) Alpine and subalpine snow patch vegetation on the Bogong High Plains, SE Australia. Journal of Vegetation Science 12, 779-790.

Wahren, C.-H. A., Williams, R. J. & Papst, W. A. (2001b) Vegetation change and ecological processes in alpine and subalpine Sphagnum bogs of the Bogong High Plains, Victoria, Australia. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 33, 357-368.

Walsh, N. G., Barley, R. H. & Gullan, P. K. (1984) The Alpine Vegetation of Victoria (excluding the Bogong High Plains Region). Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands, E.S.P. No. 376, Victoria.

Wearne, L. J. & Morgan, J. W. (2001) Recent forest encroachment into alpine grasslands near Mount Hotham, Victoria, Australia. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 33, 369-377.

Williams, R. J. (1985) Aspects of Shrub-Grass Dynamics on the Bogong High Plains (Subalpine) Victoria. PhD thesis, The University of Melbourne.

Williams, R. J. (1987a) The Dynamics of Heathland and Grassland Communities in the Subalpine Tract of the Bogong High Plains, Victoria. Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands, E.S.P. No. 413, Victoria.

Williams, R. J. (1987b) Patterns of air temperature and accumulation of snow in subalpine heathlands and grasslands on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria. Australian Journal of Ecology 12, 153-163.

Williams, R. J. (1990a) Cattle grazing within subalpine heathland and grassland communities on the Bogong High Plains: disturbance, regeneration and the shrub-grass balance. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia 16, 255-265.

Williams, R. J. (1990b) Growth of subalpine shrubs and snowgrass following a rare occurrence of frost and drought in southeastern Australia. Arctic and Alpine Research 22, 412-422.

Williams, R. J. (1992) Gap dynamics in subalpine heathland and grassland vegetation in south-eastern Australia. Journal of Ecology 80, 343-352.

Williams, R. J. (2003) Does alpine grazing reduce blazing? Victorian Naturalist 120, 197-200.

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Williams, R. J. & Ashton, D. H. (1987b) Effects of disturbance and grazing by cattle on the dynamics of heathland and grassland communities on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria. Australian Journal of Botany 35, 413-431.

Williams, R. J. & Ashton, D. H. (1988) Cyclical patterns of regeneration in subalpine heathland communities on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria. Australian Journal of Botany 36, 605-619.

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Wimbush, D. J. & Costin, A. B. (1973) Vegetation Mapping in Relation to Ecological Interpretation and Management in the Kosciusko Alpine Area. CSIRO Division of Plant Industry Technical Paper No. 32.

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Wimbush, D. J. & Costin, A. B. (1983) Trends in drainage characteristics in the subalpine zone at Kosciusko. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia 12, 143-154.

Wimbush, D. J. & Forrester, R. I. (1988) Effects of rabbit grazing and fire on a subalpine environment. II. Tree vegetation. Australian Journal of Botany 36, 287-298.