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Fig. 8.2 ( cont. )
Fig. 8.3 Mallee represents a multistemmed Eucalyptus shrubland stunted from repeated fire as
illustrated in this mixed stand with the serotinous conifer Callitris in the MTC South Australia.
(Photo by Jon Keeley.)
adjoining vegetation types (e.g. wet sclerophyll forests, rainforests, and various
arid and semi-arid woodlands and shrublands).
Temperate MTV is important because it (1) constitutes non-tropical enclaves
of high diversity and endemism (Barlow 1994 ; Hopper & Gioia 2004 ; Hill 2004 ),
(2) is varied in structure and function and forms important habitat for other biota