BSc Hons, Dip Ed, MSc (Tas)

Lecturer

Australasian Bryological Newsletter
Commenced in 1979, it is published biannually and provides news and information on research, workshops and other bryological activities in the Australasian region.

Research Interests

The bryophytes (mosses and liverworts) are the most speciose group of land plants after the angiosperms. They occur in a diverse range of habitats in all types of vegetation and this biodiversity provides numerous opportunities for research. Current studies in the School are centered on the taxonomy of Tasmanian bryophytes and their biogeographical relationships; Morphological and anatomical adaptations of bryophytes; Ecology of bryophytes, their distribution and associations in Tasmanian vegetation.

Students are also encouraged to work on ferns. The major emphasis of research is focused on the sustainable management of Tasmanian tree ferns and their importance as a host species.

Research Areas:

• Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation  Read More

Units

• KPA161 - Biology of Plants
  
• KPA210 - Vegetation of Tasmania
  
• KPA375 - Field Botany
  

Selected Publications:

• Fife AJ, Dalton PJ, 2005, 'A reconsideration of Pleurophascum (Musci: Pleurophascaceae) and specific status for a New Zealand endemic, Pleurophascum ovalifolium stat. et nom. nov', New Zealand Journal of Botany, 43, pgs. 871-884
• Roberts NR, Dalton PJ, Jordan GJ, 2005, 'Epiphytic ferns and bryophytes of Tasmanian tree-ferns: A comparison of diversity and composition between two host species', Austral Ecology, 30, pgs. 146-154
• Roberts NR, Dalton PJ, Jordan GJ, 2003, 'A species list for the bryophytes and ferns occurring as epiphytes on Tasmanian tree ferns', Hikobia, 14, pgs. 25-31
• Dalton PJ, 2002, 'New records of Rhabdodontium buftonii (Broth. & Geh.) Broth. (Bryopsida: Pterobryaceae) in Tasmania', Hikobia, 13, pgs. 623-626
• Dalton, P.J, 1998, 'New locality records for some rare mosses in Tasmania', Pap. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas. , 132, pgs. 41-45
• Dalton, P.J, 1995, 'Seligeria cardotii R.Br., a new moss record for Tasmania. N.Z.', J Bot. , 33, pgs. 143-145
• Dalton PJ, Kantvilas G, Mills AK, 2005, ''Non-Vascular Plants’, Vegetation of Tasmania, James B. Reid, Robert S. Hill, Michael J. Brown and Mark J. Hovenden (ed), Canberra', Australian Biological Resources Study, 125-144

Full Publication List

Current and Supervised Project/s:

• Distribution, reproductive biology and population studies of the introduced moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus.
• Effects of logging on the sustainability of Dicksonia antarctica
• B. Browning - The role of logs for maintaining biodiversity of non-vascular plants