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Dense old trees: bitter and twisted ‘charismatic megaflora’
We all know an old paddock tree when we see one: broad, deep, canopy; sagging, tangled branches; broken boughs full of hollows. The classic woodland tree. But how do you recognize an old tree that grew...
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Natural regeneration: connecting regional Australia
Want to re-connect fragmented landscapes? Where would you start? With natural regeneration of course. Natural regeneration of native trees and shrubs is abundant in many regions, where it provides...
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What did you get from the Big Wet?
As climate change intensifies, we expect to get a lot more extreme weather events. It’d be great if we could predict how ecosystems will change after those events, but we can’t, for lots of reasons....
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The Big Wet regeneration pulse
In an earlier blog I asked, ‘What impact did the big wet of 2010-2011 have on native vegetation? Did heavy rains promote lots of regeneration in some areas, but not others? Or did nothing much happen...
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Drought, dieback and insect attack
In 2010, Craig Allen and colleagues published ‘the first global assessment of recent tree mortality attributed to drought and heat stress’ (Allen et al. 2010). In this fantastic paper, the authors...
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Forgotten woodlands, future landscapes
Picture a gorgeous woodland in the early 1800s. What do you see? Majestic gum trees with bent old boughs, golden grasses, a mob of sheep or kangaroos, and a forested hill in the distance? The luminous...
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Field guide to the future
I could ask “what was your first field guide?” but my first field guides belonged to my parents, not me. So instead I’ll ask “what was the first field guide you remember using?” I remember two: Trees...
View ArticleWhen I whisper, ‘River Red Gum’
Whisper ‘river red gum’—what do you see? Close your eyes, fill your lungs...
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