Hydraulic failure and tree size linked with canopy die‐back in eucalypt forest during extreme drought

RH Nolan, A Gauthey, A Losso, BE Medlyn… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Eastern Australia was subject to its hottest and driest year on record in 2019. This extreme
drought resulted in massive canopy die‐back in eucalypt forests. The role of hydraulic failure …

Understanding and managing the role of bell miners (Manorina melanophrys) in forest dieback: a review of the ecological and management evidence

KTA Lambert, N Reid, RH Loyn… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Severe impacts of herbivorous and xylophagous insects are a frequent characteristic of tree
canopy diebacks globally. Insects play many roles in forest ecosystems, although they are …

Mapping individual tree health using full-waveform airborne laser scans and imaging spectroscopy: A case study for a floodplain eucalypt forest

I Shendryk, M Broich, MG Tulbure, A McGrath… - Remote Sensing of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Declining forest health can affect crucial ecosystem functions, such as carbon storage in
biomass and soils, the regulation of water regimes, the modulation of regional climate and …

[HTML][HTML] Population decline in a Pleistocene refugium: Stepwise, drought-related dieback of a South Australian eucalypt

G Keppel, U Sarnow, E Biffin, S Peters… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Refugia can facilitate the persistence of species under long-term environmental change, but
it is not clear if Pleistocene refugia will remain functional as anthropogenic climate change …

Inundation requirements for persistence and recovery of river red gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) in semi-arid Australia

K Catelotti, RT Kingsford, G Bino, P Bacon - Biological Conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
Increasing water abstraction is severely degrading the world's wetlands, which is frequently
reflected in the condition of flood dependent organisms. Understanding minimum …

[HTML][HTML] Drought effects on tree growth, water use efficiency, vulnerability and canopy health of Quercus variabilis-Robinia pseudoacacia mixed plantation

HS Jia, CF Guan, JS Zhang, CX He, CJ Yin… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Drought-induced forest canopy die-back and tree mortality have been commonly recorded in
the lithoid mountainous regions of northern China. However, the capacity of trees to regulate …

Longer-term changes in streamflow following logging and mixed species eucalypt forest regeneration: The Karuah experiment

AA Webb, A Kathuria, L Turner - Journal of Hydrology, 2012 - Elsevier
The Karuah replicated paired catchment experiment was initiated in the 1970s to examine
the hydrological effects of eucalypt-to-eucalypt forest succession in New South Wales …

Invading rain forest pioneers initiate positive fire suppression feedbacks that reinforce shifts from open to closed forest in eastern Australia

AG Baker, C Catterall… - Journal of Vegetation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Question Suppression of Aboriginal burning and wildfire from forests in which fires
were historically frequent may trigger environmental changes that further suppress fire …

Short‐term response of threatened small macropods and their predators to prescribed burns in subtropical Australia

D McHugh, RL Goldingay, J Parkyn… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fire is an important ecological process that shapes vegetation structure and habitat for
faunal assemblages globally. Prescribed burns are increasingly being used in conservation …

[HTML][HTML] Canopy dieback and recovery in Australian native forests following extreme drought

A Losso, A Challis, A Gauthey, RH Nolan, S Hislop… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In 2019, south-eastern Australia experienced its driest and hottest year on record, resulting
in massive canopy dieback events in eucalypt dominated forests. A subsequent period of …