Tree Hollows and Wildlife Conservation in AustraliaMore than 300 species of Australian native animals — mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians — use tree hollows, but there has never been a complete inventory of them. Many of these species are threatened, or are in decline, because of land-use practices such as grazing, timber production and firewood collection. All forest management agencies in Australia attempt to reduce the impact of logging on hollow-dependent fauna, but the nature of our eucalypt forests presents a considerable challenge. In some cases, tree hollows suitable for vertebrate fauna may take up to 250 years to develop, which makes recruiting and perpetuating this resource very difficult within the typical cycle of human-induced disturbance regimes. Tree Hollows and Wildlife Conservation in Australia is the first comprehensive account of the hollow-dependent fauna of Australia and introduces a considerable amount of new data on this subject. It not only presents a review and analysis of the literature, but also provides practical approaches for land management. |
Contents
THE EVOLUTION OF HOLLOW USE | 20 |
HOLLOW FORMATION | 34 |
THE INVENTORY OF HOLLOWS AND HOLLOWBEARING TREES | 53 |
THE SELECTION OF HOLLOWS BY FAUNA | 65 |
HOLLOW NUMBERS AND FAUNA POPULATIONS | 90 |
PERPETUATING HOLLOWS | 115 |
PEST AND INTRODUCED SPECIES THAT USE HOLLOWS | 134 |
THE ROLE OF NEST BOXES IN RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT | 140 |
CONCLUDING REMARKS | 151 |
Appendix B | 165 |
Appendix C | 173 |
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Common terms and phrases
Antechinus arboreal marsupials areas birds branches Brush-tailed Phascogale Central Highlands Chapter Common Brushtail Possum Common Myna Common Ringtail Possum Conservation contain hollows dead trees decay density East Gippsland Ecology estimated eucalypt forests eucalypts Figure fire scars forests and woodlands Gecko Gibbons Greater Glider habitat heartwood Highlands of Victoria hole-nesting hollow resource hollow-bearing trees hollow-nesting hollow-using fauna hollow-using species hollows in Australia hollows suitable landscape Leadbeater's Possum Lindenmayer Litoria living trees logged sites Mackowski 1987 main stem mammals marsupials montane ash forests Mountain Brushtail Possum natural hollows nest boxes nest sites nest trees number of hollow-bearing number of hollows number of trees occur plots populations predation regeneration retention roost Rosella sclerophyll south-eastern NSW stag watching stands Sugar Glider suitable for occupancy Superb Parrot taxa Tidemann tree diameter Tree Frog tree hollows tree species trees per hectare trees with hollows typically variables Wildlife Yellow-bellied Glider