2024
DOI: 10.1186/s42408-024-00274-y
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How an unprecedented wildfire shaped tree hollow occurrence and abundance—implications for arboreal fauna

Benjamin Wagner,
Patrick J. Baker,
Craig R. Nitschke

Abstract: Background Tree hollows are an important habitat resource used by arboreal fauna for nesting and denning. Hollows form when trees mature and are exposed to decay and physical damage. In the absence of excavating fauna, hollow formation can take up to 200 years in Australian temperate Eucalyptus forests, making tree hollows a critical but slow forming habitat feature. The increasing frequency and severity of wildfires due to climate change has led to increased concern about the landscape-scale l… Show more

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