Studies on the Arboreal Marsupial Fauna of Eucalypt Forests Being Harvested for Wood Pulp at Eden, N.s.w. Iii. Relationships Between Faunal Densities, Eucalypt Occurrence and Foliage Nutrients, and Soil Parent Materials.

Abstract

[See FA 45, 478-479] Felling crews provided information on the species and number of animals displaced during logging operations in 5010 ha of forest clear felled between May 1980 and Sept. 1981. Overall, 898 individuals of 8 species of glider and opossum were recorded. Geological data were also collected. The data were analysed together with published information on tree species within 22 recognizable communities and NPK concn. in Eucalptus foliage. The fauna tended to be concentrated in communities with Eucalyptus spp. with high nutrient concn. in their foliage. These communities occurred mostly on soils of one geological formation (Devonian intrusives) recognized in the district for the production of highly fertile soils.

Regional habitat selection of large gliding possums at forest stand and landscape scales in southern Queensland, Australia

“…tall moist eucalypt forests when compared with low elevation, dry sclerophyll forest types (Braithwaite et al, 1988;Bennett et al, 1991;Kavanagh and Bamkin, 1995;Goldingay and Daly, 1997;Kavanagh and Stanton, 2005). This has often been explained as a preference for forests containing higher foliar nutrients as determined by the distribution of the soil parent material (Braithwaite et al, , 1984Pausas et al, 1995;Recher et al, 1996). Braithwaite (1996) discusses the work of Janzen (1973) in relation to folivore preferences for high elevation habitats.…”

“…Greater gliders are known to be primarily associated with forests dominated by old-growth, hollow-bearing trees (Lindenmayer et al, 1990) or a particular tree species with either high foliar nutrients (Braithwaite et al, , 1984Kavanagh and Lambert, 1990;Bennett et al, 1991), propensity for extended production of young leaf growth (Kavanagh and Lambert, 1990;Comport et al, 1996), or the presence of plant secondary metabolites such as formylated phloroglucinol compounds in the foliage (Lawler et al, 1998(Lawler et al, , 2000Foley et al, 2004). In southern Queensland, the abundance of live hollow-bearing trees was the most significant feature in habitat selection by greater gliders.…”

The professional challenge of balancing sustained wood production and ecosystem conservation in the native forests of south-eastern Australia

“…Mackay andCornish 1982, Turner, eta/. 1983;Braithwaite et al 1984) and a key recommendation contained in the report of the joint scientific committee (Richards, 1990) on the biological conservation of the South East Forests, namely: that multiple use forestry practices and procedures continue to be updated in the light of research findings and operational experience.…”

From guiding principles for the conservation of forest biodiversity to on-ground practice: Lessons from tree hollow management in Tasmania

“…A traditional approach to conservation has been to 'set-aside' areas as reserves. However, an abundance of work highlights the importance of providing habitat in off-reserve areas (Braithwaite et al, 1984;Fischer and Lindenmayer, 2002;Polasky et al, 2005;Sergio and Pedrini, 2007). Management of habitat in such areas has been identified as a key strategy for conserving forest biodiversity (e.g.…”