Experimental evidence for potential beneficial effects of fallen timber in forests
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Published source details
Mac Nally R., Horrocks G. & Pettifer L. L. (2002) Experimental evidence for potential beneficial effects of fallen timber in forests. Ecological Applications, 12, 1588-1594.
Published source details Mac Nally R., Horrocks G. & Pettifer L. L. (2002) Experimental evidence for potential beneficial effects of fallen timber in forests. Ecological Applications, 12, 1588-1594.
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This study is summarised as evidence for the following.
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In Gunbower State Forest, Victoria, Australia, a randomised, replicated, controlled study (MacNally et al. 2002) found that brown treecreeper Climacteris picumnus numbers were consistently higher in plots of red river gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis forest with coarse woody debris (aged fallen wood >10 cm in diameter) added to them, compared to control plots (1.5-2.2 birds/ha in plots with 40-80 Mg/ha or more of debris added vs. 0.6 and 0.4 birds/ha for 20 Mg/ha and no debris added treatments). Birds appeared not to discriminate between logs and tree crowns.
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