Defining successional patterns and biodiversity values of north Australian eucalypt forests <p>This project aims to improve the management of eucalypt forests in northern Australia by increasing knowledge of their dynamics, diversity and conservation values.</p> <!--break--> <p>This project will identify the pattern of increasing biodiversity value with re-growth age, in order to help provide guidelines for assessment of clearing of regrowth, the extent to which regrowth may be used to re-create vegetation corridors between forest remnants, and for management of regrowth generally.</p> <p>For related information access the website for the Northern Territory department of <a target="_new" href="http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/">Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts</a><br /> <br /> <a onclick="if(confirm('You are now leaving Land &amp; Water Australia\\'s Native Vegetation and Biodiversity website. Thank you for visiting')){return true;}else{return false;}" href="http://savanna.ntu.edu.au/" target="_new">Tropical Savannas Cooperative Research Centre</a></p> 2009-04-23T01:51:54Z 2009-04-23T04:38:24Z <p>1. To evaluate biodiversity and conservation values of tropical eucalypt forest re-growth across a time series<br /> <br /> 2. To evaluate biodiversity and conservation values of mature eucalypt forests, with specific reference to hollow formation and other attributes that may be useful in definition of &quot;old-growth&quot;<br /> <br /> 3. To apply both sets of knowledge to the development of enhanced management of these eucalypt forests, in particular&nbsp;</p> <p>(i) how re-growth vegetation should be assessed in clearing applications; and</p> <p>(ii) whether &quot;old-growth&quot; is a useful categorisation for these tropical eucalypt forests, whether it can be operationally defined, and whether this can then be used in clearing assessments and other management</p> TRC14