Eucalypt Forest News Today

THE dams are full, the rivers are flowing and the fishing has been exceptional, but now the holidays are almost here, it’s time to escape the crowds.

This National Threatened Species Day, the ACT Government is drawing attention to the unique plant and animal life at risk of extinction in Australia.

Context: Logging and wildfire can reduce the height of the forest canopy and the distance to the understorey vegetation below. These conditions may increase the likelihood of high severity wildfire (canopy scorch or consumption), which may explain the greater prevalence of high severity wildfire in some recently logged or burnt forests. However, the effects of these structural characteristics on wildfire severity have not clearly been demonstrated. Objectives: We aimed to assess how the structur...