Climate-Proofing Southeastern Australia's Native Forests: Where, When, and How?

How an unprecedented wildfire shaped tree hollow occurrence and abundance—implications for arboreal fauna

B Wagner, PJ Baker, CR Nitschke

2024-12-01

Background: Tree hollows are an important habitat resource used by arboreal fauna for nesting and denning. Hollows form when trees..

Soil seed banks provide a storage effect in post-logging regrowth forests of southeastern Australia

A Singh, CR Nitschke, FKC Hui, P Baker, S Kasel

2023-11-15

Despite the importance of soil seed banks in diversity maintenance, our understanding of plant response to changes in resource ava..

Acacia Density, Edaphic, and Climatic Factors Shape Plant Assemblages in Regrowth Montane Forests in Southeastern Australia

A Singh, S Kasel, FKC Hui, R Trouvé, PJ Baker, CR Nitschke

2023-06-01

A fundamental requirement of sustainable forest management is that stands are adequately regenerated after harvesting. To date, mo..

Canopy Composition and Spatial Configuration Influences Beta Diversity in Temperate Regrowth Forests of Southeastern Australia

A Singh, B Wagner, S Kasel, PJ Baker, CR Nitschke

2023-03-01

Structural features of the overstorey in managed and unmanaged forests can significantly influence plant community composition. Na..

Compound climate extremes driving recent sub-continental tree mortality in northern Australia have no precedent in recent centuries

KJ Allen, DC Verdon-Kidd, JZ Sippo, PJ Baker

2021-12-01

Compound climate extremes (CCEs) can have significant and persistent environmental impacts on ecosystems. However, knowledge of th..

Mapping canopy nitrogen-scapes to assess foraging habitat for a vulnerable arboreal folivore in mixed-species Eucalyptus forests

B Wagner, PJ Baker, BD Moore, CR Nitschke

2021-12-01

Herbivore foraging decisions are closely related to plant nutritional quality. For arboreal folivores with specialized diets, such..

The influence of spatial patterns in foraging habitat on the abundance and home range size of a vulnerable arboreal marsupial in southeast Australia

B Wagner, PJ Baker, CR Nitschke

2021-12-01

Wildlife can persist in a range of landscape configurations, but population densities can vary due to resource availability. Resou..

The role of climatic variability on Eucalyptus regeneration in southeastern Australia

A Singh, PJ Baker, S Kasel, R Trouvé, SB Stewart, CR Nitschke

2021-12-01

In the forested landscapes of southeastern Australia, bushfires and timber harvesting are the primary catalysts for regeneration i..

Differing regeneration patterns after catastrophic fire and clearfelling: Implications for future stand dynamics and forest management

R Trouvé, RM Sherriff, LM Holt, PJ Baker

2021-10-15

Silvicultural systems in native forests typically attempt to mimic natural disturbance regimes to ensure that the dominant tree sp..

The effect of species, size, and fire intensity on tree mortality within a catastrophic bushfire complex

R Trouvé, L Oborne, PJ Baker

2021-09-01

Infrequent, high-intensity disturbances can have profound impacts on forested landscapes, changing forest structure and altering r..

Climate change drives habitat contraction of a nocturnal arboreal marsupial at its physiological limits

Benjamin Wagner, Patrick J Baker, Stephen B Stewart, Linda F Lumsden, Jenny L Nelson, Jemma K Cripps, Louise K Durkin, Michael P Scroggie, Craig R Nitschke

2020-10-01

Increasing impacts of climatic change and anthropogenic disturbances on natural ecosystems are leading to population declines or e..

Disentangling fire intensity and species’ susceptibility to fire in a species-rich seasonal tropical forest

R Trouvé, S Bunyavejchewin, PJ Baker

2020-07-01

Increasing temperatures and human activity are likely to reduce fire return intervals in the seasonal tropics. Anticipating how mo..

Leaf physiological responses to drought stress and community assembly in an Asian Savanna

TT Nguyen, SK Arndt, PJ Baker

2019-12-01

Deciduous dipterocarp forest (DDF) is the most extensive forest type in continental Southeast Asia, but across much of its range i..

The existence of a fire-mediated tree-recruitment bottleneck in an Asian savanna

TT Nguyen, BP Murphy, PJ Baker

2019-04-01

Aim: A considerable proportion of the global savanna biome has been mis-classified as forest, especially in Asia. However, the str..

Lack of cool, not warm, extremes distinguishes late 20th Century climate in 979-year Tasmanian summer temperature reconstruction

KJ Allen, ER Cook, R Evans, R Francey, BM Buckley, JG Palmer, MJ Peterson, PJ Baker

2018-03-01

Very few annually resolved millennial-length temperature reconstructions exist for the Southern Hemisphere. Here we present four 9..

Reply to Comment on 'Drought variability in the eastern Australia and New Zealand summer drought atlas (ANZDA, CE 1500-2012) modulated by the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation'

JG Palmer, ER Cook, CSM Turney, K Allen, P Fenwick, BI Cook, A O'Donnell, J Lough, P Grierson, PJ Baker

2017-05-30

Complex Historical Disturbance Regimes Shape Forest Dynamics Across a Seasonal Tropical Landscape in Western Thailand

Patrick J Baker, Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin

2017-01-01

The seasonally dry tropical forests of continental Southeast Asia occur in landscape-scale mosaics composed of several distinct fo..

The paleoclimate context and future trajectory of extreme summer hydroclimate in eastern Australia

BI Cook, JG Palmer, ER Cook, CSM Turney, K Allen, P Fenwick, A O’Donnell, JM Lough, PF Grierson, M Ho, PJ Baker

2016-11-16

Eastern Australia recently experienced an intense drought (Millennium Drought, 2003-2009) and record-breaking rainfall and floodin..

Structure and composition of deciduous dipterocarp forest in Central Vietnam: patterns of species dominance and regeneration failure

TT Nguyen, PJ Baker

2016-11-01

Background: Deciduous dipterocarp forest (DDF) is the most widespread forest type of continental Southeast Asia. Four dominant can..

Effects of wetting frequency and afforestation on carbon, nitrogen and the microbial community in soil

M Hoogmoed, SC Cunningham, PJ Baker, J Beringer, TR Cavagnaro

2016-09-01

Afforestation of agricultural land is increasing, partly because it is an important biological method for reducing the concentrati..

Establishing a wild, ex situ population of a critically endangered shade-tolerant rainforest conifer: A translocation experiment

HC Zimmer, CA Offord, TD Auld, PJ Baker

2016-07-01

Translocation can reduce extinction risk by increasing population size and geographic range, and is increasingly being used in the..

Drought variability in the eastern Australia and New Zealand summer drought atlas (ANZDA, CE 1500-2012) modulated by the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation

JG Palmer, ER Cook, CSM Turney, K Allen, P Fenwick, BI Cook, A O'Donnell, J Lough, P Grierson, P Baker

2015-11-23

Agricultural production across eastern Australia and New Zealand is highly vulnerable to drought, but there is a dearth of observa..

Annual rings in a native Hawaiian tree, Sophora chrysophylla, on Maunakea, Hawaii

KS Francisco, PJ Hart, J Li, ER Cook, PJ Baker

2015-11-01

Annual rings are not commonly produced in tropical trees because they grow in a relatively aseasonal environment. However, in the ..

Balancing the environmental benefits of reforestation in agricultural regions

SC Cunningham, R Mac Nally, PJ Baker, TR Cavagnaro, J Beringer, JR Thomson, RM Thompson

2015-07-01

Reforestation is an important tool for reducing or reversing biodiversity loss and mitigating climate change. However, there are m..

Drought avoidance and vulnerability in the Australian Araucariaceae

HC Zimmer, TJ Brodribb, S Delzon, PJ Baker

2015-06-03

The Araucariaceae is an iconic tree family. Once globally important, the Araucariaceae declined dramatically over the Cenozoic per..

Reforestation with native mixed-species plantings in a temperate continental climate effectively sequesters and stabilizes carbon within decades

SC Cunningham, TR Cavagnaro, R Mac Nally, KI Paul, PJ Baker, J Beringer, JR Thomson, RM Thompson

2015-04-01

Reforestation has large potential for mitigating climate change through carbon sequestration. Native mixed-species plantings have ..

Effects of restoration at the stand level

CD Oliver, KL O’Hara, PJ Baker

2015-01-01

The conservation of forests for timber, wildlife, and water became a large concern in many countries over 100 years ago, and a cul..

Fuel flammability and fire responses of juvenile canopy species in a temperate rainforest ecosystem

HC Zimmer, TD Auld, L Hughes, CA Offord, PJ Baker

2015-01-01

Historically, rainforests have been considered vulnerable to fire. Recent research, however, has shown that many rainforest specie..

Continuing upward trend in Mt Read Huon pine ring widths - Temperature or divergence?

KJ Allen, ER Cook, BM Buckley, SH Larsen, DM Drew, GM Downes, RJ Francey, MJ Peterson, PJ Baker

2014-10-15

To date, no attempt has been made to assess the presence or otherwise of the "Divergence Problem" (DP) in existing multi-millennia..

Is there more soil carbon under nitrogen-fixing trees than under non-nitrogen-fixing trees in mixed-species restoration plantings?

M Hoogmoed, SC Cunningham, PJ Baker, J Beringer, TR Cavagnaro

2014-04-15

Afforestation of agricultural land provides an important opportunity to mitigate climate change by storing carbon (C) in both plan..

N-fixing trees in restoration plantings: Effects on nitrogen supply and soil microbial communities

M Hoogmoed, SC Cunningham, P Baker, J Beringer, TR Cavagnaro

2014-01-01

Mixed-species restoration tree plantings are being established increasingly, contributing to mitigate climate change and restore e..

Recruitment bottlenecks in the rare Australian conifer Wollemia nobilis

HC Zimmer, TD Auld, J Benson, PJ Baker

2014-01-01

Seedling survival plays a critical role in maintaining a supply of potential recruits. We examined seedling recruitment, survival ..

Tropical forests and global change: Filling knowledge gaps

PA Zuidema, PJ Baker, P Groenendijk, P Schippers, P van der Sleen, M Vlam, F Sterck

2013-01-01

Tropical forests will experience major changes in environmental conditions this century. Understanding their responses to such cha..