Forest management options for adaptation to climate change: a case study of tall, wet eucalypt forests in Victoria’s Central Highlands region

Abstract

Australia has a highly diverse and variable climate and its forests are well-adapted to climatic variation. However, human-induced changes in climate could exceed historical ranges of variability and have effects on forests well beyond the experience of forest managers. These conditions will require implementation of management practices appropriate to a changing climate but there has been little analysis of potential management options for Australian native forests. The paper analyses potential management options for the tall, wet eucalypt forests in Victoria’s Central Highlands. This region has already experienced a strong drying and warming trend and a high incidence of severe bushfires o..