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Post-fire logging removes tree hollows vital for wildlife recovery
An expert review on logging after bushfires found it removes tree hollows which are vital in the recovery of more than 225 native species.
The review of scientific studies on post-fire logging by The Bushfire Recovery Project, a joint initiative of Griffith University and the Australian National University, reported 114 species of birds, 18 mammals, 79 reptiles and 27 amphibians which use tree hollows as homes, are threatened by post-fire logging.
Professor Brendan Mackey, Director of the Griffith Climate Action Beacon and Griffith Climate Change Response Program
The key findings of the report on post-fire logging in Australia were:
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Tricks Australian forests use to survive bushfires
A review by The Bushfire Recovery Project has confirmed how it is that Australian eucalypt forests survive and regenerate after devastating wildfires like the 2019-20 Black Summer fires.
The expert review of published research on forest recovery following fire, undertaken by a group of five scientists from Griffith and Australian National Universities, reported that eucalypt forests typically bounce back well using two key tricks.
Eucalypt forest recovery in east Gippsland, Monga and Murramarang
“Our key findings suggest that about 70 per cent of plant species within eucalypt forests survive bushfire using hidden ‘recovery buds’,” said Dr Patrick Norman, an ecologist with the Griffith Climate Change Response Program.