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The real significance of mass tuart flowering?

The following is what Colin Spencer of the City of Bunbury observed. Some active followers of the blogonforesthealth may have noticed his call in the comments section. In response to his observations, and in addition to her earlier blog posting, … Continue reading

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Wandoo: on flowering, honey yield and fruit production

By Liz Manning, in conversation with beekeeper David Leyland and researcher Ryan Hooper 2010 is shaping to be a fantastic year for eucalypt flowering and fruit crops. The prolific flowering of marri (Corymbia calophylla) and powderbark (Eucalyptus accedens) trees around … Continue reading

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“What you see is… not what it is…?”

Pieter Poot presented last week in one of our ‘exchanges’-meetings about UWA’s research on Wandoo crown decline. His presentation once more demonstrated the arbitrary nature of words like tree or forest ‘health’. A not so healthy looking tree (e.g. one … Continue reading

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A New Year after Copenhagen

By Marleen Buizer, Postdoctoral Researcher Was it to be a Roadmap, an Agreement or a Treaty? In the very end, it became ‘but’ an agreement with a commitment to limit global warming to 2°C. What do they mean by commitment? … Continue reading

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Can something be done…? Bunbury experiences

By Colin Spencer, Environmental Officer, City of Bunbury The City of Bunbury is really blessed to have a number of well forested reserves, but unfortunately a distressing number of trees within them are sick, dying or recently dead. A growing … Continue reading

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Monitoring forest health using satellite data: win a prize!

By Brad Evans, PhD student in the Centre of Excellence for Climate Change Woodlands and Forest Health. A preliminary stage of my PhD study has involved sourcing and processing satellite, aircraft and field data to be used in the assessment … Continue reading

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