River red gums in flooded Barmah forest, VIC
Willem van Aken, © CSIRO |
Mallee bushland near Ouyen, Victoria
Willem van Aken, © CSIRO |
Tree ferns and mountain ash in a cool, temperate rainforest
in Victoria © CSIRO |
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Buttress roots of a tropical rainforest tree
David Lindenmayer, © David Lindenmayer |
Storm brewing in central Australia
Robert Kerton, © CSIRO |
Aerial view of Kata Tjuta , Northern Territory
Robert Kerton, © CSIRO |
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Tarn Shelf, Mt Field National Park, Tasmania. A tarn
is a small mountain lake.
© CSIRO |
Staghorn ferns growing on tree trunk in Tolga Scrub,
near Atherton. QLD
Willem van Aken, © CSIRO |
Fog-shrouded alpine forest, Mount Buffalo, Victoria
Robert Kerton, © Robert Kerton |
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Alpine peat bog, Mount Baw Baw, Victoria
Robert Kerton, © CSIRO |
Research has found small marsupials and rodents to
be ten times more abundant, and small mammals four times
so, near watercourses than a kilometre away in the dry savanna.
© CSIRO |
Mangrove swamp, Daintree National Park, QLD
Willem van Aken, © CSIRO |
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Aerial view of native cypress pines (Callitris
sp.) in Lester State Forest near Coolamon, NSW
Gregory Heath, © CSIRO |
Logging of Karri forest in the Pemberton area, south-west
Western Australia
Willem van Aken, © CSIRO |
Aerial view of market gardens near Camden, NSW
Gregory Heath, © CSIRO |
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Tropical rainforest canopy with palms and ferns near
Cairns, QLD
Willem van Aken, © CSIRO |
Aerial view of forestry areas and adjacent native bushland
near Queanbeyan, NSW
Gregory Heath, © CSIRO |
The Warren River at the bottom of Heartbreak Trail
near Pemberton, WA
Willem van Aken, © CSIRO |
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Clearing native forest on Don's Catchment, Collie,
WA
Willem van Aken, © CSIRO |
CSIRO scientists using scanning laser rangefinding
('lidar') technology to capture details of forest structure,
such as canopy height, the number and location of trees
and their basal area, up to a radius of 110 metres from
its survey point
Maria Ottenschlager, © CSIRO |
Agro-forestry trial at Sandigo, near Narrandera, NSW.
The trial involved combining cereal crops with grazing and
timber production.
Gregory Heath, © CSIRO |
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Forests play an important role as recreational sites.
Millaa Millaa falls, northern Queensland.
Willem van Aken, © CSIRO |
Fire in the top end, Northern Territory ©
CSIRO |
Grass fire in central Australian grassland
Malcolm Paterson, © CSIRO |
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Small herd of cattle in dry landscape, north of Alice
Springs, Northern Territory
Robert Kerton, © CSIRO |
Collecting seed pods for revegetation projects using
an extendable saw © CSIRO |
Epicormic regeneration on a fire ravaged Banksia plant,
Blue Mountains, NSW © CSIRO |
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Effects of bushfire on native bushland in the Kakadu
National Park, NT
John Coppi, © CSIRO |
For predatory and scavenging reptiles such as goannas,
fires provide a good source of carrion. © CSIRO |
Straw-necked Ibis, Flinders, Victoria
John Manger, © John Manger |
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The 'Cooloola Monster' is an unusual, primitive, cricket-like
insect of the order Orthoptera, discovered in Cooloola National
Park, Queensland circa 1980.
John Green, © CSIRO |
Tawny Frogmouth, Banyule,Victoria
John Manger, © John Manger |
Green-spotted triangle butterfly. Family: Papilionidae.
This species is found in tropical NE Queensland. ©
CSIRO |
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A praying mantis
David McClenaghan, © CSIRO |
Grey Kangaroos, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW
© CSIRO |
The Bogong moth migrates in large numbers each spring
from the western slopes and plains of Victoria, NSW and
Qld to the high country of eastern NSW and Vic. ©
CSIRO |
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A saltwater crocodile
David Lindenmayer, © David Lindenmayer |
The European red fox is a major predator in Australia,
threatening the long term survival of a range of native
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Long-billed Corella, Grampians, Victoria. Over 50 parrot
species are found in Australia.
John Manger, © John Manger |
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Nick Pitsas – tiger snake; Maroondah Resevoir; cattle
grazing, Yarra Valley; farm gates; Yarra Valley farmland
John Wombey – grassland earless dragon
David McClenaghan – boab tree
Esther Beaton – mountain ash forest
Robert Kerton – rainforest canopy
David Lindenmayer – fire in northern Australia; revegetated
farmland
Malcolm Paterson – central Australia;
Gregory Heath – salinity-affected farmland; smoke from
fire; mountain fire; farming landscape; lucerne seedlings
Willem van Aken – eucalyptus burning; bushfire, Western
Australia; grain silos; rice harvesting; heads of wheat
– Bob Winters (billabong), Nick Pitsas (all other
photos)
– Nick Pitsas (logging truck, mountain ash forest),
David Lindenmayer (Yellow-bellied Glider), Esther Beaton (Sooty Owl), Stephen Jackson (Leadbeater’s
Possum), John Manger (Grey Shrike Thrush, Pink Robin), Rachel
Muntz (mountain ash regrowth, retention harvesting, clear felling)