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The School For Field Studies | Australia
Приєднався 3 тра 2023
Welcome to the Center for Rainforest Studies! Our programs take place in the country’s ancient rainforests, with excursions to the edge of the Outback and the Great Barrier Reef.
Research at our center focuses on the environmental threats that have caused rainforest fragmentation, species loss, and reef die-off, and we work with the Mandingalbay Yidinji Indigenous people and Tablelands communities on restoration and management projects to help Australia thrive in a time of ecological uncertainty.
Research at our center focuses on the environmental threats that have caused rainforest fragmentation, species loss, and reef die-off, and we work with the Mandingalbay Yidinji Indigenous people and Tablelands communities on restoration and management projects to help Australia thrive in a time of ecological uncertainty.
Baseline Faunal Survey of the Boar Pocket Road Creek Crossings
In order to provide future researchers baseline data and aid in revegetation efforts, we conducted ant, bird, and bat surveys of creek crossings along a road site.
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Recommendations for Revegetation Trial Along Boar Pocket Road Creek Crossing
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In order to determine how best to revegetate creek crossings along a road site we conducted plant and erosion surveys and then plotted out the best revegetation sites using Arc GIS.
Revgetation on a Cinder Cone: Dry 2024 Update
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The cinder cone was revegetated with Mabi seedlings in April 2024. This is an update on the growth of these seedlings, as well as the impacts of bananas on their growth. Stay tuned for future updates from Wet 2025! We would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which this study was carried out, including the Ngadjonji and Dulgubarra-Yidinji Peoples. We pay respect to Elders ...
Can Environmental Markets Fund our Restoration Projects?
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Forest restoration can be expensive! Environmental market schemes are a way to financially incentivize landholders to partake in restoration by providing money for sequestering carbon or promoting biodiversity. In this video, we explore whether environmental markets could be a way to earn additional funding for a project SFS is working on: restoring Mabi forest on a cleared cinder cone volcano!...
How Can a BioBlitz Shape Community Perspectives on Biodiversity?
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Malanda, Queensland held its first BioBlitz November 9th! We surveyed attendees to assess how their understanding of biodiversity, appreciation for nature, and attitude towards conservation changed after the event. We would like to thank the SHAWMs, Reese Farrow, Victoria Holman, and Victoria Nazarov, all of our survey participants, interviewees, and Gemma Horner for organising the BioBlitz. An...
A Snapshot of Biodiversity in Malanda (How-to make a BioBlitz a BioBlast!)
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The Malanda BioBlitz was a 24-hour survey to try and assess the biodiversity of a revegetated urban park situated in Malanda, Queensland, Australia. Our video explores the behind-the-scenes of the BioBlitz, including interviews with Gemma Horner, the coordinator of the event. Certain events, like freshwater-invertebrate collections, are shown, as well as our pinning tutorial with Angus Emmott, ...
Branching from the truth: Debunking da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci is recognized for his many contributions to art, engineering, and science as a whole, but less awareness exists of his valuable studies in botany. To both enhance fellow artists’ depictions of trees and further knowledge of botanical structures, da Vinci recorded his rule of trees. This study aimed to determine whether da Vinci’s rule of trees held true for the Wet Tropics reg...
From Disturbance to Diversity: Uncovering the Realities Behind Successful Rainforest Restoration
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Revegetation is a proactive response to the extreme deforestation in the tropics, but the post-planting trajectory of vegetation recovery to mature forest can vary dramatically depending on the stewardship of the planting sites. We examined the differences in species composition and richness, vegetation structure, and functionality of a mature rainforest site and two ~30-year-old revegetation p...
Center For Rainforest Studies | Student Tour | The School for Field Studies
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Our remote field station is located at the end of a narrow, winding path, surrounded by lush rainforest. Our 153-acre property is surrounded by protected World Heritage forests, and you can observe incredible wildlife from the front steps of your cabin. The nearby towns of Yungaburra, Atherton, and Cairns are just a short drive away. Filmed by Ella Buchanan, Ellie Karatzas, and Owen McCarthy. E...
Tale of Two Grevilleas - How do Rainforest and Savanna Tree Species differ?
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As climate change and other ecological disturbances become more unpredictable, it is causing an unprecedented amount of stress on regions such as the rainforest and savanna in the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia. To understand the effects on these regions, it is crucial to understand how individual species have uniquely adapted to climatic disturbances. To do so, we measured adaptive trait...
Assessing Leaf Litter Invertebrate Diversity and Distribution within Rainforest Revegetation Plots
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With the Wet Tropics of North Queensland being particularly susceptible to habitat loss and having seen a decline in old growth rainforests, revegetation of this area has become increasingly necessary. Even with the growing popularity of revegetation, there have been few studies utilizing leaf litter invertebrates as key indicator groups to monitor the development of restoration sites within th...
From Canopy to Dung; How Dung Beetles Can Help Assess Recovery of Reforested Plots of Land
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This study examines the composition of dung beetle communities within different rainforest restoration models in the Atherton Tablelands of Queensland, Australia. We hypothesized that high diversity revegetation plots would have greater species richness and functional group richness than low diversity plots. Pitfall traps using dung and mushroom bait were set out and left in the field for multi...
Burning the Beach? Are beach forest species good green firebreak plants?
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Fire is becoming an issue in wildland and urban interfaces so it's important to screen for low flammability plants that can be planted in firebreaks - so we went to the beach! Check out what we found!
Revegetating a Cinder Cone: Combating Slope with Syntropy
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Mabi rainforest, a biome which provides important habitat for a wide diversity of rainforest species, has become rare in the Atherton Tablelands region of Australia due to widespread deforestation. Our project aims to help further local Mabi reforestation efforts by completing an inaugural planting of seedlings on a dormant cinder cone volcano. In addition, we set up monitoring plots for the be...
A Place to Share Stories - Creating a Biocultural Arboretum at the School for Field Studies
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A Place to Share Stories - Creating a Biocultural Arboretum at the School for Field Studies
Landowner Perceptions of Revegetation on the Atherton Tablelands
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Landowner Perceptions of Revegetation on the Atherton Tablelands
A Botanical Ark for the Laurels of North Queensland
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A Botanical Ark for the Laurels of North Queensland
Flammability of savanna and gallery forest plants
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Flammability of savanna and gallery forest plants
How flammable are your garden plants?
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How flammable are your garden plants?
Testing commercial and nature-based flame retardants
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Testing commercial and nature-based flame retardants
Moths in revegetated forest, mature forests and paddocks
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Moths in revegetated forest, mature forests and paddocks
Mow or no? Managing roadside vegetation on the Atherton Tablelands.
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Mow or no? Managing roadside vegetation on the Atherton Tablelands.
Erosion control on high slope areas in the Atherton Tablelands
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Erosion control on high slope areas in the Atherton Tablelands
Do Dung Beetles reflect rainforest restoration site development on the Atherton Tablelands?
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Do Dung Beetles reflect rainforest restoration site development on the Atherton Tablelands?
How well do dry forest trees burn compared to rainforest and savanna?
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How well do dry forest trees burn compared to rainforest and savanna?
Are palms better host trees for bryophytes than other trees in lowland tropical rainforests?
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Are palms better host trees for bryophytes than other trees in lowland tropical rainforests?
Diversity of mosses and allied plants in an upland tropical rainforest in Queensland, Australia
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Diversity of mosses and allied plants in an upland tropical rainforest in Queensland, Australia
Nice video! It was cool learning so much on erosion and stuff!