Census of eucalypt forest in Vic will help show the long term impacts of climate change

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Australia; VIC

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Much like the upcoming national census run by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, researchers in Victoria have conducted a census of a lowland eucalypt forest in south-eastern Australia using a newly established large-scale long-term monitoring plot. The census recorded over 51,000 individual trees from 46 species, revealing a complex pattern in forest structure not previously recorded in mixed-species eucalypt forests. The team say their plot is the largest and most detailed forest monitoring plot in Australia, and will provide insights into the long-term impacts of disturbance and climate change.