Litter Cover
Benchmark Value
Scoring Curve
This curve shows how a field measurement for this indicator would score across all available benchmark forms in this context. The scoring engine uses 17 benchmarks together — the OptimalRange form drives the primary score, while 16 guard(s) constrain the result.
Contributing Benchmarks
Evidence & Context
The key finding from this study was that across all monitoring periods and treatments—including both thinned (best-practice managed) and unthinned (control) plots—the mean surface litter cover consistently remained above 90%.
Percentage of surface litter cover on the forest floor in production forestry within the Arid Inland Floodplains biome.
Mean surface litter cover percentage observed in a large-scale ecological thinning trial in River Red Gum forests within the Arid Inland Floodplains biome under production forestry.
This value is justified by the strength and relevance of the source data from a multi-site, multi-year study explicitly examining sustainable forestry outcomes in the target ecosystem.
Sources (1)
Restoration thinning has minor and temporary effects on understorey fuels in a regrowth eucalypt floodplain forest under conservation management - CSIRO Publishing
View SourceSupporting Sources (3)
Additional references from the underlying research that informed this benchmark.
Ground cover monitoring for Australia - DAFF
View SourceThe relationships between land management practices and soil condition and the quality of ecosystem services delivered from agri - DAFF, accessed July 28, 2025,
View SourceStructural controls on the orientation of erosion gullies in mid-western New South Wales, Australia, accessed August 1, 2025,
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