Tree Recruitment

AUS-TDG-CON-TRE General Moderate confidence

Benchmark Value

5 individuals/ha
Direction: Higher is desirable ↑
Form: MinimumOnly

Scoring Curve

This curve shows how a field measurement for this indicator would score across all available benchmark forms in this context.

Evidence & Context

A minimum stocking of 5 recruitment trees per hectare is considered sufficient to ensure that large old trees with hollows are replaced after they collapse and die thus ensuring the maintenance of tree hollows for wildlife in perpetuity.

Metric Definition:

Minimum stocking density of healthy overstorey trees with potential for future hollow development.

Benchmark Definition:

Critical overstorey-tier recruitment benchmark designed to ensure the continuous replenishment of habitat-providing old-growth canopy structures in dry temperate woodlands.

Justification:

This is a critical overstorey-tier recruitment benchmark designed to ensure the continuous replenishment of habitat-providing old-growth canopy structures in dry temperate woodlands.

Sources (1)

Preview of guidelines for sustainable forestry on private lands in nsw - ResearchGate, accessed August 1, 2025,
guidelines for sustainable forestry on private lands in nsw - ResearchGate, accessed August 1, 2025,

Guidelines for Sustainable Forestry on Private Lands in NSW

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Supporting Sources (3)

Additional references from the underlying research that informed this benchmark.

Preview of Can ecological thinning deliver conservation outcomes in high-density river red gum forests? Establishing an adaptive management experiment Gorrod, E. J., et al. 2017.
Can ecological thinning deliver conservation outcomes in high-density river red gum forests? Establishing an adaptive management experiment Gorrod, E. J., et al. 2017.
Contextual Support Journal

Can ecological thinning deliver conservation outcomes in high-density river red gum forests? Establishing an adaptive management experiment Gorrod, E. J., et al. 2017.

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Preview of Evaluating the success of a large-scale revegetation project in the Midlands of Tasmania Davidson, D., et al. 2021.
Evaluating the success of a large-scale revegetation project in the Midlands of Tasmania Davidson, D., et al. 2021.
Contextual Support Journal

Evaluating the success of a large-scale revegetation project in the Midlands of Tasmania Davidson, D., et al. 2021.

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Preview of Rehabilitation of Grassy Box Woodland –A ... - Whitehaven Coal, accessed August 12, 2025
Rehabilitation of Grassy Box Woodland –A ... - Whitehaven Coal, accessed August 12, 2025
Direct Evidence Journal

Rehabilitation of Grassy Box Woodland: A Structured Review Whitehaven Coal. 2019.

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Context

  • Region Australia
  • Biome Temperate Dry Woodlands & Native Grasslands
  • Land Use Conservation / Protected Natural Areas
  • Assessment Conservation Target
  • Vegetation Woodland
  • Evidence Type HealthyOperationalRange

Lifecycle

  • Status Active
  • Version 1
  • Effective From 20 Jun 2026

Notes

Bridges the gap between primary understorey germination and old-growth habitat longevity.