Tree Recruitment
Benchmark Value
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.
Density of healthy overstorey trees (without hollows but with the potential to develop them) retained to ensure the perpetual replacement of senescent canopy trees.
Minimum canopy-species recruitment pool required to sustain long-term habitat structure for hollow-dependent fauna.
Quantifies the minimum canopy-species recruitment pool required to sustain long-term habitat structure for hollow-dependent fauna.
Sources (1)
Guidelines for Sustainable Forestry on Private Lands in NSW
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Additional references from the underlying research that informed this benchmark.
Trust for Nature EcoThinning Brochure: Canʼt see the forest for the trees? Improving tree density for habitat
View SourceEcological Thinning Guide: Environmental Protection Works on Regulated Rural Land
View SourceForest Management Options for Private Landowners
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Guidelines for Assessing Regeneration and Stocking: Private Native Forestry Code of Practice Guideline No. 1
View SourcePrivate Native Forestry Code of Practice for Cypress and Western Hardwood Forests
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