Institution |
Investigators |
Project |
Project Dates |
State |
Region |
Project_Description |
Forestry and Timber Bureau, Canberra |
J.M. Gilbert |
Forest Succession in the Florentine Valley, Tasmania |
1959 |
TAS |
Tiger and Gordon Ranges |
Slabs examined in the field as part of a survey of forest succession in the Florentine Valley. |
Tree Ring Research Lab, University of Arizona |
V.C. Lamarche, D.A. Campbell, T. Bird, D. Adamson, G. Dolezal, P.W. Dunwiddie, J. Ogden, F. Podger |
Tree-Ring Chronologies of the Southern Hemisphere |
1974-1979 |
TAS |
Bruny Island |
Large-scale collection effort to build tree-ring chronologies across the Southern Hemisphere. |
School of Geography and Environmental Science, The University of Auckland |
J. Ogden |
Dendrochronological potential of Australian trees |
1976-1978 |
TAS |
Pine Lake |
Considers the dendrochronological potential of Tasmanian tree species, esp. Athrotaxis cupressoides and A. selaginoides. |
CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research |
M. Francey et al. |
Isotopes in Tree Rings |
1981-present |
TAS |
Pieman River Catchment |
Collection of cores from living trees and the largest excavation of subfossil Huon Pine producing one of the longest chronologies in the Southern Hemisphere. |
Department of Geography, University of Tasmania |
D.M.J.S. Bowman, J.B. Kirkpatrick |
Geographic variation in Eucalyptus delegatensis demographic structure |
1982-1984 |
TAS |
Northeast Tasmania |
Ring counts from slabs in the field were made in order to determine stand ages among sites across NE TAS. |
Radiocarbon Laboratory, Australian National University |
M.J. Head, C.J. Lacey |
Radiocarbon age determinations from lignotubers |
1988 |
TAS |
Hobart Region |
Lignotubers were collected from Eucalyptus coccifera in TAS and E. botryoides in NSW in order to determine tree ages. |
Tree-Ring Laboratory, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies |
B. Buckley, E. Cook |
Huon Pine and Climate Change |
1990-1997 |
TAS |
Mt. Read |
Long-term chronology and climatic interpretations developed from multiple collections of Lagarostrobus franklinii. |
School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania |
K. Allen |
A dendroclimatological investigation of Phyllocladus aspleniifolius |
1994-1998 |
TAS |
Northeastern Highlands |
State-wide collection of a single species for dendroclimatological analyses. |
CSIRO Forestry and Forest products |
R.L. Korol et al. |
Effects of water status and soil fertility on the C-isotope signature in Pinus radiata
Pinus radiata |
1997 |
TAS |
Tower Hill |
Physiological study of Pinus radiata in plantations under various silvicultural treatments. |
Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment; Forestry Tasmania |
K. Allen |
Warra LTER |
1998-1999 |
TAS |
Warra |
Chronology results for Phyllocladus aspleniifolius and early results for Athrotaxis selaginoides for the Warra LTER. |
Forestry Tasmania |
J. Hickey et al. |
Warra LTER |
1998-1999 |
TAS |
Southern Tasmania |
Several discs were collected in order to determine stand age. |
School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania |
M. V. Rowell, G. J. Jordan, R. W. Barnes |
Coal Head Point Pleistocene Fossil Forest |
2000 |
TAS |
Macquarie Harbor |
Small (2 cm^3) samples for C14 dating of fossilised Maleleuca forest in western Tasmania. |
Department of Forestry, ANU; Forestry Tasmania |
P.J. Alcorn, J.K. Dingle, J.E. Hickey |
Warra Silvicultural Systems Trial |
2001 |
TAS |
Warra |
Identified regrowth (to 110 yrs) and oldgrowth (>110 yrs) cohorts & examine relationship bet. diameter and age. |
School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania |
A. Koch |
Tree hollows in Tasmanian Eucalyptus obliqua forest and their use by vertebrate fauna |
2004-2007 |
TAS |
Huon |
Collected Eucalyptus obliqua discs cut in forestry coupes in order to relate tree age to the occurrence of tree hollows utilized by animals. |
School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania |
J. von Platen |
A history and interpretation of fire frequency in dry Eucalypt forests and woodlands of eastern Tasmania |
2004-2008 |
TAS |
Eastern Tiers |
Used Eucalyptus cross sections to reconstruct a fire history for eastern Tasmania. |
School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania |
S. Wood |
Age of Tasmanian Old Growth Forests |
2008-2009 |
TAS |
Styx Valley |
Investigation of age and fire history of an old-growth Eucalyptus regnans stand in southern Tasmania. |