Snowgum dieback
Citation
Fenner School of Environment & Society (ANU) (2023). Snowgum dieback. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zxuyvh accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.Description
Outbreaks of wood-boring insects are currently killing snow-gum forests throughout the Australian Alps. Following an initial attack affected trees enter a state of decline that ends with the death of all above-ground parts. Although snow gum resprout from the base after an attack, repeated wood-borer attacks kill the trees completely. The extent and severity of the attacks in some locations suggests that entire forests may perish in the coming decade. Data on the extent and severity of the wood-borer outbreak is limited to a handful of locations and we desperately need observations on the condition of trees throughout the Alps. By submitting an observation you add directly to our understanding of this phenomenon. This survey is part of a larger project aimed at understanding snow-gum dieback and is supported by the Australian Alps National Parks program.Purpose
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Quality Control
Snowgum dieback data quality description: Data quality assurance methods: dataownercurated, subjectexpertverification Data quality assurance description: Photographs associated with each observation will be reviewed by one of the project team to confirm attribution as snow-gum diebackMethod steps
- Snowgum dieback method: opportunistic Opportunistic/ad-hoc observation recording
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Atlas of Living Australia
CSIRO Ecosystems Services
Canberra
2601
ACT
AU
email: info@ala.org.au
administrative point of contact
Atlas of Living Australia
CSIRO Ecosystems Services
Canberra
2601
ACT
AU
email: info@ala.org.au