WILDFIRE, TREE MANAGEMENT AND THE ARBORIST – 3 Tree Management and Wildfire
WILDFIRE, TREE MANAGEMENT AND THE ARBORIST 3 Tree Management and Wildfire G M Moore Burnley College, University of Melbourne 500 Yarra Boulevard RICHMOND, Victoria, Australia, 3021 INTRODUCTION As a consequence of the Black Saturday fires in Victoria, Australia, there have been questions asked about the role of vegetation in peri-urban and urban parts…
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WILDFIRE TREE, MANAGEMENT AND THE ARBORIST 2 The Role of Arborists after Wildfire G M Moore Burnley College, University of Melbourne 500 Yarra Boulevard RICHMOND, Victoria, Australia, 3021 INTRODUCTION With changing weather patterns resulting in more extreme fire weather danger days, more intense fires and fires occurring in urban and peri-urban areas of…
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1 Wildfire and Urban Trees G M Moore Burnley College, University of Melbourne 500 Yarra Boulevard RICHMOND, Victoria, Australia, 3021 INTRODUCTION Wildfires, called bushfires in Australia, have been a common occurrence in many parts of Australia over the past 150-200 years. The ‘Black Saturday’ fires in the State of Victoria in February 2009 destroyed…
Read MoreStreet Tree Planting: Some Recipes for Success and Prescriptions for First Aid
Abstract After 20 years of TREENET symposia, there is a much better understanding of what makes a street tree planting successful. Proper tree selection and using the highest quality stock are a great start, but problems with planting technique are still too common. Trees are planted too deep or shallow and the process of planting…
Read MoreTree Protection Australian Standards and the Law: Getting it Right
Abstract It is a little surprising that all of the Australian Standards related to arboriculture have been controversial, so it is no great revelation that the Protection of Trees on Development Sites (AS 4970-2009) is the subject of controversy, debate and misuse. However, the standard is widely and successfully used, despite some criticisms. Prior to…
Read MoreTaking it to the Streets: Celebrating a Twenty Year History of TREENET – Responding to the Urban Forest Challenge
G.M. Moore School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus 500 Yarra Boulevard RICHMOND 3121 Abstract In celebrating twenty years since the founding of TREENET (Tree and Roadway Experimental and Educational NETwork) and eighteen National Street Tree Symposia, it becomes clear that TREENET has been both follower and leader in providing a…
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Practical Indicators to Help Determine the Level of Street Tree Establishment Success
Dr Greg Moore OAM School of Ecosytem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne, Burnely Campus
Read MoreRING-BARKING AND GIRDLING: HOW MUCH VASCULAR CONNECTION DO YOU NEED BETWEEN ROOTS AND CROWN?
G.M. Moore Burnley College, University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, RICHMOND, 3121 Abstract Girdling and ring-barking of trees occurs for many reasons – vehicle impact, grazing by animals, insect and fungal attack and human vandalism. Ring-barking that removes only phloem and cambial tissue has a vastly different impact on tree physiology than girdling which removes…
Read MorePollutants and Street Tree Health
G.M. Moore University of Melbourne, Burnley College, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Australia 3121. Abstract Trees vary in their responses to air and soil borne pollutants; some are sensitive while others are tolerant of some or many pollutants. The age and physiological state of the plant, as well as the prevailing environmental conditions, can influence the…
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