Preliminary Investigations into the Effectiveness of Chainsaw-Carved Hollows

Background The ongoing loss, modification and fragmentation of natural habitats, and particularly mature hollow-bearing trees, presents a major threat to many species of cavity-dependent wildlife worldwide (Fischer and Lindenmayer 2007). Long-term management strategies to increase hollow availability are required to complement the revegetation and restoration of degraded areas, in conjunction with retaining the mature hollow-bearing…