Long-Term Monitoring of Beetle Succession in Decaying Eucalyptus obliqua Logs, Warra Tall Eucalypt SuperSite, 1999-2014

Concern over the conservation implications of declining availability of large logs in Tasmania’s wet eucalypt production forests managed on relatively short rotations led to the establishment of a long-term experiment aimed at comparing succession in saproxylic beetles in large-diameter (mature) and small-diameter (regrowth) logs. The first sampling cycle spanned the first five years following the felling of six mature-aged (>150 years) and six mature regrowth-aged (c75 years) Eucalyptus obliqua trees growing in a multi-aged forest study area at Warra in southern Tasmania. These were felled over three seasons from May (autumn) 1999 to February (summer) 2000. For full details of this project see: http://cdn.forestrytasmania.com.au/uploads/File/pdf/technical_reports/DFRD_TR08_2005.pdf