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Tropical Forest Research Centre

Staff Skills and Expertise

The Tropical Forest Research Centre has scientists with high level expertise and experience covering a range of disciplines. Our expertise includes:

Ecosystem Goods and Services

  • Water regulation by forests
  • Stocks of carbon in tropical landscapes
  • Pollination and pest control by rainforest insects
  • Contact: Dr David Hilbert (David.Hilbert@csiro.au)

Biodiversity

  • Management of threatened ecological processes
  • Recovery of threatened species
  • Conservation and bioregional planning
  • Contact: Dr David Westcott (David.Westcott@csiro.au)

Tropical Savannas

  • Ecology and health of landscapes
  • Natural resource management
  • Regional planning and management
  • Contact: Dr John Ludwig (John.Ludwig@csiro.au)

Global Change

  • Impacts of climate and land use changes on ecosystems and species
  • Spatial modelling
  • Remote sensing
  • Contact: Dr David Hilbert (David.Hilbert@csiro.au)

Atherton Public Reference Herbarium

  • Plant systematics and herbarium management
  • Herbarium sample specimen
  • Interactive computer key to rainforest plants
  • Contact: Dr David Hilbert (David.Hilbert@csiro.au)

Rainforest Dynamics

Sustainable Futures

  • Social, economic and ecological implications of development scenarios
  • Landscape planning
  • Participatory research approaches
  • Contact: Iris Bohnet (Iris.Bohnet@csiro.au)

 

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