Managing tree densities in western New South Wales: development of a process-based model to predict woodland dynamics

该项目将通过以下方式加强新南威尔士州内陆的林地管理：(1)提高我们对林地动态控制因素的理解；(2)改进土地利用情景对长期植被动态影响的预测。结果将有助于自然资源管理者制定政策和实地决策。研究结果将供生物多样性、盐度、侵蚀、树木砍伐、造林、恢复和保护区的管理人员使用。我们的研究结果将减少对区域过去和未来植被变化的相互矛盾的看法，从而促进可持续发展计划的实施，以确保长期的社会、经济和环境效益，从而实现环境可持续发展的澳大利亚。

This project will enhance woodland management in inland NSW by: (1) advancing our understanding of factors controlling woodland dynamics and (2) refining predictions of the effects of landuse scenarios on long-term vegetation dynamics. Outcomes will assist policy development and on-ground decision making by natural resource managers. Results will be used by managers of biodiversity, salinity, erosion, tree clearing, silviculture, rehabilitation and protected areas. Our findings will reduce conflicting perceptions about past and future vegetation changes in regional areas, thereby advancing uptake of sustainability plans to ensure long-term social, economic and environmental benefits for an environmentally sustainable Australia.