Research Article

Seasonality of Climate Drives the Number of Tree Hollows in Eastern Australia: Implications of a Changing Climate

Table 2

Selected features of collected data for species with over 200 samples.

SpeciesDBH (cm)*Sample numberLargest DBH (cm)Bark typeAge score+

Eucalyptus prava 27430162Smooth17
Eucalyptus camaldulensis 35201180Smooth19
Eucalyptus populnea 32207120Box27
Angophora floribunda 552056190Box29
Eucalyptus rossii 30207100Smooth30
Eucalyptus albens 401450127Box32
Eucalyptus blakelyi 571607180Smooth32
Eucalyptus bridgesiana 44248134Box33
Eucalyptus caleyi 36267106Iron34
Eucalyptus pilligaensis 35481102Box34
Angophora leiocarpa 45542120Smooth38
Eucalyptus conica 3320286Box38
Eucalyptus melliodora 65864170Box/smooth38
Eucalyptus moluccana 60427158Box38
Corymbia trachyphloia 431091107Tessellated40
Eucalyptus caleyi 44287107Iron41
Eucalyptus chloroclada 3239074Smooth43
Eucalyptus campanulata 62350138Peppermint45
Eucalyptus crebra 542355120Iron45
Eucalyptus viminalis 75198158Smooth48
Eucalyptus fibrosa 521208107Iron49
Eucalyptus melanophloia 4892377Iron62
Eucalyptus caliginosa 54951123Stringy68
Eucalyptus dealbata 5674483Smooth68
Eucalyptus sideroxylon 5621785Iron68
Allocasuarina luehmannii 5998768Fissured87
Acacia cheelii 24844FissuredNA
Acacia harpophylla 34983FissuredNA
Callitris endlicheri 246074FurrowedNA
Callitris glaucophylla 5445116FurrowedNA
Casuarina cristata 38775FissuredNA
Casuarina cunninghamiana 240131FissuredNA
Eucalyptus andrewsii 463117PeppermintNA
Eucalyptus biturbinata 200135SmoothNA
Eucalyptus dwyeri 258102SmoothNA
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha 43499StringyNA
Eucalyptus youmanii 281110StringyNA

*The diameter at which more than 50% of larger trees contain visible hollows.
+Age surrogate for point at which hollows become more common as calculated by dividing column one by the largest stem recorded and presenting as a percentage.