John Joseph Kanowski

Patterns and processes of old field reforestation in Australian rainforest landscapes (2007)

Erskine, Peter D., Catterall, Carla, Lamb, David, Kanowski, John Joseph

Rainforests were widely cleared in Australia during the 19th and 20th centuries to establish agriculture in areas thought to have high soil fertility and be relatively drought free. Some of these...

Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests (Book Review) (2007)

Kanowski, John Joseph

Extant tropical moist and dry forests cover some 20 million square kilometres and support a high proportion of terrestrial biodiversity. At present, less than 10% of tropical forests are in...

Monitoring Revegetation Projects for Biodiversity in Rainforest Landscapes. Toolkit Version 1, Revision 1. (2007)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla

Purpose of the toolkit This toolkit has been written to assist landholders, community groups and restoration practitioners monitor the outcomes of revegetation projects for biodiversity in rainforest...

Responses of ground-active beetle assemblages to different styles of reforestation on cleared rainforest land (2007)

Grimbacher, Peter Siegfried, Catterall, Carla, Kanowski, John Joseph, Proctor, Heather C.

Despite increasing efforts to re-establish forest cover in landscapes that have been previously cleared, the relative ability of different styles of reforestation to contribute to conservation and...

Monitoring Revegetation Projects for Biodiversity in Rainforest Landscapes. Toolkit Version 1, Revision 1. (2007)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla

Purpose of the toolkit This toolkit has been written to assist landholders, community groups and restoration practitioners monitor the outcomes of revegetation projects for biodiversity in rainforest...

Patterns and processes of old field reforestation in Australian rainforest landscapes (2007)

Erskine, Peter D., Catterall, Carla, Lamb, David, Kanowski, John Joseph

Rainforests were widely cleared in Australia during the 19th and 20th centuries to establish agriculture in areas thought to have high soil fertility and be relatively drought free. Some of these...

Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests (Book Review) (2007)

Kanowski, John Joseph

Extant tropical moist and dry forests cover some 20 million square kilometres and support a high proportion of terrestrial biodiversity. At present, less than 10% of tropical forests are in...

Responses of ground-active beetle assemblages to different styles of reforestation on cleared rainforest land (2007)

Grimbacher, Peter Siegfried, Catterall, Carla, Kanowski, John Joseph, Proctor, Heather C.

Despite increasing efforts to re-establish forest cover in landscapes that have been previously cleared, the relative ability of different styles of reforestation to contribute to conservation and...

Diversity and distribution of saprobic microfungi in leaf litter of an Australian tropical rainforest (2006)

Paulus, Barbara C., Kanowski, John Joseph, Gadek, Paul A., Hyde, Kevin D., David Hawksworth

The diversity and distribution of microfungal assemblages in leaf litter of a tropical Australian forest was assessed using two methods: (1) cultures were isolated using a particle filtration...

Biodiversity futures under alternative forest industry scenarios in north Queensland (2006)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, Wardell-Johnson, G.W.

North Queensland is a major repository of biodiversity in Australia. From the perspective of industry proponents, the impacts of plantation developments on biodiversity deserve consideration because...

Factors affecting the use of reforested sites by reptiles in cleared rainforest landscapes in tropical and subtropical Australia (2006)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Reis, Terence Michael, Catterall, Carla, Piper, Scott Douglas, Richard Hobbs

Despite recent efforts to reforest cleared rainforest landscapes, in Australia and elsewhere, the value of reforested sites for rainforest-dependent reptiles is unknown. We surveyed the occurrence of...

Do frugivorous birds assist rainforest succession in weed dominated oldfield regrowth of subtropical Australia? (2006)

Neilan, Wendy, Catterall, Carla, Kanowski, John Joseph, McKenna, Stephen Gerard, R. Marrs

Exotic plants often form the first woody vegetation that grows on abandoned farmland. If this vegetation attracts vertebrate frugivores which disperse the seeds of native plants, then native plants...

Diversity and distribution of saprobic microfungi in leaf litter of an Australian tropical rainforest (2006)

Paulus, Barbara C., Kanowski, John Joseph, Gadek, Paul A., Hyde, Kevin D.

The diversity and distribution of microfungal assemblages in leaf litter of a tropical Australian forest was assessed using two methods: (1) cultures were isolated using a particle filtration...

Biodiversity futures under alternative forest industry scenarios in north Queensland (2006)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, Wardell-Johnson, G.W.

North Queensland is a major repository of biodiversity in Australia. From the perspective of industry proponents, the impacts of plantation developments on biodiversity deserve consideration because...

Factors affecting the use of reforested sites by reptiles in cleared rainforest landscapes in tropical and subtropical Australia (2006)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Reis, Terence Michael, Catterall, Carla, Piper, Scott Douglas

Despite recent efforts to reforest cleared rainforest landscapes, in Australia and elsewhere, the value of reforested sites for rainforest-dependent reptiles is unknown. We surveyed the occurrence of...

Do frugivorous birds assist rainforest succession in weed dominated oldfield regrowth of subtropical Australia? (2006)

Neilan, Wendy, Catterall, Carla, Kanowski, John Joseph, McKenna, Stephen Gerard

Exotic plants often form the first woody vegetation that grows on abandoned farmland. If this vegetation attracts vertebrate frugivores which disperse the seeds of native plants, then native plants...

Diversity and distribution of saprobic microfungi in leaf litter of an Australian tropical rainforest (2006)

Paulus, Barbara C., Kanowski, John Joseph, Gadek, Paul A., Hyde, Kevin D.

The diversity and distribution of microfungal assemblages in leaf litter of a tropical Australian forest was assessed using two methods: (1) cultures were isolated using a particle filtration...

Biodiversity futures under alternative forest industry scenarios in north Queensland (2006)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, Wardell-Johnson, G.W.

North Queensland is a major repository of biodiversity in Australia. From the perspective of industry proponents, the impacts of plantation developments on biodiversity deserve consideration because...

Factors affecting the use of reforested sites by reptiles in cleared rainforest landscapes in tropical and subtropical Australia (2006)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Reis, Terence Michael, Catterall, Carla, Piper, Scott Douglas

Despite recent efforts to reforest cleared rainforest landscapes, in Australia and elsewhere, the value of reforested sites for rainforest-dependent reptiles is unknown. We surveyed the occurrence of...

Do frugivorous birds assist rainforest succession in weed dominated oldfield regrowth of subtropical Australia? (2006)

Neilan, Wendy, Catterall, Carla, Kanowski, John Joseph, McKenna, Stephen Gerard

Exotic plants often form the first woody vegetation that grows on abandoned farmland. If this vegetation attracts vertebrate frugivores which disperse the seeds of native plants, then native plants...

Biodiversity values of timber plantations and restoration plantings for rainforest fauna in tropical and subtropical Australia (2005)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, Proctor, Heather, Reis, Terence Michael, Tucker, Nigel I. J., Wardell-Johnson, Grant, ...

It has been suggested that timber plantations could play an important role in the conservation of biodiversity in cleared rainforest landscapes, not only because of their potential to...

Trade-offs between timber production and biodiversity in rainforest plantations: emerging issues and an ecological perspective (2005)

Catterall, Carla, Kanowski, John Joseph, Lamb, D., Killin, Darryl, Erskine, Peter D., Wardell-Johnson, Grant, ...

During the past two centuries there have been three major paradigm shifts in the management of Australian rainforests and the use of their timbers: from felling native forests towards growing...

Rainforest timber plantations and the restoration of plant biodiversity in tropical and subtropical Australia (2005)

Wardell-Johnson, Grant W., Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, McKenna, Stephen Gerard, Piper, Scott Douglas, Lamb, David, ...

We compared the species richness, growth forms and assemblages of vascular plants in five types of rainforest reforestation in tropical and subtropical Australia. These types include unmanaged...

Reforestation for biodiversity recovery: opportunities and limitations (2005)

Catterall, Carla, Kanowski, John Joseph, Lamb, D., Wardell-Johnson, G.W., Erskine, P., ...

Deforestation clearly leads to a loss in biodiversity. However, the pathways of potential recovery that could follow the reforestation of cleared land are not so obvious. In heavily-cleared regions,...

Biodiversity values of timber plantations and restoration plantings for rainforest fauna in tropical and subtropical Australia (2005)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, Proctor, Heather, Reis, Terence Michael, Tucker, Nigel I. J., Wardell-Johnson, Grant

It has been suggested that timber plantations could play an important role in the conservation of biodiversity in cleared rainforest landscapes, not only because of their potential to...

Trade-offs between timber production and biodiversity in rainforest plantations: emerging issues and an ecological perspective (2005)

Catterall, Carla, Kanowski, John Joseph, Lamb, D., Killin, Darryl, Erskine, Peter D., Wardell-Johnson, Grant

During the past two centuries there have been three major paradigm shifts in the management of Australian rainforests and the use of their timbers: from felling native forests towards growing...

Rainforest timber plantations and the restoration of plant biodiversity in tropical and subtropical Australia (2005)

Wardell-Johnson, Grant W., Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, McKenna, Stephen Gerard, Piper, Scott Douglas, Lamb, David

We compared the species richness, growth forms and assemblages of vascular plants in five types of rainforest reforestation in tropical and subtropical Australia. These types include unmanaged...

Reforestation for biodiversity recovery: opportunities and limitations (2005)

Catterall, Carla, Kanowski, John Joseph, Lamb, D., Wardell-Johnson, G.W., Erskine, P.

Deforestation clearly leads to a loss in biodiversity. However, the pathways of potential recovery that could follow the reforestation of cleared land are not so obvious. In heavily-cleared regions,...

Biodiversity values of timber plantations and restoration plantings for rainforest fauna in tropical and subtropical Australia (2005)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, Proctor, Heather, Reis, Terence Michael, Tucker, Nigel I. J., Wardell-Johnson, Grant

It has been suggested that timber plantations could play an important role in the conservation of biodiversity in cleared rainforest landscapes, not only because of their potential to...

Trade-offs between timber production and biodiversity in rainforest plantations: emerging issues and an ecological perspective (2005)

Catterall, Carla, Kanowski, John Joseph, Lamb, D., Killin, Darryl, Erskine, Peter D., Wardell-Johnson, Grant

During the past two centuries there have been three major paradigm shifts in the management of Australian rainforests and the use of their timbers: from felling native forests towards growing...

Rainforest timber plantations and the restoration of plant biodiversity in tropical and subtropical Australia (2005)

Wardell-Johnson, Grant W., Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, McKenna, Stephen Gerard, Piper, Scott Douglas, Lamb, David

We compared the species richness, growth forms and assemblages of vascular plants in five types of rainforest reforestation in tropical and subtropical Australia. These types include unmanaged...

Reforestation for biodiversity recovery: opportunities and limitations (2005)

Catterall, Carla, Kanowski, John Joseph, Lamb, D., Wardell-Johnson, G.W., Erskine, P.

Deforestation clearly leads to a loss in biodiversity. However, the pathways of potential recovery that could follow the reforestation of cleared land are not so obvious. In heavily-cleared regions,...

Consequences of broadscale timber plantations for biodiversity in cleared rainforest landscapes of tropical and subtropical Australia. (2004)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, Wardell-Johnson, G.W.

In Australia, as in many countries, there has been a shift in timber production from native forests to plantations. While plantations are primarily considered an efficient means of producing timber,...

Consequences of broadscale timber plantations for biodiversity in cleared rainforest landscapes of tropical and subtropical Australia. (2004)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, Wardell-Johnson, G.W.

In Australia, as in many countries, there has been a shift in timber production from native forests to plantations. While plantations are primarily considered an efficient means of producing timber,...

What factors control the distribution and abundance of folivorous possums inhabiting rainforests of the Atherton Tablelands, in north-east Queensland? (2004)

Kanowski, John Joseph

Four species of folivorous possums inhabit rainforests of the Atherton Tablelands, north Queensland, including the lemuroid (Hemibelideus lemuroides), green (Pseudochirops archeri) and Herbert River...

What factors control the distribution and abundance of folivorous possums inhabiting rainforests of the Atherton Tablelands, in north-east Queensland? (2004)

Kanowski, John Joseph

Four species of folivorous possums inhabit rainforests of the Atherton Tablelands, north Queensland, including the lemuroid (Hemibelideus lemuroides), green (Pseudochirops archeri) and Herbert River...

Quantifying the biodiversity values of reforestation: perspectives, design issues and outcomes in Australian rainforest landscapes (2004)

Catterall, Carla, Kanowski, John Joseph, Wardell-Johnson, Grant Wesley, Proctor, Heather Coreen, Reis, Terence Michael, Harrison, Debra Anne, ...

Following two centuries of land clearing, the past two decades have seen growing efforts to reestablish forest on formerly-cleared sites. While the immediate goals of reforestation vary, there is...

What factors control the distribution and abundance of folivorous possums inhabiting rainforests of the Atherton Tablelands, in north-east Queensland? (2004)

Kanowski, John Joseph

Four species of folivorous possums inhabit rainforests of the Atherton Tablelands, north Queensland, including the lemuroid (Hemibelideus lemuroides), green (Pseudochirops archeri) and Herbert River...

Consequences of broadscale timber plantations for biodiversity in cleared rainforest landscapes of tropical and subtropical Australia. (2004)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, Wardell-Johnson, G.W.

In Australia, as in many countries, there has been a shift in timber production from native forests to plantations. While plantations are primarily considered an efficient means of producing timber,...

Development of forest structure on cleared rainforest land in eastern Australia under different styles of reforestation (2003)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, Wardell-Johnson, G.W., Proctor, Heather Coreen, Reis, Terence Michael

Depending on Sterba's modified Competition Density Rule [Sterba, H., 1975. Assmann's theorie der grundflächenhaltung die Competition Density Rule det Japaner Kira, Ando und Tadaki. Cbl. f.d. ges....

The relationship between the floristic composition of rain forests and the abundance of folivorous marsupials in north-east Queensland (2003)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Irvine, A. K., Winter, J. W., D Raffaelli, S Albon

1. Three species of folivorous ringtail possums (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae) inhabit higher elevation rain forests on the Atherton Tablelands, north-east Queensland, Australia. Each possum is...

Development of forest structure on cleared rainforest land in eastern Australia under different styles of reforestation (2003)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, Wardell-Johnson, G.W., Proctor, Heather Coreen, Reis, Terence Michael

Depending on Sterba's modified Competition Density Rule [Sterba, H., 1975. Assmann's theorie der grundflächenhaltung die Competition Density Rule det Japaner Kira, Ando und Tadaki. Cbl. f.d. ges....

The relationship between the floristic composition of rain forests and the abundance of folivorous marsupials in north-east Queensland (2003)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Irvine, A. K., Winter, J. W.

1. Three species of folivorous ringtail possums (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae) inhabit higher elevation rain forests on the Atherton Tablelands, north-east Queensland, Australia. Each possum is...

Development of forest structure on cleared rainforest land in eastern Australia under different styles of reforestation (2003)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Catterall, Carla, Wardell-Johnson, G.W., Proctor, Heather Coreen, Reis, Terence Michael

Depending on Sterba's modified Competition Density Rule [Sterba, H., 1975. Assmann's theorie der grundflächenhaltung die Competition Density Rule det Japaner Kira, Ando und Tadaki. Cbl. f.d. ges....

The relationship between the floristic composition of rain forests and the abundance of folivorous marsupials in north-east Queensland (2003)

Kanowski, John Joseph, Irvine, A. K., Winter, J. W.

1. Three species of folivorous ringtail possums (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae) inhabit higher elevation rain forests on the Atherton Tablelands, north-east Queensland, Australia. Each possum is...