New research shows planting trees and shrubs brings woodland birds back to farms, from superb fairy wrens to spotted pardalotes
- Written by: Andrew Bennett, Professor of Ecology, La Trobe University
Rohan Clarke, Author providedRural landscapes are changing in southern Australia. Thanks to landholders, community volunteers and Landcare groups, farms are increasingly home to corridors of trees and shrubs along creeks, and paddocks bordered by trees.
Our research, published today, shows these efforts to revegetate farmland has made an important...