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	Home / Publications / Search by MTSRF Program No. Search by MTSRF Program No. \| Program 1 \| Program 2 \| Program 3 \| Program 4 \| Program 5 \| Program 6 \| Program 7 \| Program 8 \| Program 9 \| Program 10 \| Publications Search: Program 9 'Sustainable Use, Planning and Management of Tropical Rainforest Landscapes' Program 9 Key Publications: MTSRF Research Report Series CRC Transition Report JCU Dawe, G. et al. (2008) Noise Disturbance Along Highways: Kuranda Range Road Upgrade Project This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 26.0 Mb] Project 4.9.1 JCU Fuary, M. (2009) An evaluation of previous and current methods and models for researching Indigenous resource use and purposes, with recommendations for 'best practice' research solutions This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 4.9 Mb] Project 4.9.1 JCU Gabriel, J. (2009) Cooperative Conservation: Beyond the Rhetoric A report highlighting international Best Practice recommendations for World Heritage Protected Areas and identifying 'best practice' models and practical solutions that could be applied in the Wet Tropics. [pdf 1.1 Mb] Project 4.9.2 / 4.8.6 JCU McNamara, K. et al. (2008) Tourist Exit Survey First Annual Report: January - December 2007 This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 6.4 Mb] Project 4.9.2 JCU Carmody, J. et al. (2008) Community Attitudes, Knowledge, Perceptions and Use of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area in 2007 This document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 6.4 Mb] Project 4.9.2 JCU McNamara, K. et al. (2008) Rainforest Tourism First Annual Report: January - December 2007 This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 8.0 Mb] Project 4.9.2 JCU McNamara, K. et al. (2009) Rainforest Tourism Second Annual Report: January - December 2008 This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 5.1 Mb] Project 4.9.2 JCU McNamara, K. et al. (2009) Tourist Exit Survey Second Annual Report: January - December 2008 This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 4.2 Mb] Project 4.9.3 JCU Goosem, M. et al. (2007) Nocturnal noise levels and edge impacts on amphibian habitats adjacent to Kuranda Range road This research aims to fill knowledge gaps regarding nocturnal traffic noise and its impacts on amphibians, and consists of three core research areas: (a) to examine potential amphibian avoidance of habitat adjacent to the Kuranda Range road in comparison with areas further into the forest; (b) to analyse whether frequency shifts in amphibian calls occurs at the edge of the Kuranda Range road in comparison to calls recorded in the forest interior; and (c) to undertake systematic nocturnal noise recording near Streets and Avondale Creeks on the current road and in identified 'acoustic refugia' along those streams. [pdf 2.4 Mb] Project 4.9.3 JCU Goosem, M. et al. (2008) Highway Overpass Evaluation of Effectiveness: Kuranda Range Road Upgrade Project This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 6.4 Mb] Project 4.9.3 JCU Pohlman, C. et al. (2008) The effects of Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry on rainforest vegetation and understorey microclimate adjacent to powerlines, highways and streams in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 10.5 Mb] Project 4.9.4 UQ Emtage, N. (2009) Market segmentation study of rural landholders in relation to the promotion of natural resource management on private land in the Wet Tropics region of Queensland This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 590.3 kb] Project 4.9.4 UQ Emtage, N. et al. (2008) The management of forests, plantations and remnant vegetation patches for biodiversity conservation This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 6.8 Mb] Project 4.9.4 UQ Emtage, N. et al. (2008) Wet Tropics Sustainable Agriculture Survey Interim Report A survey of rural landholders within the Wet Tropics Natural Resource Management Region. This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 5.8 Mb] Project 4.9.4 UQ Emtage, N. et al. (2009) Landholders' perceptions of the Australian Government's Reef Rescue Program in the Wet Tropics region of North Queensland This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 848.3 kb] Project 4.9.4 UQ Emtage, N. et al. (2009) Modelling factors affecting landholders' adoption of recommended natural resource management practices in the Wet Tropics region This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 1.1 Mb] Project 4.9.4 UQ Emtage, N. et al. (2009) Profiles of Rural Landholders in Relation to Natural Resource Management in the Wet Tropics Region of North Queensland This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 5.0 Mb] Project 4.9.5 GU Kanowski, J. et al. (2008) Monitoring Revegetation Projects in Rainforest Landscapes Toolkit Version 2. This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 8.8 Mb] Project 4.9.6 CSIRO Coggan, A. et al. (2009) Market Based Instruments, Ecosystem Services and Development in Mission Beach, Far North Queensland Background Report 2: Urbanisation and the Cassowary: Impacts and Economics. This PDF document is designed to be printed double sided. [pdf 6.2 Mb] Project 4.9.6 CSIRO Coggan, A. et al. (2009) Market Based Instruments, Ecosystem Services and Development in Mission Beach, Far North Queensland Background Report 1: Impacts of Development on Ecosystem Services. This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 6.3 Mb] Program 9 Technical and Research Reports Project 4.9.1 CSIRO Hill, R. (2008) Indigenous Cultural Action Workshop Report Hill, R., Cullen, L., Hedgcock, N., George, C., Canendo, W., McCaul, J. and Hill, D. (2008) Indigenous Cultural Action for Biological and Cultural Conservation and Human Well-being: Report of the Alliance Workshop held at the Fourth IUCN World Conservation Congress, Barcelona, 5-9 October 2008. CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems. [pdf 1.0 Mb] Project 4.9.2 JCU McNamara, K. (2009) Rainforest Tourism Research Update: Summary of visitor surveys, Tropical North Queensland, July 2008 - June 2009 An update on projects conducted under MTSRF Project 4.9.2, including summarised results of surveys of visitation to rainforest sites within the Wet Tropics region from July 2008 to June 2009. [pdf 675.7 kb] Project 4.9.2 JCU Prideaux, B. (2007) Rainforest Tourism: Establishment of a visitor monitoring structure Report by James Cook Universtiy researchers on the sustainable use of rainforest resources by the tourism industry, and methods for monitoring visitors at the site level as well as community perceptions of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. [pdf 737.5 kb] Project 4.9.3 JCU Goosem, M. et al. (2007) Nocturnal noise levels and edge impacts on amphibian habitats adjacent to Kuranda Range road This research aims to fill knowledge gaps regarding nocturnal traffic noise and its impacts on amphibians, and consists of three core research areas: (a) to examine potential amphibian avoidance of habitat adjacent to the Kuranda Range road in comparison with areas further into the forest; (b) to analyse whether frequency shifts in amphibian calls occurs at the edge of the Kuranda Range road in comparison to calls recorded in the forest interior; and (c) to undertake systematic nocturnal noise recording near Streets and Avondale Creeks on the current road and in identified 'acoustic refugia' along those streams. [pdf 2.4 Mb] Project 4.9.3 JCU Turton, S. (2009) November Milestone Report Project progress report - November 2009. [pdf 125.0 kb] Project 4.9.3 JCU Turton, S. et al. (2008) An assessment of the environmental impacts of Cyclone Larry on the forest landscapes of northeast Queensland, with reference to responses to natural resource management issues in the aftermath An assessment of the environmental impacts of Cyclone Larry on the forest landscapes of northeast Queensland, with reference to responses to natural resource management issues in the aftermath: Report submitted to the Bureau of Meteorology (March 2007. [pdf 4.5 Mb] Project 4.9.7 CSIRO Alexandridis, K. (2007) Monte Carlo Extreme Event Simulations for Understanding Water Quality Change Classifications in the Great Barrier Reef Region Report prepared by K. Alexandridis, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems. [pdf 1.4 Mb] Project 4.9.7 CSIRO Stone-Jovicich, S. et al. (2010) Tools for assessing consensus and adoption of management practices (cigarette butt litter disposal) Report on Phase 1 of project data collection, March 2010. This project update describes the first phase of data collection for this MTSRF Project 4.9.7 extension project, the objective of which is to test a methodology, consensus analysis, developed in cognitive anthropology. In summary, the project aims to determine a range of beliefs held by Townsville cigarette smokers in relation to (a) the contributions smokers' actions make to reducing cigarette butt litter; (b) the outcomes that will be achieved through smokers' adopting improved practices; (c) smokers' ability to implement the desired actions or activities; (d) The full consequences of smokers' decisions and actions to reduce butt litter; and (e) smokers' values regarding the reduction of cigarette butt litter and the activities they are expected to adopt to achieve that output. [pdf 203.3 kb] Project 4.9.7 JCU Gooch, M. (2008) Why community perceptions about social resilience in relation to water quality are important Project PowerPoint presentation for the 3rd National Education Conference of the Australian Water Association, Gold Coast International Hotel, Surfers Paradise, 30 March - 2 April 2008. [pdf 1.4 Mb] Project 4.9.7 UQ Cuthill, M. (2008) Reporting social outcomes of development: an analysis of diverse approaches A project update detailing a conceptual framework for regional monitoring and reporting of social resilience and how individuals, communities and societies adapt, transform, and potentially become stronger when faced with environmental, social, economic or political challenges. [pdf 743.2 kb] Project 4.9.7 UQ Maclean, K. et al (2008) Regional Level Indicators of Social Resilience A project update on 'Regional Level Indicators of Social Resilience' as presented at the September 2008 Steering Committee meeting. [pdf 1.1 Mb] Program 9 Project Milestone Reports Project 4.9.1 JCU Turton, S. (2008) October Milestone Report A project progress report - October 2008. [pdf 47.2 kb] Project 4.9.1 JCU Wood, M. (2007) Final Milestone Report A project final milestone report detailing a draft desktop report on Aboriginal resource use, values and knowledge and the progress made on evaluating current models, methods and techniques used in extending intellectual property regimes to cover indigenous knowledge dealt with in the Aboriginal Rainforest Council's Cultural Mapping project. [pdf 261.6 kb] Project 4.9.1 Wood, JCU. (2007) October Milestone Report A project progress report detailing a summary of findings for Report 2 (b) An evaluation of previous and current methods and models for researching indigenous resource use and purposes, with recommendations for best practice research solutions. [pdf 110.4 kb] Project 4.9.3 JCU Turton, S. (2008) June Milestone Report A final report on selection of riparian vegetation assessment area(s) and findings of the desktop analysis on remote sensing imagery and GIS interpretation (obj b, dependent on a student) and on Powerlink projects (obj a, Tasks noted as ##: indicators of infrastructure impacts; use of remote sensing data to assess habitat condition adjacent to infrastructure), including a final summary of communication activities taken through the course of Year 1 of the project and a plan for completion of out year activities. [pdf 473.5 kb] Project 4.9.4 UQ Emtage, N. (2007) December Milestone Report A project interim report on results of landholder survey released on 1st December 2007. [pdf 569.8 kb] Project 4.9.5 GU Catterall, C. (2007) November Milestone Report A project progress report - November 2007 [pdf 59.5 kb] Project 4.9.5 GU Catterall, C. (2009) November Milestone Report Project progress report - November 2009. Includes details of peer-reviewed journal articles and presentations to key end users of the project. [pdf 937.6 kb] Project 4.9.6 CSIRO Robinson, C. (2008) December Milestone Report A project progress report on key regional and Reef-wide water quality partnership and knowledge integration issues. With a focus on priority wetland restoration and sustainable agricultural activities, with the inclusion of a report with attribution of MTSRF funding on the spatial and other prioritisation processes for targets of the Mission Beach Habitat Network Action Plan. This progress report also details activities to refine offset MBI for Mission Beach and a report on integration activities with working groups. [pdf 2.1 Mb]	Related Resources Rainforest Tourism 'Barometers' Quarterly reports, or Tourism 'Barometers', for the Wet Tropics rainforests form a series presented by the MTSRF and James Cook University on rainforest tourism in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Barometers summarise the results of visitor surveys conducted at sites within the Wet Tropics on a quarterly basis since November 2006. Results include visitors' socio-demographic characteristics and travel behaviour, alternative destinations considered, motivations for travel, holiday planning and potential activities. Access and download quarterly Rainforest Tourism Barometers. See also MTSRF Research Report Series Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Books and Book Chapters Conference Abstracts and Proceedings Brochures and Booklets Newsletters and Other Publications Conference Poster Presentations Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Technical and Transition Reports Program 9 Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Catterall, C., Kanowski, J. and Freebody, K. (2010) Ecological outcomes of rainforest restoration projects: Dreams and realities. INTECOL 10th International Congress of Ecology, Brisbane, 16-21 August [ Access abstract online] Catterall, C. P., McKenna, S., Kanowski, J. and Piper, S. D. (2008) Do cyclones and forest fragmentation have synergistic effects? A before-after study of rainforest revegetation structure at multiple sites. Austral Ecology 33(4): 471-484 [doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01902.x] Cullen, L. C., Butler, J. A., Hill, R. and Margules, C. R. (2008) Framework for the identification of linked cultural and biophysical indicators for the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability 4(2): 37-46. Cuthill, M, Ross, H., Maclean, K., Owens, K. and Witt, B. (2008) Reporting social outcomes of development: An analysis of diverse approaches. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science 3(6): 145-158. Freebody, K. (2007) Rainforest revegetation in the uplands of the Australian Wet Tropics: The Eacham Shire experience with planting models, outcomes and monitoring issues. Ecological Management and Restoration 8(2): 140-143 [doi:10.1111/j.1442-8903.2007.00351.x] Freiberg, M. and Turton, S. M. (2007) *Importance of drought on the distribution of the birds nest fern, Asplenium nidus, in the canopy of a lowland tropical rainforest in north-eastern Australia. Austral Ecology* 32(1): 70-76 [doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01732.x] Goosem, M. (2007) Fragmentation impacts caused by roads through rainforests. Current Science 93(11): 1587-1595. Grimbacher, P. S. and Stork, N. E. (2009) Seasonality of a Diverse Beetle Assemblage Inhabiting Lowland Tropical Rain Forest in Australia. Biotropica 41(3): 328-337 [doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00477.x] Grimbacher, P. S., Catterall, C. P., Kanowski, J. and Proctor, H. C. (2007) Responses of ground-active beetle assemblages to different styles of reforestation on cleared rainforest land. Biodiversity and Conservation 16(7): 2167-2184 [doi:10.1007/s10531-006-9146-2] Grimbacher, P. S. and Catterall, C. P. (2007) How much do site age, habitat structure and spatial isolation influence the restoration of rainforest beetle species assemblages? Biological Conservation 135(1) 107-118 [doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.002] Grimbacher, P. S., Catterall, C. P. and Kitching, R. L. (2008) Detecting the effects of environmental change above the species level with beetles in a fragmented tropical rainforest landscape. Ecological Entomology 33(1): 66-79 [doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311-2007.00937.x] Grimbacher, P. S., Catterall, C. P. and Stork, N. E. (2008) Do edge effects increase the susceptibility of rainforest fragments to structural damage resulting from a severe tropical cyclone? Austral Ecology 33(4): 525-531 [doi:1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01907.x] Kanowski, J., Catterall, C. P., McKenna, S. G. and Jensen, R. (2008) Impacts of Cyclone Larry on the vegetation structure of timber plantations, restoration plantings and rainforest on the Atherton Tableland, Australia. Austral Ecology 33(4): 485-494 [doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01903.x] Kanowski, J., Winter, J. W. and Catterall, C. P. (2008) Impacts of Cyclone Larry on arboreal folivorous marsupials endemic to upland rainforests of the Atherton Tableland, Australia. Austral Ecology 33(4): 541-548 [doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01909.x] Kroon, K., Robinson, C. and Dale, A. (2009) Integrating knowledge to inform water quality planning in the Tully-Murray basin, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research (In press). Lane, M. B. and Robinson, C. J. (2009) Institutional complexity and environmental management: The challenge of integration and the promise of large-scale collaboration. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 16: 27-39. Laurance, W. F., Goosem, M. and Laurance, S. G. W. (2009) Impacts of roads and linear clearings on tropical forests. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24(12): 659-669 [doi:10.1016/j.tree.2009.06.009] Lawson, T., Gillieson, D. and Goosem, M. (2007) Assessment of Riparian Rainforest Vegetation Change in Tropical North Queensland for Management and Restoration Purposes. Geographical Research 45(4): 387-397 [doi:10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00477.x] Lawson, T., Goosem, M. and Gillieson, D. (2008) Rapid assessment of habitat quality in riparian rainforest vegetation. Pacific Conservation Biology 14(1): 20-33. Nakamura, A., Catterall, C. P., House, A. P. N., Kitching, R. L. and Burwell, C. J. (2007) The use of ants and other soil and litter arthropods as bioindicators of the impacts of rainforest clearing and subsequent land use. Journal of Insect Conservation 11(2): 177-186 [doi:10.1007/s10841-006-9034-9] Nakamura, A., Catterall, C. P., Kitching, R. L., House, A. P. N. and Burwell, C. J. (2008) Effects of isolation on the colonisation of restored habitat patches by forest-dependent arthropods of soil and litter. Insect Conservation and Diversity 1(1): 9-21 [doi:10.1111/j.1752-4598.2007.00002.x] Piper, S. D., Catterall, C. P., Kanowski, J. J. and Proctor, H. C. (2009) Biodiversity recovery during rainforest reforestation as indicated by rapid assessment of epigaeic ants in tropical and subtropical Australia. Austral Ecology [doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.01943.x] Pohlman, C. L., Goosem, M. and Turton, S. M. (2008) Effects of Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry on rainforest vegetation and understorey microclimate near a road, powerline and stream. Austral Ecology 33(4): 503-515 [doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01905.x] Pohlman, C. L., Turton, S. M. and Goosem, M. (2009) Temporal variation in microclimate edge effects near powerlines, highways and streams in Australian tropical rainforest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149(1): 84-95 [doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.07.003] Pohlman, C. L., Turton, S. M. and Goosem, M. (2007) Edge effects of linear canopy openings on tropical rain forest understorey microclimate. Biotropica 39(1): 62-71 [doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00238.x] Robinson, C. J., Margerum, R. D., Koontz, T. M., Mosely, C. and Lurie, S. (2010) Policy-level collaboratives for environmental management at the regional scale: Lessons and challenges from Australia and the United States. Society and Natural Resources (In press). Robinson, C. J., Taylor, B. M., Pearson, L., O'Donohue, M. and Harman, B. (2009) A SMART assessment of water quality partnerships in Great Barrier Reef catchments. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 17. Shoo, L. P. and VanDerWal, J. (2008) No simple relationship between above-ground tree growth and fine-litter production in tropical forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 24(3): 347-350 [doi:10.1017/s0266467408004975] Stork, N. E. (2007) Biodiversity: World of insects. Nature 448: 657-658 [doi:10.1038/448657a] Stork, N. E., Grimbacher, P. S., Storey, R., Oberprieler, R. G., Reid, C. and Adam Slipinski, S. (2008) What determines whether a species of insect is described? Evidence from the study of tropical forest beetles. Insect Conservation and Diversity 1(2): 114-119 [doi:10.1111/j.1752-4598.2008.000016.x] Turton, S. M. (2008) Editorial: Cyclones Larry and Monica: Ecological effects of two major disturbance events. Austral Ecology 33(4): 365-367 [doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01893.x] Turton, S. M. (2008) Landscape-scale impacts of Cyclone Larry on the forests of northeast Australia, including comparisons with previous cyclones impacting the region between 1858 and 2006. Austral Ecology 33(4): 409-416 [doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01896.x] Wilson, R. F., Goosem, M. W. and Wilson, G. W. (2008) Resilience of arboreal folivores to habitat damage by a severe tropical cyclone. Austral Ecology 33(4): 573-579 [doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01913.x]