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NESP RL Project 3.10 - Assessing the impacts of myrtle rust on forest dynamics and function

Dates

Start Date
01-Oct-2023
End Date
30-Jun-2027

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NESP RL Project 3.10 - Assessing the impacts of myrtle rust on forest dynamics and function
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Start Date
01-Oct-2023
End Date
30-Jun-2027
Language
English

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Description

This research project is supporting the strategic management of the invasive disease myrtle rust in Australia’s World Heritage forests.

Myrtle rust is caused by the fungal pathogen Austropuccinia psidii and was first detected in Australia in 2010. It has spread quickly since then, with significant impacts for its host plants in the Myrtaceae family – including eucalypt, bottlebrush, paperbark, tea-tree and lilly-pilly species. Several species are now in dramatic decline.

Most current research has focused on myrtle rust’s impact on individual plant species. This project is taking a broader ecosystem approach by investigating how myrtle rust affects forest structure, ecological function, species recruitment and long-term resilience.

The project includes 2 separately led but complementary research streams:

  1. investigating myrtle rust impacts on forest dynamics in and around the Gondwana Rainforests.
  2. investigating ecological and genetic impacts on priority Myrtaceae species, including kanuka box in the Wet Tropics and other highly susceptible species undergoing rapid decline. Together, these research streams will help identify the forest types, species and ecological communities most vulnerable to myrtle rust, and provide evidence to guide monitoring, conservation planning, restoration and biosecurity management.

This project will also fund additional training programs for Indigenous rangers in myrtle rust monitoring, impact assessment and management strategies.

Key research areas

To address the challenges posed by the spread of myrtle rust and to maintain the ecosystem health of Australian World Heritage forests, this project is:

  • understanding the forest characteristics that are most threatened by myrtle rust
  • assessing the consequences of the loss of native tree and shrub species for forest ecosystems
  • recommending guidelines for the management of ecological communities
  • identifying landscape-scale forest characteristics that can be used to prioritise areas for management, protection or restoration
  • recommending long-term monitoring practices to measure changes in forest condition and understand future host–pathogen dynamics
  • training Indigenous rangers in myrtle rust monitoring, impact assessments and management strategies.

Pathway to impact

Together, the QUT and JCU research streams will support improved management of myrtle rust impacts by:

  • improving understanding of which forest ecosystems and species are most vulnerable
  • informing conservation advice, threat-abatement planning and ecological community management
  • guiding priorities for monitoring, restoration, germplasm collection and biosecurity management
  • supporting Indigenous ranger training and collaboration in forest health monitoring.
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Contributors

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Name Geoffrey Pegg ORCID Logo (unauthenticated)
Contributor ID ORCID Logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0957-9755 (unauthenticated)
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Organisations

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Queensland University of Technology

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Start Date
2023-10-01
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Citation
Stevenson, K., Carlson, J., McDonald, W., Pegg, G., Wills, J., & Firn, J. (2026). Historical land use couples with host density to affect myrtle rust impacts in a wet sclerophyll forest community in Eastern Australia. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 7(1). Portico.
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Citation
Stevenson, K., & Firn, J. (2026). Historical land use couples with host density to affect myrtle rust impacts in a wet sclerophyll forest community in Eastern Australia (Version 1.0) [Dataset]. Queensland University of Technology.
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