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Life in the Tall Eucalypt Forests

About the authors

Lindenmayer

David Lindenmayer is a forest ecologist, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Resource & Environmental Studies at the Australian National University and an Associate Professor at the ANU’s Department of Geography. He advises agencies and institutions on wildlife conservation issues and forest management. in 1998 he was awarded the Eureka Science Prize and in 1999 he received a Whitley Award for the co-authored book Conservation Biology for the Australian Environment. Much of David’s scientific work has come out of his living forest laboratory in the Central Highlands of Victoria.

Beaton

Esther Beaton is a nature photojournalist. For 6 years she worked as a photographer for the ACT Parks and Conservation Service, recording the flora and fauna of south-eastern Australia. She then went on to co-found the well-known natural history photo library, Auscape. In 1996 she won the Australian Geographic Award for Excellence for photography. Now a freelance photographer, she produces wildlife and environmental photo-stories for overseas and local publications.