Raphael Trouve – The Conversation

Centre for Forest Tree Technology

July 30, 2026

We revisited a forest experiment that lay forgotten for 30 years. What we found was astounding

Kaitlyn Hammond, University of Northern British Columbia; Craig Nitschke, The University of Melbourne; Patrick Baker, The University of Melbourne, and Raphael Trouve, The University of Melbourne

There is no silver bullet for managing forests, but this study answers some historic questions.

Tom Fairman

August 21, 2025

Climate change is driving a silent, sinister change in Australia’s mountain ash forests

Raphael Trouve, The University of Melbourne; Craig Nitschke, The University of Melbourne, and Patrick Baker, The University of Melbourne

Climate change is already reshaping the towering mountain ash forests of southeastern Australia, new research shows.

Rohan Clarke

June 7, 2020

We modelled the future of Leadbeater’s possum habitat and found bushfires, not logging, pose the greatest threat

Craig Nitschke, The University of Melbourne; Andrew Robinson, The University of Melbourne; Melissa Fedrigo, The University of Melbourne; Patrick Baker, The University of Melbourne, and Raphael Trouve, The University of Melbourne

As climate change increases the frequency and scale of bushfires, our models suggest the habitats in Victoria’s Central Highlands may be hard to come by.

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