Dr Heidi Zimmer ‘The iconic Wollemi Pine’

Heidi, from the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, will talk about her thesis which began with the question why are there so few medium-sized Wollemia nobilis individuals between the seedling and canopy tree size classes (i.e., between 2-20 m in height)?

Abstract   Wollemia nobilis (Wollemi pine, Araucariaceae) is an Australian conifer and one of the world’s rarest trees, Wollemia nobilis is a high-profile threatened species because of its discovery near a major capital city (Sydney) in 1994. I will talk about my doctoral research which began by asking: why are there so few medium-sized Wollemia nobilis individuals between the seedling and canopy tree size classes (i.e., between 2-20 m in height)?

Biography   Heidi Zimmer began her career in botany/ecology using dendrochronology (tree rings) to investigate the stand dynamics of tropical pine forests in northern Thailand. She continued her forest ecology research with a Master’s project in the high-elevation forests of Papua New Guinea.

Heidi then worked for the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (Melbourne) on the ecology and management of Victorian Volcanic Plains Grassland, and on ecosystem recovery following the Black Saturday bushfires. She then returned to university to complete her doctoral research at the University of Melbourne on the Wollemi pine, one of Australia's most iconic threatened species. 

After her PhD, Heidi worked with the NSW Government’s Science Division on threatened species extinction risk assessment. Heidi now works at the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research in the orchid research program.

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