Beyond inappropriate fire regimes: A synthesis of fire‐driven declines of threatened mammals in Australia

JL Santos, BA Hradsky, DA Keith, KC Rowe… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fire can promote biodiversity, but changing patterns of fire threaten species worldwide.
While scientific literature often describes ''inappropriate fire regimes''as a significant threat to …

Understanding and modeling forest disturbance interactions at the landscape level

BR Sturtevant, MJ Fortin - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Disturbances, both natural and anthropogenic, affect the configuration, composition, and
function of forested ecosystems. Complex system behaviors emerge from the interactions …

Responding to the biodiversity impacts of a megafire: A case study from south‐eastern Australia's Black Summer

WL Geary, A Buchan, T Allen, D Attard… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Megafires are increasing in intensity and frequency globally. The impacts of megafires
on biodiversity can be severe, so conservation managers must be able to respond rapidly to …

Long-unburnt habitat is critical for the conservation of threatened vertebrates across Australia

B von Takach, CJ Jolly, KM Dixon, CE Penton… - Landscape …, 2022 - Springer
Context Increases in fire frequency, intensity and extent are occurring globally. Relative to
historical, Indigenous managed conditions, contemporary landscapes are often …

Climate change drives habitat contraction of a nocturnal arboreal marsupial at its physiological limits

B Wagner, PJ Baker, SB Stewart, LF Lumsden… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing impacts of climatic change and anthropogenic disturbances on natural
ecosystems are leading to population declines or extinctions of many species worldwide. In …

Identifying Old-Growth Forests in Complex Landscapes: A New LiDAR-Based Estimation Framework and Conservation Implications

R Trouvé, R Jiang, PJ Baker, S Kasel, CR Nitschke - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Old-growth forests provide many ecosystem services and benefits. However, they are
becoming increasingly rare and thus are an urgent priority for conservation. Accurately …

The case for listing Mountain Ash forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria as a Threatened Ecological Community

D Lindenmayer, C Taylor, E Bowd… - Pacific Conservation …, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Thousands of species have been recognised as being at risk of extinction in formal
listing processes such as those under the International Union for Conservation of Nature …

The influence of spatial patterns in foraging habitat on the abundance and home range size of a vulnerable arboreal marsupial in southeast Australia

B Wagner, PJ Baker… - Conservation Science and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wildlife can persist in a range of landscape configurations, but population densities can vary
due to resource availability. Resources and environmental conditions shaping habitat …

Identifying historical and future global change drivers that place species recovery at risk

WL Geary, AIT Tulloch, EG Ritchie… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem management in the face of global change requires understanding how co‐
occurring threats affect species and communities. Such an understanding allows for effective …

Managing for biodiversity: The effects of climate, management and natural disturbance on wildlife species richness

KA Zeller, NA Povak, P Manley… - Diversity and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Managers are increasingly facing an uncertain future given changing climates and
ecological trajectories. The interacting effects of climate, natural disturbance, and …