Australian forests, megafires and the risk of dwindling carbon stocks

DMJS Bowman, GJ Williamson, OF Price… - Plant, Cell & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the Austral spring and summer of 2019/20> 7 million ha of Eucalyptus forest and
woodland, including some of Australia's most carbon dense ecosystems, were burnt on the …

The potential for LiDAR technology to map fire fuel hazard over large areas of Australian forest

OF Price, CE Gordon - Journal of environmental management, 2016 - Elsevier
Fuel load is a primary determinant of fire spread in Australian forests. In east Australian
forests, litter and canopy fuel loads and hence fire hazard are thought to be highest at and …

The role of weather, past fire and topography in crown fire occurrence in eastern Australia

M Storey, O Price, E Tasker - International Journal of Wildland …, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
We analysed the influence of weather, time since fire (TSF) and topography on the
occurrence of crown fire, as mapped from satellite imagery, in 23 of the largest wildfires in …

Fire intensity effects on post-fire fuel recovery in Eucalyptus open forests of south-eastern Australia

L Volkova, AGW Aparicio, CJ Weston - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
This is a study of the re-accumulation of bushfire fuels following both prescribed fire of low
fireline intensity (< 700 kW m− 1) and wildfire of high intensity (> 10,000 kW m− 1) in …

Modelling bushfire fuel hazard using biophysical parameters

ME Jenkins, M Bedward, O Price, RA Bradstock - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Environmental gradients or biophysical parameters such as climate, topography and
geology drive landscape-scale vegetation structure, species distribution and productivity …

Two Domains within the Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Cilium Adhesin Bind Heparin

C Jenkins, JL Wilton, FC Minion, L Falconer… - Infection and …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is the causative agent of porcine enzootic pneumonia, a
chronic and economically significant respiratory disease that affects swine production …

Suppression resource decisions are the dominant influence on containment of Australian forest and grass fires

KM Collins, OF Price, TD Penman - Journal of environmental management, 2018 - Elsevier
Fire agencies aim to contain wildfires before they impact on life, property and infrastructure
and to reduce the risk of damage to the environment. Despite the large cost of suppression …

Can precipitation influence landscape controls on wildfire severity? A case study within temperate eucalypt forests of south-eastern Australia

L Collins, RA Bradstock… - International Journal of …, 2013 - CSIRO Publishing
The environmental, economic and social impacts of wildfires depend on spatial patterns of
fire severity. An understanding as to how drivers of fire severity vary across broad vegetation …

A comment on the use of visually assessed fuel hazard ratings and scores for Australian fire management and research

MG Cruz - International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Background: Assessment of fuel hazard has become the dominant method of describing
Australian forest fuel complexes, despite a lack of evidence supporting the veracity of its …

A data-model fusion methodology for mapping bushfire fuels for smoke emissions forecasting in forested landscapes of south-eastern Australia

L Volkova, CPM Meyer, V Haverd, CJ Weston - Journal of Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
The increasing regional and global impact of wildfires on the environment, and particularly
on the human population, is becoming a focus of the research community. Both fire …