[HTML][HTML] Animal population decline and recovery after severe fire: Relating ecological and life history traits with expert estimates of population impacts from the …

M Ensbey, S Legge, CJ Jolly, ST Garnett… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Catastrophic megafires can increase extinction risks; identifying species priorities for
management and policy support is critical for preparing and responding to future fires …

Predicting faunal fire responses in heterogeneous landscapes: the role of habitat structure

M Swan, F Christie, H Sitters, A York… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the effects of fire on biota is important for biodiversity conservation in fire‐prone
landscapes. Time since fire is often used to predict the occurrence of fauna, yet for many …

Interacting effects of fire severity, time since fire and topography on vegetation structure after wildfire

M Bassett, SWJ Leonard, EK Chia, MF Clarke… - Forest ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fire is an important disturbance in forest ecosystems globally. Many of the effects of fire on
forest processes are mediated through effects on vegetation structure. Understanding how …

Effects of a large wildfire on vegetation structure in a variable fire mosaic

CN Foster, PS Barton, NM Robinson… - Ecological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Management guidelines for many fire‐prone ecosystems highlight the importance of
maintaining a variable mosaic of fire histories for biodiversity conservation. Managers are …

Measuring habitat heterogeneity reveals new insights into bird community composition

IA Stirnemann, K Ikin, P Gibbons, W Blanchard… - Oecologia, 2015 - Springer
Fine-scale vegetation cover is a common variable used to explain animal occurrence, but
we know less about the effects of fine-scale vegetation heterogeneity. Theoretically, fine …

Changes on soundscapes reveal impacts of wildfires in the fauna of a Brazilian savanna

MHL Duarte, RS Sousa-Lima, RJ Young… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wildfire is a natural process in Brazilian savannas, but human activities alter fire regimes
and threaten biodiversity. In this study, we used an ecoacoustics approach to assess fauna …

Effects of fire regime on plant species richness and composition differ among forest, woodland and heath vegetation

CN Foster, PS Barton, CI MacGregor… - Applied vegetation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Question Do the effects of fire regimes on plant species richness and composition differ
among floristically similar vegetation types? Location Booderee National Park, south …

Canopy cover mediates the effects of a decadal increase in time since fire on arboreal birds

MJM Franklin, RE Major, RA Bradstock - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Wildfires impact animal populations directly, and indirectly through alteration of forest
habitats. Recovery of populations and habitat structure occurs over time since fire, but …

Associations between occupancy and habitat structure can predict avian responses to disturbance: Implications for conservation management

H Sitters, F Christie, J Di Stefano, M Swan… - Forest Ecology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Increasingly, fire is used as a management tool to mitigate wildfire risk and conserve
biodiversity. Use of time since disturbance as a surrogate for faunal occurrence presents an …

Long-term bird colonization and turnover in restored woodlands

DB Lindenmayer, PW Lane, PS Barton… - Biodiversity and …, 2016 - Springer
The long-term effectiveness of restored areas for biodiversity is poorly known for the majority
of restored ecosystems worldwide. We quantified temporal changes in bird occurrence in …