Prescribed burning is a commonly applied management tool, and there has been
considerable debate over the efficacy of its application. We review data relating to the …

Aim To quantify the impact of the 2019–2020 megafires on Australian plant diversity by
assessing burnt area across 26,062 species ranges and the effects of fire history on …

The worldwide “wildfire” problem is headlined by the loss of human lives and homes, but it
applies generally to any adverse effects of unplanned fires, as events or regimes, on a wide …

Fire frequency is the number of fires experienced by a particular community within a given
time period. This concept can potentially be resolved into a number of interacting variables …

Abstract Background Sedges (Cyperaceae) form an important ecological component of
many ecosystems around the world. Sword and rapier sedges (genus Lepidosperma) are …

A fire history (1980 to the present) developed for Kakadu National Park, derived mostly from
manual interpretation of LANDSAT MultiSpectral Scanner (MSS) imagery, was used as the …

Anthropogenic fires in Africa are an ancient form of environmental disturbance, which
probably have shaped the savanna vegetation more than any other human induced …

The effect of high frequency fire regimes on a coastal heathland north of Sydney was
examined. Plant community composition and species frequency and density (of a subset of …

The conservation of Earth's forest ecosystems is one of the great environmental challenges
facing humanity in the 21st century. All of Earth's ecosystems now face the spectre of the …

The shift in ecological thinking, from equilibrium to non-equilibrium processes has been
accompanied by a move to encourage heterogeneity rather than homogeneity in …