How fire interacts with habitat loss and fragmentation

DA Driscoll, D Armenteras, AF Bennett… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity faces many threats and these can interact to produce outcomes that may not be
predicted by considering their effects in isolation. Habitat loss and fragmentation (hereafter …

Animal movements in fire‐prone landscapes

DG Nimmo, S Avitabile, SC Banks… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Movement is a trait of fundamental importance in ecosystems subject to frequent
disturbances, such as fire‐prone ecosystems. Despite this, the role of movement in …

Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity

AL Smith, TR Hodkinson, J Villellas… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
When plants establish outside their native range, their ability to adapt to the new
environment is influenced by both demography and dispersal. However, the relative …

Circuitscape in Julia: empowering dynamic approaches to connectivity assessment

KR Hall, R Anantharaman, VA Landau, M Clark… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
The conservation field is experiencing a rapid increase in the amount, variety, and quality of
spatial data that can help us understand species movement and landscape connectivity …

A global analysis of habitat fragmentation research in reptiles and amphibians: what have we done so far?

WC Tan, A Herrel, D Rödder - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2023 - Springer
Habitat change and fragmentation are the primary causes of biodiversity loss worldwide.
Recent decades have seen a surge of funding, published papers and citations in the field as …

A demographic framework for understanding fire‐driven reptile declines in the 'land of the lizards'

JL Santos, H Sitters, DA Keith, WL Geary… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Fire creates habitats for many animals but changes in fire activity threaten
species worldwide. While conservation assessments routinely identify fire as a threat to …

Fire and its interactions with other drivers shape a distinctive, semi-arid 'Mallee'ecosystem

MF Clarke, LT Kelly, SC Avitabile… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Fire shapes ecosystems globally, including semi-arid ecosystems. In Australia, semi-arid
'mallee'ecosystems occur primarily across the southern part of the continent, forming an …

Fire and habitat variables explain reptile community abundance and richness in subtropical open eucalypt forests

DA Partridge, T Lewis, CT Tran… - International Journal of …, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Fire alters habitat structure, thereby influencing fauna reliant on specific habitat features,
particularly those with low dispersal capability such as reptiles. We quantified reptile …

Integrating functional connectivity and fire management for better conservation outcomes

H Sitters, J Di Stefano - Conservation Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, the mean abundance of terrestrial animals has fallen by 50% since 1970, and
populations face ongoing threats associated with habitat loss, fragmentation, climate …

Interrelationships between fire, habitat, and mammals in a fragmented heathy woodland

S Zylinski, M Swan, H Sitters - Forest Ecology and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Altered fire regimes threaten biodiversity, but there is limited understanding of the
mechanisms driving population declines. Relationships between mammal occurrence and …