The interaction of gradual climate trends and extreme weather events since the turn of the
century has triggered complex and, in some cases, catastrophic ecological responses …

A revised set of propositions about ecology in arid Australia is presented, based on research
literature since publication of Stafford Smith and Morton (1990). Fourteen propositions distil …

Aboriginal burning in Australia has long been assumed to be a “resource management”
strategy, but no quantitative tests of this hypothesis have ever been conducted. We combine …

This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology and adopts a
strong evolutionary focus. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis …

This assessment of the vulnerability of Australia's biodiversity to climate change was begun
in early 2007 in response to a request from the Natural Resource Management Ministerial …

Fire is a major modifier of communities, but the evolutionary origins of its prevalent role in
sha** current biomes are uncertain. Australia is among the most fire-prone continents …

The earliest examples of alternative community states in the literature appear to be
descriptions of natural vegetation said to both depend on and promote fire. Nonetheless …

Abstract The Earth's Critical Zone, where physical, chemical and biological systems interact,
extends from the top of the canopy to the underlying bedrock. In this study, we investigated …

The global challenge of understanding and forecasting ecosystem responses to climate
extremes and climate change is addressed in this review of research enabled through …

Wildfires are expected to increase worldwide both in frequency and intensity owing to global
warming, but are likely to vary geographically. This is of particular concern in the five …