We have compiled 223 sedimentary charcoal records from Australasia in order to examine
the temporal and spatial variability of fire regimes during the Late Quaternary. While some of …

Fire is well recognized as a key Earth system process, but its causes and influences vary
greatly across spatial and temporal scales. The controls of fire are often portrayed as a set of …

Archaeological indications for off-site burning by late Pleistocene and early Holocene hunter-
gatherers present intransigent interpretive problems; by contrast, burning practices by recent …

Large fires coincident with drought occurred in south-eastern Australia during 2001–2007.
Perceptions of large, intense fires as being ecologically 'disastrous' are common. These are …

The widespread formation of organic rich sediments in south-east Australia during the
Holocene (Marine Isotope Stage [MIS] 1) reflects the return of wetter and warmer climates …

The origins, evolution and palaeodiversity of Australia's unique marsupial fauna are
reviewed. Australia's marsupial fauna is both taxonomically and ecologically diverse …

There has been little movement to systematically incorporate the study of indigenous
landscape management practices into the method and theory of hunter-gatherer research in …

Rivers are central to debate about the Anthropocene because many human activities from
antiquity focused on channels and floodplains. A literature compilation for the onset of …

A high-resolution, continuous 10,500 cal. yrs-long macroscopic charcoal record from a peat
and lake sediment deposit at Storasjö, in the hemiboreal vegetation zone of southern …

Aim Knowledge of the drivers of ecosystem changes in the past is key to understanding
present ecosystem responses to changes in climate, fire regimes and anthropogenic …