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 …

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 …

Optimal fire histories for biodiversity conservation

LT Kelly, AF Bennett, MF Clarke… - Conservation …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fire is used as a management tool for biodiversity conservation worldwide. A common
objective is to avoid population extinctions due to inappropriate fire regimes. However, in …

Why do some species have geographically varying responses to fire history?

DG Nimmo, LT Kelly, LM Farnsworth, SJ Watson… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A capacity to predict the effects of fire on biota is critical for conservation in fire‐prone
regions as it assists managers to anticipate the outcomes of different approaches to fire …

Fire severity and fire‐induced landscape heterogeneity affect arboreal mammals in fire‐prone forests

EK Chia, M Bassett, DG Nimmo, SWJ Leonard… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In fire‐prone regions, wildfire influences spatial and temporal patterns of landscape
heterogeneity. The likely impacts of climate change on the frequency and intensity of wildfire …

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 …

Spatial and temporal patterns of forest fires in the Central Monte: relationships with regional climate

PE Villagra, E Cesca, LM Alvarez, S Delgado… - Ecological …, 2024 - Springer
Background Natural and anthropogenic wildfires burn large areas of arid and semi-arid
forests with significant socio-economic and environmental impacts. Fire regimes are …

Does pyrodiversity beget alpha, beta or gamma diversity? A case study using reptiles from semi‐arid Australia

LM Farnsworth, DG Nimmo, LT Kelly… - Diversity and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim A common assumption in fire ecology and management is that landscapes with a
greater diversity of fire‐ages will support a greater diversity of animal species (ie …

Fire, drought and flooding rains: The effect of climatic extremes on bird species' responses to time since fire

J Connell, MA Hall, DG Nimmo… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Climatic extremes and fire affect ecosystems across the globe, yet our understanding of
how species are influenced by the interaction of these broadscale ecological drivers is …

Incorporating disturbance into trophic ecology: fire history shapes mesopredator suppression by an apex predator

WL Geary, EG Ritchie, JA Lawton… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Apex predators can suppress smaller bodied “mesopredators.” In doing so, they can provide
refuge to species preyed upon by mesopredators, which is particularly important in regions …