Biomass burning and resulting fire regimes are major drivers of vegetation changes and of
ecosystem dynamics. Understanding past fire dynamics and their relationship to these …

Consideration of a range of evidence from geomorphology, palynology, biogeography and
vegetation/climate modelling suggests that a north-south 'savanna corridor'did exist through …

During 25 surveys of global Phytophthora diversity, conducted between 1998 and 2020, 43
new species were detected in natural ecosystems and, occasionally, in nurseries and …

Fire activity has varied globally and continuously since the last glacial maximum (LGM) in
response to long-term changes in global climate and shorter-term regional changes in …

Aim The mesic biome, encompassing both rain forest and open sclerophyllous forests, is
central to understanding the evolution of Australia's terrestrial biota and has long been …

Fossil pollen records from 31 sites with reliable chronologies and high-resolution data in the
monsoonal region of China were synthesized to document Holocene vegetation and climate …

Aim This paper reviews the biogeography of the Australian monsoon tropical biome to
highlight general patterns in the distribution of a range of organisms and their environmental …

Sequence mismatch analysis (MMA) and Bayesian skyline plots (BSP) are commonly used
to reconstruct historical demography. A survey of 173 research articles (2009–2014), which …

The initial out of Africa dispersal of Homo sapiens, which saw anatomically modern humans
reach the Levant in Marine Isotope Stage 5, is generally regarded as a 'failed dispersal' …

Elsewhere we have developed a speculative model of the early human colonisation of
Sahul (Pleistocene Australia-New Guinea). Here we elaborate it, using theory from …