Humans and their ancestors are unique in being a fire‐making species, but 'natural'(ie independent of humans) fires have an ancient, geological history on Earth. Natural fires …
Savanna ecosystems comprise 22% of the global terrestrial surface and 25% of Australia (almost 1.9 million km2) and provide significant ecosystem services through carbon and …
The amount of carbon stored in savannas represents a significant uncertainty in global carbon budgets, primarily because fire causes actual biomass to differ from potential …
B Henry, E Charmley, R Eckard… - Crop and Pasture …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Climate change presents a range of challenges for animal agriculture in Australia. Livestock production will be affected by changes in temperature and water availability through impacts …
J Woinarski, B Mackey, H Nix, B Traill - 2007 - library.oapen.org
Northern Australia stands out as one of the largest natural areas remaining on Earth- alongside such global treasures as the Amazon rainforests, the boreal conifer forests of …
BM Rogers, RP Neilson, R Drapek… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The diverse vegetation types and carbon pools of the US Pacific Northwest (PNW) are tightly coupled to fire regimes that depend on climate and fire suppression. To realistically assess …
Savannas comprise a large area of the global land surface and are subject to frequent disturbance through fire. The role of fire as one of the primary natural carbon cycling …
When woody plant abundance increases in grasslands and savannas, a phenomenon widely observed worldwide, there is considerable uncertainty as to whether aboveground …
The reliability of airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) for delineating individual trees and estimating aboveground biomass (AGB) has been proven in a diverse range of …