Identifying and managing disturbance‐stimulated flammability in woody ecosystems

D Lindenmayer, P Zylstra - Biological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many forest types globally have been subject to an increase in the frequency of, and area
burnt by, high‐severity wildfire. Here we explore the role that previous disturbance has …

Perspectives: Better managing fire in flammable tree plantations

DB Lindenmayer, M Yebra, GJ Cary - Forest Ecology and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Plantations of trees are key sources of wood products globally and are increasing in extent
in many jurisdictions around the world. Plantations also can be flammable and fire prone …

Mechanisms by which growth and succession limit the impact of fire in a south‐western Australian forested ecosystem

P Zylstra, G Wardell‐Johnson, D Falster… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Forest wildfire impact is widely believed to increase with time since disturbance, presenting
a dilemma for the persistence of fire‐sensitive species. However, in south‐western Australia …

Adaptive wildfire mitigation approaches

D Lindenmayer, P Zylstra, M Yebra - Science, 2022 - science.org
The South China Sea, situated just north of the Coral Triangle, contains abundant reef
bioresources and provides a range of important ecological services (1). However, South …

Wildfire risk management across diverse bioregions in a changing climate

T Campbell, SD Bradshaw, KW Dixon… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Wildfire risk-management needs to consider interrelated factors that influence fire regimes,
including changing climate and sometimes conflicting stakeholder priorities. With wildfires …

Multi-decadal habitat and fire effects on a threatened bird species

D Lindenmayer, C MacGregor, MJ Evans - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Quantifying factors influencing the occurrence of species is a core component of ecology
and conservation biology. A key part of understanding occurrence patterns is identifying …

What environmental and climatic factors influence multidecadal fire frequency?

D Lindenmayer, C Taylor, W Blanchard, P Zylstra… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fire is a key ecosystem process with more than half the world's land surface potentially
subject to fire. A key aspect of fire ecology is the fire regime, with fire frequency an important …

Pyrogeography in flux: Reorganization of Australian fire regimes in a hotter world

CX Cunningham, GJ Williamson, RH Nolan… - Global change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes to the spatiotemporal patterns of wildfire are having profound implications
for ecosystems and society globally, but we have limited understanding of the extent to …

Reply to: Mechanisms by which growth and succession limit the impact of fire in a south‐western Australian forested ecosystem—A comment on Zylstra et al.'s model

P Zylstra, G Wardell‐Johnson - Functional Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Empirical evidence in scientific literature shows that forest flammability in south‐western
Australia declines as forests recover from disturbance, indicating that current policies …

[HTML][HTML] To burn or not to burn: governance of wildfires in Australia

S Clement, A Garmestani, JA Beckwith… - Ecology and …, 2024 - ecologyandsociety.org
Globally, wildfires are increasing in extent, frequency, and severity. Although global climate
change is a major driver and large-scale governance interventions are essential, focusing …