Forest fire fuel through the lens of remote sensing: Review of approaches, challenges and future directions in the remote sensing of biotic determinants of fire …

MG Gale, GJ Cary, AIJM Van Dijk, M Yebra - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Forested environments are subject to large and high intensity unplanned fire events, owing
to, among other factors, the high quantity and complex structure of fuel in these …

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 …

Warmer and drier conditions have increased the potential for large and severe fire seasons across south‐eastern Australia

L Collins, H Clarke, MF Clarke… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim The aims were:(1) to identify the environmental drivers of interannual variation
in wildfire extent and severity;(2) to examine temporal trends in climatic potential for large …

The fuel–climate–fire conundrum: How will fire regimes change in temperate eucalypt forests under climate change?

SC McColl‐Gausden, LT Bennett… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fire regimes are changing across the globe in response to complex interactions between
climate, fuel, and fire across space and time. Despite these complex interactions, research …

The 2019–2020 Australian forest fires are a harbinger of decreased prescribed burning effectiveness under rising extreme conditions

H Clarke, B Cirulis, T Penman, O Price, MM Boer… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
There is an imperative for fire agencies to quantify the potential for prescribed burning to
mitigate risk to life, property and environmental values while facing changing climates. The …

Success of post-fire plant recovery strategies varies with shifting fire seasonality

R Tangney, R Paroissien, TD Le Breton… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
Wildfires are increasing in size and severity and fire seasons are lengthening, largely driven
by climate and land-use change. Many plant species from fire-prone ecosystems are …

Self-thinning forest understoreys reduce wildfire risk, even in a warming climate

PJ Zylstra, SD Bradshaw… - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
As climatic changes continue to drive increases in the frequency and severity of forest fires, it
is critical to understand all of the factors influencing the risk of forest fire. Using a spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Attribution of extreme events to climate change in the Australian region–A review

TP Lane, AD King, SE Perkins-Kirkpatrick… - Weather and Climate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Extreme event attribution is a rapidly growing field of climate science with important
implications for public and government understanding of human-induced climate change …

Derivation of a Bayesian fire spread model using large-scale wildfire observations

MA Storey, M Bedward, OF Price, RA Bradstock… - … Modelling & Software, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Models that predict wildfire rate of spread (ROS) play an important role in decision-
making during firefighting operations, including fire crew placement and timing of community …

Detecting the effects of logging and wildfire on forest fuel structure using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS)

N Wilson, R Bradstock, M Bedward - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent logging and wildfire have been linked to increased fire severity in forests around the
world. The mechanisms driving this association are uncertain but increased vertical fuel …