Surface fuel loads are a key driver of forest fires and the target of hazard reduction burns to
reduce fire risk. However, the role of biota in decomposition, or feedbacks between fire and …

Despite the importance of prescribed burning in contemporary fire management, there is
little understanding of how climate change will influence the weather conditions under which …

Large old trees have many critical ecological functions. We collated information about
Australia's tallest and largest (by circumference) trees from several databases. The 20 tallest …

A positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem stability has been reported in
many ecosystems; however, it has yet to be determined whether and how spatial scale …

Dead wood, including dead standing trees (DST) and coarse woody debris (CWD), is a
critical component of forest ecosystems that provides habitat and refugia for fauna, flora, and …

Prescribed fire is an active management tool used to address wildfire hazard and ecological
concerns associated with fire exclusion and suppression over the past century. Despite …

Abstract Prescribed (or “planned”) burning is used by land managers to reduce fuel-loads in
order to mitigate the spread of wildfire, thereby protecting life and property, and to promote …

Sequestration of carbon in forest ecosystems has been identified as an effective strategy to
help mitigate the effects of global climate change. Prescribed burning and timber harvesting …

Understanding fire and large herbivore interactions in interior western forests is critical,
owing to the extensive and widespread co‐occurrence of these two disturbance types and …

Millions of hectares of temperate woodland and billions of trees have been cleared from
Australia's agricultural landscapes. This has allowed land to be developed for cropping and …