Forests & Wildlife
More Than One Billion Animals Killed In Australian Bushfires – Sydney expert
More Than One Billion Animals Killed In Australian Bushfires
8 January 2020 – University of Sydney
Number of animals killed in Australian bushfires: Sydney expert
Professor Chris Dickman has revised his estimate of the number of animals killed in bushfires in NSW to more than 800 million animals, with a national impact of more than one billion animals.
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Many Many Billions Of Animals Feared To Have Died In Bushfires
Many Many Billions Of Animals Feared To Have Died In Bushfires
8 January 2020 – Liam Mannix | Sydney Morning Herald
Scientists fear many billions of animals may have been killed by the bushfires that have swept across Australia’s south-east.
At least one species is feared extinct as scientists continue to raise their estimates for the animal death toll. …
Interactions Between The Superb Lyrebird (Menura Novaehollandiae) And Fire In South Eastern Australia
The superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae is thought to be an important ecosystem engineer that, through its foraging, accelerates the decomposition of litter in Eucalyptus forests. Lyrebird foraging is therefore likely to affect forest fuel loads and hence fire behaviour in these fire-prone forests. In turn, fire …