Landscape Flammability

Logging Makes Forest Fires Worse Experts

Logging Makes Forest Fires Worse Experts

16 January 2020 – Dominica Sanda  | Canberra Times

“Australian National University Professor David Lindenmayer says while the main driver of fires is the climate, logging makes forests drier and leaves behind flammable debris on the ground.

“Forests that have been logged and regenerated are significantly more likely to burn at higher severity,” …

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.

Frequent Fire Makes The Bush More Likely To Burn UOW Study Finds

Frequent Fire Makes The Bush More Likely To Burn UOW Study Finds

7 August 2018 – Kate McIlwain  |  Illawarra Mercury

New research out of the University of Wollongong has revealed that, in the study area of the Australian Alps, fire has made the bush more likely to burn.

And while Dr Philip Zylstra says his findings don’t mean …

A Burning Issue Forest Fires Make More Fires

A Burning Issue Forest Fires Make More Fires 
7 August 2018 – Ecological Society of Australia

The most comprehensive analysis ever performed of fires in the Australian Alps has revealed that fire has made the forests more likely to burn. Frequent fire increases the risk of fire and of ecosystem collapse in mountain forests, which are highly vulnerable …

A Comparison Of Fuel Hazard In Recently Burned And Long Unburned Forests And Woodlands

A Comparison Of Fuel Hazard In Recently Burned And Long Unburned Forests And Woodlands

23 July 2018 – Kelly Dixon et al  |  CSIRO Publishing
Abstract

Fuel hazard is often assumed to increase with fuel age, or the time-since-fire. However, studies on fuel hazard in long-unburned forests are scarce. We measured overall fuel hazard in Eucalyptus forests and …

Flammability Dynamics In The Australian Alps – Study 

Flammability Dynamics In The Australian Alps – Study
February 2018 – Philip Zylstra © 2018 Ecological Society of Australia

Abstract
Forests of the Australian Alps (SE Australia) are considered some of the most vulnerable to climate change in the country, with ecosystem collapse considered likely for some due to frequent fire. It is not yet known, however, …

Interactions Between The Superb Lyrebird (Menura Novaehollandiae) And Fire In South Eastern Australia

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 …

We Have Still Not Lived Long Enough

We Have Still Not Lived Long Enough

16 February 2009 – Tom Griffiths  |  Inside Story
(This essay won the Alfred Deakin Prize in the 2009 Victorian Premiers Literary Awards.)

Excerpts:
“They had not lived long enough were the words that Judge Leonard Stretton used to describe the people who lived and worked in the forests of …