Response of vegetation and vertebrate fauna to 23 years of fire exclusion in a tropical Eucalyptus open forest, Northern Territory, Australia

By J. Woinarski, J. Risler, L. Kean. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Amplified predation after fire suppresses rodent populations in Australia’s tropical savannas (2016, background): “…at a higher intensity and remove a higher proportion of ground vegetation from larger areas than Journal compilation CSIRO 2015 www.publish.csiro.au/journals/wr do low-intensity fires in the early dry season (Woinarski et al. 2004, 2011a; Andersen et al. 2005; Legge et al. 2008; Firth et al. 2010).”
The interdependence of fire, grass, kangaroos and Australian Aborigines: a case study from central Arnhem Land, northern Australia (2007, background): “…the fine grained mosaic of frequently burnt and long-unburnt areas produced by Aboriginal fire management ensured the survival of a diverse assemblage of mammals that are now threatened with localized extinction following the breakdown of Aboriginal fire management (Woinarski et al., 2001, 2004).”
Long‐term fire exclusion and ant community structure in an Australian tropical savanna: congruence with vegetation succession (2006, background): “There was considerably greater progression toward forest after 23 years; however, this mostly involved plants that are loosely forest-associated, but with frequent occurrences in savanna, rather than specialist forest taxa (Woinarski et al., 2004).”
Rapid recovery of mammal fauna in the central Kimberley, northern Australia, following the removal of introduced herbivores. (2011, background): “These collectively (albeit somewhat noisily) suggest that most native mammal species respond negatively to fire, declining with increased fire frequency and after single extreme fire events (Woinarski et al. 2001, 2004, 2010; Pardon et al. 2003; Firth et al. 2006; Legge et al. 2008;).”
Physical and biological feedbacks of deforestation (2012, background): “…to a transition of the entire area to either scrub or grassland [Trapnell, 1959; Scholes and Walker, 1993; Louppe et al., 1995; Cochrane et al., 1999; Nepstad et al., 1999; Nepstad et al., 2001; Peterson and Reich, 2001; Russell-Smith et al., 2003; Woinarski et al., 2004; Higgins et al., 2007].”
Stemming the tide: progress towards resolving the causes of decline and implementing management responses for the disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia (2015, background): “In a more serendipitous and retrospective study near Darwin, Woinarski et al. (2004) compared the abundance of mammals (and other vertebrates, and plants) in a 120 ha savanna woodland patch from which fire had been excluded for 23 years with a comparable adjacent patch subjected to ambient (annual) ”
How do small savanna trees avoid stem mortality by fire? The roles of stem diameter, height and bark thickness (2011, background): “Similarly, although in Australia forest species grow faster than savanna species (Prior et al. 2004) they are excluded from savannas by fire impacts (Wilson and Bowman 1994, Russell-Smith et al. 2003, Woinarski et al. 2004).”
The short-term effects of an extensive and high-intensity fire on vertebrates in the tropical savannas of the central Kimberley, northern Australia (2008, unknown): “2003), to higher abundance with frequent (including late) burns (Woinarski et al. 2004; Price et al. 2005).”
Effect of fire on small mammals: a systematic review (2014, background): “2008) Rattus tunneyi (Woinarski et al. 2004) Trichosurus vulpecula (Woinarski et al.”