Spatial-dynamic models to identify optimal fire mosaics, based on demography, dispersal and fire responses of plants, birds and reptiles

Collaborating Organisation

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• Department For Environment & Heritage  Research Organization
• Flinders University  Research Organization
• Nsw Department Of Environment & Conservation  Research Organization
• Nsw National Parks & Wildlife Service  Research Organization
• South Australian Museum  Research Organization

Scheme

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• Linkage Projects

Abstract

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• Inappropriate fire regimes threaten many native species with extinction. this proposal is a response to the paucity of large-scale, replicated fie research and the inadeuqate attention tomechanisms underlying fire impacts. Our project will enable landscape-scale fire management that conserves biodiversity in the face of habitat loss and climate change. We will test management options using spatially explicit simulation models that incorporate multiple species. biological data that we collect for plants, birds and repitles to build the models will also lead to new ecological theory for post-fire succession and responses to fire regimes. We will also use novel genetic techniques to determine the source of colonists after fire.

Date/time Interval

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• 2007

Awarded By

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• Australian Research Council (ARC) 

Contributor

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• Bradstock, Ross A. - Chief Investigator

Sponsor Award Id

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• LP0776604

Local Award Id

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• 10087