Zylstra, Phil J.

Zylstra, Phil J. Dr.

Honorary Fellow

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Centre for Sustainable Ecosystem Solutions
School of Biological Sciences
Research Fellow - Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires 2012 - 2016

pzylstra@uow.edu.au

philip.zylstra@curtin.edu,au

Top Publications

Year	Title
2020	The Unlearned Country Published in Meanjin
2018	Flammability dynamics in the Australian Alps Published in Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere
2016	Biophysical mechanistic modelling quantifies the effects of plant traits on fire severity: species, not surface fuel loads, determine flame dimensions in eucalypt forests Published in PLoS One

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Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Logging elevated the probability of high-severity fire in the 2019¿20 Australian forest fires Published In Nature Ecology and Evolution
2022	Self-thinning forest understoreys reduce wildfire risk, even in a warming climate Published In Environmental Research Letters
2021	Linking fire behaviour and its ecological effects to plant traits, using FRaME in R Published In Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2021	The effect of antecedent fire severity on reburn severity and fuel structure in a resprouting eucalypt forest in Victoria, Australia Published In Forests
2020	Exploring the key drivers of forest flammability in wet eucalypt forests using expert-derived conceptual models Published In Landscape Ecology
2020	The Unlearned Country Published In Meanjin
2018	Contrary to common belief, some forests get more fire-resistant with age Published In The Conversation
2018	Flammability dynamics in the Australian Alps Published In Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere
2016	Biophysical mechanistic modelling quantifies the effects of plant traits on fire severity: species, not surface fuel loads, determine flame dimensions in eucalypt forests Published In PLoS One
2016	Environmental values and fire hazard of eucalypt plantings Published In Ecosphere
2016	Explaining feedbacks between fire and flammability in the Snowgums and beyond Published In Australasian Plant Conservation
2016	New modelling on bushfires shows how they really burn through an area Published In The Conversation
2013	A global review of remote sensing of live fuel moisture content for fire danger assessment: moving towards operational products Published In Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal
2013	The historical influence of fire on the flammability of subalpine Snowgum forest and woodland Published In The Victorian Naturalist

Chapter

Year	Title
2014	Live fuel moisture and wildland fire behaviour Published In Advances in Forest Fire Research Publisher Coimbra, Portugal

Investigator On

Year	Title
	Modelling fire risk to fauna Awarded by: NSW Environmental Trust Funding Scheme: Environmental Research Program

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6946-866X (confirmed)

Top Publications

Year	Title
2020	The Unlearned Country Published in Meanjin
2018	Flammability dynamics in the Australian Alps Published in Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere
2016	Biophysical mechanistic modelling quantifies the effects of plant traits on fire severity: species, not surface fuel loads, determine flame dimensions in eucalypt forests Published in PLoS One

Research Areas

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Logging elevated the probability of high-severity fire in the 2019¿20 Australian forest fires Published In Nature Ecology and Evolution
2022	Self-thinning forest understoreys reduce wildfire risk, even in a warming climate Published In Environmental Research Letters
2021	Linking fire behaviour and its ecological effects to plant traits, using FRaME in R Published In Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2021	The effect of antecedent fire severity on reburn severity and fuel structure in a resprouting eucalypt forest in Victoria, Australia Published In Forests
2020	Exploring the key drivers of forest flammability in wet eucalypt forests using expert-derived conceptual models Published In Landscape Ecology
2020	The Unlearned Country Published In Meanjin
2018	Contrary to common belief, some forests get more fire-resistant with age Published In The Conversation
2018	Flammability dynamics in the Australian Alps Published In Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere
2016	Biophysical mechanistic modelling quantifies the effects of plant traits on fire severity: species, not surface fuel loads, determine flame dimensions in eucalypt forests Published In PLoS One
2016	Environmental values and fire hazard of eucalypt plantings Published In Ecosphere
2016	Explaining feedbacks between fire and flammability in the Snowgums and beyond Published In Australasian Plant Conservation
2016	New modelling on bushfires shows how they really burn through an area Published In The Conversation
2013	A global review of remote sensing of live fuel moisture content for fire danger assessment: moving towards operational products Published In Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal
2013	The historical influence of fire on the flammability of subalpine Snowgum forest and woodland Published In The Victorian Naturalist

Chapter

Year	Title
2014	Live fuel moisture and wildland fire behaviour Published In Advances in Forest Fire Research Publisher Coimbra, Portugal

Investigator On

Year	Title
	Modelling fire risk to fauna Awarded by: NSW Environmental Trust Funding Scheme: Environmental Research Program

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6946-866X (confirmed)

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