Bradstock, Ross A.

Overview

Ross leads a multi-disciplinary research team that is dedicated to the development of a quantitative understanding of risks posed by landscape fires to multiple values and the way such risks can be altered through cost-effective management and global change. Major funding sources for his team include the NSW Government, ARC, NSW Environmental Trusts, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, CSIRO, USGS and the European Union.

Ross is Director of the Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires and the new NSW Bushfire Risk Management Research Hub, a collaborative venture between the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, University of Wollongong, University of Tasmania, Western Sydney University and the University of New South Wales.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2010	A biogeographic model of fire regimes in Australia: current and future implications Published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
2013	Defining pyromes and global syndromes of fire regimes Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA
2014	Learning to coexist with wildfire Published in Nature
2018	Aboveground carbon sequestration in dry temperate forests varies with climate not fire regime Published in Global Change Biology

Research Areas

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Australia needs a national fire inquiry – these are the 3 key areas it should deliver in Published In The Conversation Volume 23 January Pages 1 - 4
2020	Causes and consequences of eastern Australia's 2019–20 season of mega‐fires Published In Global Change Biology Volume Online First Pages 1 - 3 ISSN 1354-1013 Altmetric
2020	Drivers of long-distance spotting during wildfires in south-eastern Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Altmetric
2020	Exploring the key drivers of forest flammability in wet eucalypt forests using expert-derived conceptual models Published In Landscape Ecology Altmetric
2020	The Proximal Drivers of Large Fires: A Pyrogeographic Study Published In Frontiers in Earth Science Volume 8 ISSN 2296-6463 Altmetric
2019	A temporal framework of large wildfire suppression in practice, a qualitative descriptive study Published In Forests Volume 10 Pages 884-1 - 884-30 Altmetric
2019	Aboveground forest carbon shows different responses to fire frequency in harvested and unharvested forests Published In Ecological Applications Volume 29 Pages e01815-1 - e01815-14 ISSN 1051-0761 Altmetric
2019	Climate change effects on the frequency, seasonality and interannual variability of suitable prescribed burning weather conditions in south-eastern Australia Published In Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Volume 271 Pages 148 - 157 ISSN 0168-1923 Altmetric
2019	Developing and testing models of the drivers of anthropogenic and lightning-caused wildfire ignitions in south-eastern Australia Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 235 Pages 34 - 41 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2019	Drought and climate change were the kindling, and now the east coast is ablaze Published In The Conversation Volume 11 November Pages 1 - 6
2019	Globe-LFMC, a global plant water status database for vegetation ecophysiology and wildfire applications Published In Scientific Data Volume 6 Pages 155-1 - 155-8 Altmetric
2019	Quantification of inter-regional differences in risk mitigation from prescribed burning across multiple management values Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume Online First Pages 1 - 13 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2019	The influence of planting size and configuration on landscape fire risk Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 248 Pages 109338-1 - 109338-7 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2018	Aboveground carbon sequestration in dry temperate forests varies with climate not fire regime Published In Global Change Biology Volume 24 Pages 4280 - 4292 ISSN 1354-1013 Altmetric
2018	Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system Published In Environmental Research Letters Volume 13 Pages 033003-1 - 033003-18 ISSN 1748-9326 Altmetric
2018	Effects of competition and herbivory over woody seedling growth in a temperate woodland trump the effects of elevated CO2 Published In Oecologia Volume 187 Pages 811 - 823 ISSN 0029-8549 Altmetric
2018	Fire intensity drives post-fire temporal pattern of soil carbon accumulation in Australian fire-prone forests Published In Science of the Total Environment Volume 610-611 Pages 1113 - 1124 ISSN 0048-9697 Altmetric
2018	Soil carbon in Australian fire-prone forests determined by climate more than fire regimes Published In Science of the Total Environment Volume 639 Pages 526 - 537 ISSN 0048-9697 Altmetric
2018	The role of defensible space on the likelihood of house impact from wildfires in forested landscapes of south eastern Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume Online First Pages 1 - 11 Altmetric
2018	The threatened status of the hollow dependent arboreal marsupial, the Greater Glider (Petauroides volans), can be explained by impacts from wildfire and selective logging Published In Forest Ecology and Management Volume 415-416 Pages 19 - 25 ISSN 0378-1127 Altmetric
2018	Understorey productivity in temperate grassy woodland responds to soil water availability but not to elevated [CO2] Published In Global Change Biology Volume 24 Pages 2366 - 2376 ISSN 1354-1013 Altmetric
2017	Changing Weather Extremes Call for Early Warning of Potential for Catastrophic Fire Published In Earth's Future Volume 5 Pages 1196 - 1202 ISSN 2328-4277 Altmetric
2017	Dry winter primes Sydney Basin for early start of bushfire season Published In The Conversation Volume 21 August Pages 1 - 4
2017	Importance of fuel treatment for limiting moderate-to-high intensity fire: findings from comparative fire modelling Published In Landscape Ecology Volume 32 Pages 1473 - 1483 ISSN 0921-2973 Altmetric
2017	Renewal ecology: conservation for the Anthropocene Published In Restoration Ecology Volume 25 Pages 674 - 680 ISSN 1061-2971 Altmetric
2017	Retrofitting for wildfire resilience: what is the cost? Published In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Volume 21 Pages 1 - 10 ISSN 2212-4209 Altmetric
2016	Advances in understanding the influence of fire on the ecology and evolution of plants: a tribute to Peter J. Clarke Published In Plant Ecology Volume 217 Pages 597 - 605 ISSN 1385-0237 Altmetric
2016	Determinants of growth of the flammable grass, Triodia scariosa: consequences for fuel dynamics under climate change in the Mediterranean region of South Eastern Australia Published In Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere Volume 41 Pages 594 - 603 ISSN 1442-9985 Altmetric
2016	Environmental values and fire hazard of eucalypt plantings Published In Ecosphere Volume 7 Pages e01528-1 - e01528-14 ISSN 2150-8925 Altmetric
2016	Future changes in climatic water balance determine potential for transformational shifts in Australian fire regimes Published In Environmental Research Letters Volume 11 Pages 065002-1 - 065002-13 ISSN 1748-9326 Altmetric
2016	How much does it cost residents to prepare their property for wildfire? Published In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Volume 16 Pages 88 - 98 ISSN 2212-4209 Altmetric
2016	Large-scale, dynamic transformations in fuel moisture drive wildfire activity across southeastern Australia Published In Geophysical Research Letters Volume 43 Pages 4229 - 4238 ISSN 0094-8276 Altmetric
2016	Predicting dead fine fuel moisture at regional scales using vapour pressure deficit from MODIS and gridded weather data Published In Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal Volume 174 Pages 100 - 108 ISSN 0034-4257 Altmetric
2016	Resolving future fire management conflicts using multicriteria decision making Published In Conservation Biology Volume 30 Pages 196 - 205 ISSN 0888-8892 Altmetric
2016	Responses of resilience traits to gradients of temperature, rainfall and fire frequency in fire-prone, Australian forests: potential consequences of climate change Published In Plant Ecology Volume 217 Pages 725 - 741 ISSN 1385-0237 Altmetric
2016	The drivers of wildfire enlargement do not exhibit scale thresholds in southeastern Australian forests Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 181 Pages 208 - 217 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2016	Wildfire survival plans in theory and practice Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 25 Pages 363 - 377 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2016	Wildfires: weigh policy effectiveness Published In Science Volume 350 Pages 920 - 920 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2015	A generic, empirical-based model for predicting rate of fire spread in shrublands Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 24 Pages 443 - 460 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2015	A semi-mechanistic model for predicting the moisture content of fine litter Published In Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Volume 203 Pages 64 - 73 ISSN 0168-1923 Altmetric
2015	A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems Published In Science of the Total Environment Volume 534 Pages 31 - 42 ISSN 0048-9697 Altmetric
2015	Adding fuel to the fire? Revegetation influences wildfire size and intensity Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 150 Pages 196 - 205 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2015	An empirical wildfire risk analysis: the probability of a fire spreading to the urban interface in Sydney, Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 24 Pages 597 - 606 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2015	Biogeographical variation in the potential effectiveness of prescribed fire in south-eastern Australia Published In Journal of Biogeography Volume 42 Pages 2234 - 2245 ISSN 0305-0270 Altmetric
2015	Climatic, vegetation and edaphic influences on the probability of fire across mediterranean woodlands of south-eastern Australia Published In Journal of Biogeography Volume 42 Pages 1750 - 1760 ISSN 0305-0270 Altmetric
2015	Identifying the location of fire refuges in wet forest ecosystems Published In Ecological Applications Volume 25 Pages 2337 - 2348 ISSN 1051-0761 Altmetric
2015	Interval squeeze: altered fire regimes and demographic responses interact to threaten woody species persistence as climate changes Published In Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Volume 13 Pages 265 - 272 ISSN 1540-9295 Altmetric
2015	Reducing the risk of house loss due to wildfires Published In Environmental Modelling and Software Volume 67 Pages 12 - 25 ISSN 1364-8152 Altmetric
2015	Tree hollows and forest stand structure in Australian warm temperate Eucalyptus forests are adversely affected by logging more than wildfire Published In Forest Ecology and Management Volume 341 Pages 37 - 44 ISSN 0378-1127 Altmetric
2015	Trends in evapotranspiration and streamflow following wildfire in resprouting eucalypt forests Published In Journal of Hydrology Volume 524 Pages 614 - 624 ISSN 0022-1694 Altmetric
2015	Using MODIS data to analyse post-fire vegetation recovery in Australian eucalypt forests Published In Journal of Spatial Science Volume 60 Pages 341 - 352 ISSN 1324-9983 Altmetric
2014	Can precipitation influence landscape controls on wildfire severity? A case study within temperate eucalypt forests of south-eastern Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 23 Pages 9 - 20 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2014	Changes in evapotranspiration following wildfire in resprouting eucalypt forests Published In Ecohydrology Volume 7 Pages 1363 - 1377 ISSN 1936-0584 Altmetric
2014	Changing dominance of key plant species across a Mediterranean climate region: implications for fuel types and future fire regimes Published In Plant Ecology Volume 215 Pages 83 - 95 ISSN 1385-0237 Altmetric
2014	Countervailing effects of urbanization and vegetation extent on fire frequency on the Wildland urban interface: disentangling fuel and ignition effects Published In Landscape and Urban Planning Volume 130 Pages 81 - 88 ISSN 0169-2046 Altmetric
2014	Divergent responses of fire to recent warming and drying across south-eastern Australia Published In Global Change Biology Volume 20 Pages 1412 - 1428 ISSN 1354-1013 Altmetric
2014	Environmental assessment of erosion following prescribed burning in the Mount Lofty Ranges, Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 23 Pages 104 - 116 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2014	Impacts of frequent burning on live tree carbon biomass and demography in post-harvest regrowth forest Published In Forests Volume 5 Pages 802 - 821 Altmetric
2014	Influence of fuels, weather and the built environment on the exposure of property to wildfire Published In PLoS One Volume 9 Pages e111414-1 - e111414-9 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2014	Learning to coexist with wildfire Published In Nature Volume 515 Pages 58 - 66 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2014	Logging and fire in Australian forests: errors by Attiwill et al. (2014) Published In Conservation Letters Volume 7 Pages 419 - 420 ISSN 1755-263X Altmetric
2014	Modelling surface fine fuel dynamics across climate gradients in eucalypt forests of south-eastern Australia Published In Ecography: pattern and diversity in ecology Volume 37 Pages 827 - 837 ISSN 0906-7590 Altmetric
2014	Reducing wildfire risk to urban developments: simulation of cost-effective fuel treatment solutions in south eastern Australia Published In Environmental Modelling and Software Volume 52 Pages 166 - 175 ISSN 1364-8152 Altmetric
2014	Structural adjustments in resprouting trees drive differences in post-fire transpiration Published In Tree Physiology: an international botanical journal Volume 34 Pages 123 - 136 ISSN 1758-4469 Altmetric
2014	Vegetation, terrain and fire history shape the impact of extreme weather on fire severity and ecosystem response Published In Journal of Vegetation Science Volume 25 Pages 1033 - 1044 ISSN 1100-9233 Altmetric
2013	Brave new green world - Consequences of a carbon economy for the conservation of Australian biodiversity Published In Biological Conservation Volume 161 Pages 71 - 90 ISSN 0006-3207 Altmetric
2013	Bushfire hazard reduction: the sword or the shield? Published In The Conversation Volume 23 October Pages 1 - 3
2013	Contrasting fire responses to climate and management: insights from two Australian ecosystems Published In Global Change Biology Volume 19 Pages 1223 - 1235 ISSN 1354-1013 Altmetric
2013	Defining adequate means of residents to prepare property for protection from wildfire Published In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Volume 6 Pages 67 - 77 ISSN 2212-4209 Altmetric
2013	Defining pyromes and global syndromes of fire regimes Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 110 Pages 6442 - 6447 ISSN 1091-6490 Altmetric
2013	Demographic patterns of a widespread long-lived tree are associated with rainfall and disturbances along rainfall gradients in SE Australia Published In Ecology and Evolution Volume 3 Pages 2169 - 2182 ISSN 2045-7758 Altmetric
2013	Examining the relative effects of fire weather, suppression and fuel treatment on fire behaviour - a simulation study Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 131 Pages 325 - 333 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2013	Exploring the role of fire, succession, climate, and weather on landscape dynamics using comparative modeling Published In Ecological Modelling Volume 266 Pages 172 - 186 ISSN 0304-3800 Altmetric
2013	Fire regimes of Australia: a pyrogeographic model system Published In Journal of Biogeography Volume 40 Pages 1048 - 1058 ISSN 0305-0270 Altmetric
2013	Forest fire management, climate change, and the risk of catastrophic carbon losses Published In Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Volume 11 Pages 66 - 68 ISSN 1540-9295 Altmetric
2013	Forest-fire regimes affect thermoregulatory opportunities for terrestrial ectotherms Published In Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere Volume 38 Pages 190 - 198 Altmetric
2013	Landscape scale influences of forest area and housing density on house loss in the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Published In PLoS One Volume 8 Pages e73421-1 - e73421-6 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2013	Modelling the determinants of ignition in the Sydney Basin, Australia: implications for future management Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 22 Pages 469 - 478 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2013	Sydney fires caused by people and nature Published In The Conversation Volume 18 October Pages 1 - 3
2013	The spatial domain of wildfire risk and response in the wildland urban interface in Sydney, Australia Published In Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Volume 13 Pages 3385 - 3393 ISSN 1561-8633 Altmetric
2012	A comparison of bushfire fuel hazard assessors and assessment methods in dry sclerophyll forest near Sydney, Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 21 Pages 755 - 763 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2012	Can gullies preserve complex forest structure in frequently burnt landscapes? Published In Biological Conservation Volume 153 Pages 177 - 186 ISSN 0006-3207 Altmetric
2012	Changes in forest structure over 60 years: tree densities continue to increase in the Pilliga forests, New South Wales, Australia Published In Australian Journal of Botany Volume 60 Pages 1 - 8 ISSN 0067-1924 Altmetric
2012	Impact of fire regimes, logging and topography on hollows in fallen logs in eucalypt forest of south eastern Australia Published In Biological Conservation Volume 149 Pages 23 - 31 ISSN 0006-3207 Altmetric
2012	Interactions between dense Callitris regeneration and Eucalyptus and Callitris canopy trees in semiarid woodlands Published In Australian Journal of Botany Volume 60 Pages 549 - 558 ISSN 0067-1924 Altmetric
2012	Land management practices associated with house loss in wildfires Published In PLoS One Volume 7 Pages e29212 - 1 - e29212 - 9 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2012	Modelling the potential for prescribed burning to mitigate carbon emissions from wildfires in fire-prone forests of Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 21 Pages 629 - 638 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2012	Monitoring live fuel moisture content of heathland, shrubland and sclerophyll forest in south-eastern Australia using MODIS data Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 21 Pages 257 - 269 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2012	The efficacy of fuel treatment in mitigating property loss during wildfires: insights from analysis of the severity of the catastrophic fires in 2009 in Victoria, Australia Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 113 Pages 146 - 157 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2012	The impact of antecedent fire area on burned area in southern California coastal ecosystems Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 113 Pages 301 - 307 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2012	Using remotely-sensed fuel connectivity patterns as a tool for fire danger monitoring Published In Geophysical Research Letters Volume 39 Page p. L01302 ISSN 0094-8276 Altmetric
2012	Wildfires, fuel treatment and risk mitigation in Australian eucalypt forests: Insights from landscape-scale simulation Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 105 Pages 66 - 75 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2011	Assessing the sensitivity of MODIS to monitor drought in high biomass ecosystems Published In Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal Volume 115 Pages 2626 - 2639 ISSN 0034-4257 Altmetric
2011	Bayes Nets as a method for analysing the influence of management actions in fire planning Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 20 Pages 909 - 920 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2011	Burn bush, reduce emissions: evaluating costs and benefits of prescribed burning Published In The Conversation Volume 31 May Pages 1 - 3
2011	Did historical tree removal promote woody plant encroachment in Australian woodlands? Published In Journal of Vegetation Science Volume 23 Pages 304 - 312 ISSN 1100-9233 Altmetric
2011	Fire as an evolutionary pressure shaping plant traits Published In Trends in Plant Science Volume 16 Pages 406 - 411 ISSN 1360-1385 Altmetric
2011	How do slow-growing, fire-sensitive conifers survive in flammable eucalypt woodlands? Published In Journal of Vegetation Science Volume 22 Pages 425 - 435 ISSN 1100-9233 Altmetric
2011	Integrating science into management of ecosystems in the Greater Blue Mountains Published In Environmental Management (New York): an international journal for decision-makers, scientists and environmental auditors Volume 48 Pages 659 - 674 ISSN 0364-152X Altmetric
2011	Prescribed burning: how can it work to conserve the things we value? Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 20 Pages 721 - 733 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2011	Quantifying the influence of fuel age and weather on the annual extent of unplanned fires in the Sydney region of Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 20 Pages 142 - 151 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2011	TRY – a global database of plant traits Published In Global Change Biology Volume 17 Pages 2905 - 2935 ISSN 1354-1013 Altmetric
2011	Trial by fire: natural hazards, mixed-methods and cultural research Published In Australian Geographer Volume 42 Pages 19 - 40 ISSN 0004-9182 Altmetric
2011	‘The worst fire season ever’ … until next year Published In The Conversation Volume 15 November Pages 1 - 4
2010	A biogeographic model of fire regimes in Australia: current and future implications Published In Global Ecology and Biogeography Volume 19 Pages 145 - 158 ISSN 1466-822X Altmetric

Editor Of

Book
- Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World. Collingwood, Vic. 2012

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020 - 2023	Shaping a sunburnt country: fire, climate and the Australian landscape Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2013 - 2014	Fire futures in south eastern Australia: Integrating trajectories of change in climate, ecosystems and fire regimes Awarded by: CSIRO Funding Scheme: National Research Flagship Collaboration Fund
2013	When fire and water mix: do CO2 related water savings drive woody plant thickening and fire dynamics in a grassy woodland? Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2011	Climate change impacts on bushfire fuels Awarded by: NSW Environmental Trust Funding Scheme: Environmental Research Program
2010	FUME - Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world Awarded by: European Union Funding Scheme: Grant
2010	Modelling Fire and Urban risk in Southern California Awarded by: U.S. Geological Survey Funding Scheme: grant
2010	Plant responses to fire across the semi-arid Mallee rainfall gradient Awarded by: SA Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation Funding Scheme: Research Grant
2007	Managing ecosystems change in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2007	Spatial-dynamic models to identify optimal fire mosaics, based on demography, dispersal and fire responses of plants, birds and reptiles Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
	Maximising return from environmental plantings in flammable systems Awarded by: NSW Environmental Trust Funding Scheme: Environmental Research Program

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Productivity and Effectiveness of Suppression Resources and Tactics on Large Fires	Simpson, Heather
Master of Philosophy	Diversity Relationships Between Standing Vegetation and Soil Seed Banks in Semi-Arid Dune Mallee Vegetation	Harris, Mark
Doctor of Philosophy	Empirical analysis of spot-fire and fore brand behaviuor during extreme fire weather conditions.	Storey, Michael
Doctor of Philosophy	Downed, dead and decayed Coarse woody debris creation and loss dynamics in response to fire regimes and climate	Stares, Mitchell
Doctor of Philosophy	Resprouting into the future: implications for widespread Eucalyptus species under climate change	Bendall, Eli
Doctor of Philosophy	Avian responses to fire regimes in montane dry sclerophyll forests of south-eastern Australia	Franklin, Michael
Doctor of Philosophy	Can logging alter landscape function in fire prone forests?	Wilson, Nicholas
Doctor of Philosophy		Lu, Shawn
Doctor of Philosophy	Effects of climate change on resilience of fire prone plant communities	Simpson-Southward, Harriet

Top Publications

Year	Title
2010	A biogeographic model of fire regimes in Australia: current and future implications Published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
2013	Defining pyromes and global syndromes of fire regimes Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA
2014	Learning to coexist with wildfire Published in Nature
2018	Aboveground carbon sequestration in dry temperate forests varies with climate not fire regime Published in Global Change Biology

Research Areas

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Australia needs a national fire inquiry – these are the 3 key areas it should deliver in Published In The Conversation Volume 23 January Pages 1 - 4
2020	Causes and consequences of eastern Australia's 2019–20 season of mega‐fires Published In Global Change Biology Volume Online First Pages 1 - 3 ISSN 1354-1013 Altmetric
2020	Drivers of long-distance spotting during wildfires in south-eastern Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Altmetric
2020	Exploring the key drivers of forest flammability in wet eucalypt forests using expert-derived conceptual models Published In Landscape Ecology Altmetric
2020	The Proximal Drivers of Large Fires: A Pyrogeographic Study Published In Frontiers in Earth Science Volume 8 ISSN 2296-6463 Altmetric
2019	A temporal framework of large wildfire suppression in practice, a qualitative descriptive study Published In Forests Volume 10 Pages 884-1 - 884-30 Altmetric
2019	Aboveground forest carbon shows different responses to fire frequency in harvested and unharvested forests Published In Ecological Applications Volume 29 Pages e01815-1 - e01815-14 ISSN 1051-0761 Altmetric
2019	Climate change effects on the frequency, seasonality and interannual variability of suitable prescribed burning weather conditions in south-eastern Australia Published In Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Volume 271 Pages 148 - 157 ISSN 0168-1923 Altmetric
2019	Developing and testing models of the drivers of anthropogenic and lightning-caused wildfire ignitions in south-eastern Australia Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 235 Pages 34 - 41 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2019	Drought and climate change were the kindling, and now the east coast is ablaze Published In The Conversation Volume 11 November Pages 1 - 6
2019	Globe-LFMC, a global plant water status database for vegetation ecophysiology and wildfire applications Published In Scientific Data Volume 6 Pages 155-1 - 155-8 Altmetric
2019	Quantification of inter-regional differences in risk mitigation from prescribed burning across multiple management values Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume Online First Pages 1 - 13 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2019	The influence of planting size and configuration on landscape fire risk Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 248 Pages 109338-1 - 109338-7 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2018	Aboveground carbon sequestration in dry temperate forests varies with climate not fire regime Published In Global Change Biology Volume 24 Pages 4280 - 4292 ISSN 1354-1013 Altmetric
2018	Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system Published In Environmental Research Letters Volume 13 Pages 033003-1 - 033003-18 ISSN 1748-9326 Altmetric
2018	Effects of competition and herbivory over woody seedling growth in a temperate woodland trump the effects of elevated CO2 Published In Oecologia Volume 187 Pages 811 - 823 ISSN 0029-8549 Altmetric
2018	Fire intensity drives post-fire temporal pattern of soil carbon accumulation in Australian fire-prone forests Published In Science of the Total Environment Volume 610-611 Pages 1113 - 1124 ISSN 0048-9697 Altmetric
2018	Soil carbon in Australian fire-prone forests determined by climate more than fire regimes Published In Science of the Total Environment Volume 639 Pages 526 - 537 ISSN 0048-9697 Altmetric
2018	The role of defensible space on the likelihood of house impact from wildfires in forested landscapes of south eastern Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume Online First Pages 1 - 11 Altmetric
2018	The threatened status of the hollow dependent arboreal marsupial, the Greater Glider (Petauroides volans), can be explained by impacts from wildfire and selective logging Published In Forest Ecology and Management Volume 415-416 Pages 19 - 25 ISSN 0378-1127 Altmetric
2018	Understorey productivity in temperate grassy woodland responds to soil water availability but not to elevated [CO2] Published In Global Change Biology Volume 24 Pages 2366 - 2376 ISSN 1354-1013 Altmetric
2017	Changing Weather Extremes Call for Early Warning of Potential for Catastrophic Fire Published In Earth's Future Volume 5 Pages 1196 - 1202 ISSN 2328-4277 Altmetric
2017	Dry winter primes Sydney Basin for early start of bushfire season Published In The Conversation Volume 21 August Pages 1 - 4
2017	Importance of fuel treatment for limiting moderate-to-high intensity fire: findings from comparative fire modelling Published In Landscape Ecology Volume 32 Pages 1473 - 1483 ISSN 0921-2973 Altmetric
2017	Renewal ecology: conservation for the Anthropocene Published In Restoration Ecology Volume 25 Pages 674 - 680 ISSN 1061-2971 Altmetric
2017	Retrofitting for wildfire resilience: what is the cost? Published In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Volume 21 Pages 1 - 10 ISSN 2212-4209 Altmetric
2016	Advances in understanding the influence of fire on the ecology and evolution of plants: a tribute to Peter J. Clarke Published In Plant Ecology Volume 217 Pages 597 - 605 ISSN 1385-0237 Altmetric
2016	Determinants of growth of the flammable grass, Triodia scariosa: consequences for fuel dynamics under climate change in the Mediterranean region of South Eastern Australia Published In Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere Volume 41 Pages 594 - 603 ISSN 1442-9985 Altmetric
2016	Environmental values and fire hazard of eucalypt plantings Published In Ecosphere Volume 7 Pages e01528-1 - e01528-14 ISSN 2150-8925 Altmetric
2016	Future changes in climatic water balance determine potential for transformational shifts in Australian fire regimes Published In Environmental Research Letters Volume 11 Pages 065002-1 - 065002-13 ISSN 1748-9326 Altmetric
2016	How much does it cost residents to prepare their property for wildfire? Published In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Volume 16 Pages 88 - 98 ISSN 2212-4209 Altmetric
2016	Large-scale, dynamic transformations in fuel moisture drive wildfire activity across southeastern Australia Published In Geophysical Research Letters Volume 43 Pages 4229 - 4238 ISSN 0094-8276 Altmetric
2016	Predicting dead fine fuel moisture at regional scales using vapour pressure deficit from MODIS and gridded weather data Published In Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal Volume 174 Pages 100 - 108 ISSN 0034-4257 Altmetric
2016	Resolving future fire management conflicts using multicriteria decision making Published In Conservation Biology Volume 30 Pages 196 - 205 ISSN 0888-8892 Altmetric
2016	Responses of resilience traits to gradients of temperature, rainfall and fire frequency in fire-prone, Australian forests: potential consequences of climate change Published In Plant Ecology Volume 217 Pages 725 - 741 ISSN 1385-0237 Altmetric
2016	The drivers of wildfire enlargement do not exhibit scale thresholds in southeastern Australian forests Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 181 Pages 208 - 217 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2016	Wildfire survival plans in theory and practice Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 25 Pages 363 - 377 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2016	Wildfires: weigh policy effectiveness Published In Science Volume 350 Pages 920 - 920 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2015	A generic, empirical-based model for predicting rate of fire spread in shrublands Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 24 Pages 443 - 460 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2015	A semi-mechanistic model for predicting the moisture content of fine litter Published In Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Volume 203 Pages 64 - 73 ISSN 0168-1923 Altmetric
2015	A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems Published In Science of the Total Environment Volume 534 Pages 31 - 42 ISSN 0048-9697 Altmetric
2015	Adding fuel to the fire? Revegetation influences wildfire size and intensity Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 150 Pages 196 - 205 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2015	An empirical wildfire risk analysis: the probability of a fire spreading to the urban interface in Sydney, Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 24 Pages 597 - 606 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2015	Biogeographical variation in the potential effectiveness of prescribed fire in south-eastern Australia Published In Journal of Biogeography Volume 42 Pages 2234 - 2245 ISSN 0305-0270 Altmetric
2015	Climatic, vegetation and edaphic influences on the probability of fire across mediterranean woodlands of south-eastern Australia Published In Journal of Biogeography Volume 42 Pages 1750 - 1760 ISSN 0305-0270 Altmetric
2015	Identifying the location of fire refuges in wet forest ecosystems Published In Ecological Applications Volume 25 Pages 2337 - 2348 ISSN 1051-0761 Altmetric
2015	Interval squeeze: altered fire regimes and demographic responses interact to threaten woody species persistence as climate changes Published In Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Volume 13 Pages 265 - 272 ISSN 1540-9295 Altmetric
2015	Reducing the risk of house loss due to wildfires Published In Environmental Modelling and Software Volume 67 Pages 12 - 25 ISSN 1364-8152 Altmetric
2015	Tree hollows and forest stand structure in Australian warm temperate Eucalyptus forests are adversely affected by logging more than wildfire Published In Forest Ecology and Management Volume 341 Pages 37 - 44 ISSN 0378-1127 Altmetric
2015	Trends in evapotranspiration and streamflow following wildfire in resprouting eucalypt forests Published In Journal of Hydrology Volume 524 Pages 614 - 624 ISSN 0022-1694 Altmetric
2015	Using MODIS data to analyse post-fire vegetation recovery in Australian eucalypt forests Published In Journal of Spatial Science Volume 60 Pages 341 - 352 ISSN 1324-9983 Altmetric
2014	Can precipitation influence landscape controls on wildfire severity? A case study within temperate eucalypt forests of south-eastern Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 23 Pages 9 - 20 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2014	Changes in evapotranspiration following wildfire in resprouting eucalypt forests Published In Ecohydrology Volume 7 Pages 1363 - 1377 ISSN 1936-0584 Altmetric
2014	Changing dominance of key plant species across a Mediterranean climate region: implications for fuel types and future fire regimes Published In Plant Ecology Volume 215 Pages 83 - 95 ISSN 1385-0237 Altmetric
2014	Countervailing effects of urbanization and vegetation extent on fire frequency on the Wildland urban interface: disentangling fuel and ignition effects Published In Landscape and Urban Planning Volume 130 Pages 81 - 88 ISSN 0169-2046 Altmetric
2014	Divergent responses of fire to recent warming and drying across south-eastern Australia Published In Global Change Biology Volume 20 Pages 1412 - 1428 ISSN 1354-1013 Altmetric
2014	Environmental assessment of erosion following prescribed burning in the Mount Lofty Ranges, Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 23 Pages 104 - 116 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2014	Impacts of frequent burning on live tree carbon biomass and demography in post-harvest regrowth forest Published In Forests Volume 5 Pages 802 - 821 Altmetric
2014	Influence of fuels, weather and the built environment on the exposure of property to wildfire Published In PLoS One Volume 9 Pages e111414-1 - e111414-9 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2014	Learning to coexist with wildfire Published In Nature Volume 515 Pages 58 - 66 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2014	Logging and fire in Australian forests: errors by Attiwill et al. (2014) Published In Conservation Letters Volume 7 Pages 419 - 420 ISSN 1755-263X Altmetric
2014	Modelling surface fine fuel dynamics across climate gradients in eucalypt forests of south-eastern Australia Published In Ecography: pattern and diversity in ecology Volume 37 Pages 827 - 837 ISSN 0906-7590 Altmetric
2014	Reducing wildfire risk to urban developments: simulation of cost-effective fuel treatment solutions in south eastern Australia Published In Environmental Modelling and Software Volume 52 Pages 166 - 175 ISSN 1364-8152 Altmetric
2014	Structural adjustments in resprouting trees drive differences in post-fire transpiration Published In Tree Physiology: an international botanical journal Volume 34 Pages 123 - 136 ISSN 1758-4469 Altmetric
2014	Vegetation, terrain and fire history shape the impact of extreme weather on fire severity and ecosystem response Published In Journal of Vegetation Science Volume 25 Pages 1033 - 1044 ISSN 1100-9233 Altmetric
2013	Brave new green world - Consequences of a carbon economy for the conservation of Australian biodiversity Published In Biological Conservation Volume 161 Pages 71 - 90 ISSN 0006-3207 Altmetric
2013	Bushfire hazard reduction: the sword or the shield? Published In The Conversation Volume 23 October Pages 1 - 3
2013	Contrasting fire responses to climate and management: insights from two Australian ecosystems Published In Global Change Biology Volume 19 Pages 1223 - 1235 ISSN 1354-1013 Altmetric
2013	Defining adequate means of residents to prepare property for protection from wildfire Published In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Volume 6 Pages 67 - 77 ISSN 2212-4209 Altmetric
2013	Defining pyromes and global syndromes of fire regimes Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 110 Pages 6442 - 6447 ISSN 1091-6490 Altmetric
2013	Demographic patterns of a widespread long-lived tree are associated with rainfall and disturbances along rainfall gradients in SE Australia Published In Ecology and Evolution Volume 3 Pages 2169 - 2182 ISSN 2045-7758 Altmetric
2013	Examining the relative effects of fire weather, suppression and fuel treatment on fire behaviour - a simulation study Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 131 Pages 325 - 333 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2013	Exploring the role of fire, succession, climate, and weather on landscape dynamics using comparative modeling Published In Ecological Modelling Volume 266 Pages 172 - 186 ISSN 0304-3800 Altmetric
2013	Fire regimes of Australia: a pyrogeographic model system Published In Journal of Biogeography Volume 40 Pages 1048 - 1058 ISSN 0305-0270 Altmetric
2013	Forest fire management, climate change, and the risk of catastrophic carbon losses Published In Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Volume 11 Pages 66 - 68 ISSN 1540-9295 Altmetric
2013	Forest-fire regimes affect thermoregulatory opportunities for terrestrial ectotherms Published In Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere Volume 38 Pages 190 - 198 Altmetric
2013	Landscape scale influences of forest area and housing density on house loss in the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Published In PLoS One Volume 8 Pages e73421-1 - e73421-6 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2013	Modelling the determinants of ignition in the Sydney Basin, Australia: implications for future management Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 22 Pages 469 - 478 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2013	Sydney fires caused by people and nature Published In The Conversation Volume 18 October Pages 1 - 3
2013	The spatial domain of wildfire risk and response in the wildland urban interface in Sydney, Australia Published In Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Volume 13 Pages 3385 - 3393 ISSN 1561-8633 Altmetric
2012	A comparison of bushfire fuel hazard assessors and assessment methods in dry sclerophyll forest near Sydney, Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 21 Pages 755 - 763 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2012	Can gullies preserve complex forest structure in frequently burnt landscapes? Published In Biological Conservation Volume 153 Pages 177 - 186 ISSN 0006-3207 Altmetric
2012	Changes in forest structure over 60 years: tree densities continue to increase in the Pilliga forests, New South Wales, Australia Published In Australian Journal of Botany Volume 60 Pages 1 - 8 ISSN 0067-1924 Altmetric
2012	Impact of fire regimes, logging and topography on hollows in fallen logs in eucalypt forest of south eastern Australia Published In Biological Conservation Volume 149 Pages 23 - 31 ISSN 0006-3207 Altmetric
2012	Interactions between dense Callitris regeneration and Eucalyptus and Callitris canopy trees in semiarid woodlands Published In Australian Journal of Botany Volume 60 Pages 549 - 558 ISSN 0067-1924 Altmetric
2012	Land management practices associated with house loss in wildfires Published In PLoS One Volume 7 Pages e29212 - 1 - e29212 - 9 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2012	Modelling the potential for prescribed burning to mitigate carbon emissions from wildfires in fire-prone forests of Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 21 Pages 629 - 638 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2012	Monitoring live fuel moisture content of heathland, shrubland and sclerophyll forest in south-eastern Australia using MODIS data Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 21 Pages 257 - 269 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2012	The efficacy of fuel treatment in mitigating property loss during wildfires: insights from analysis of the severity of the catastrophic fires in 2009 in Victoria, Australia Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 113 Pages 146 - 157 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2012	The impact of antecedent fire area on burned area in southern California coastal ecosystems Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 113 Pages 301 - 307 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2012	Using remotely-sensed fuel connectivity patterns as a tool for fire danger monitoring Published In Geophysical Research Letters Volume 39 Page p. L01302 ISSN 0094-8276 Altmetric
2012	Wildfires, fuel treatment and risk mitigation in Australian eucalypt forests: Insights from landscape-scale simulation Published In Journal of Environmental Management Volume 105 Pages 66 - 75 ISSN 1095-8630 Altmetric
2011	Assessing the sensitivity of MODIS to monitor drought in high biomass ecosystems Published In Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal Volume 115 Pages 2626 - 2639 ISSN 0034-4257 Altmetric
2011	Bayes Nets as a method for analysing the influence of management actions in fire planning Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 20 Pages 909 - 920 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2011	Burn bush, reduce emissions: evaluating costs and benefits of prescribed burning Published In The Conversation Volume 31 May Pages 1 - 3
2011	Did historical tree removal promote woody plant encroachment in Australian woodlands? Published In Journal of Vegetation Science Volume 23 Pages 304 - 312 ISSN 1100-9233 Altmetric
2011	Fire as an evolutionary pressure shaping plant traits Published In Trends in Plant Science Volume 16 Pages 406 - 411 ISSN 1360-1385 Altmetric
2011	How do slow-growing, fire-sensitive conifers survive in flammable eucalypt woodlands? Published In Journal of Vegetation Science Volume 22 Pages 425 - 435 ISSN 1100-9233 Altmetric
2011	Integrating science into management of ecosystems in the Greater Blue Mountains Published In Environmental Management (New York): an international journal for decision-makers, scientists and environmental auditors Volume 48 Pages 659 - 674 ISSN 0364-152X Altmetric
2011	Prescribed burning: how can it work to conserve the things we value? Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 20 Pages 721 - 733 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2011	Quantifying the influence of fuel age and weather on the annual extent of unplanned fires in the Sydney region of Australia Published In International Journal of Wildland Fire Volume 20 Pages 142 - 151 ISSN 1049-8001 Altmetric
2011	TRY – a global database of plant traits Published In Global Change Biology Volume 17 Pages 2905 - 2935 ISSN 1354-1013 Altmetric
2011	Trial by fire: natural hazards, mixed-methods and cultural research Published In Australian Geographer Volume 42 Pages 19 - 40 ISSN 0004-9182 Altmetric
2011	‘The worst fire season ever’ … until next year Published In The Conversation Volume 15 November Pages 1 - 4
2010	A biogeographic model of fire regimes in Australia: current and future implications Published In Global Ecology and Biogeography Volume 19 Pages 145 - 158 ISSN 1466-822X Altmetric

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- Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World. Collingwood, Vic. 2012

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020 - 2023	Shaping a sunburnt country: fire, climate and the Australian landscape Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2013 - 2014	Fire futures in south eastern Australia: Integrating trajectories of change in climate, ecosystems and fire regimes Awarded by: CSIRO Funding Scheme: National Research Flagship Collaboration Fund
2013	When fire and water mix: do CO2 related water savings drive woody plant thickening and fire dynamics in a grassy woodland? Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2011	Climate change impacts on bushfire fuels Awarded by: NSW Environmental Trust Funding Scheme: Environmental Research Program
2010	FUME - Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world Awarded by: European Union Funding Scheme: Grant
2010	Modelling Fire and Urban risk in Southern California Awarded by: U.S. Geological Survey Funding Scheme: grant
2010	Plant responses to fire across the semi-arid Mallee rainfall gradient Awarded by: SA Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation Funding Scheme: Research Grant
2007	Managing ecosystems change in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2007	Spatial-dynamic models to identify optimal fire mosaics, based on demography, dispersal and fire responses of plants, birds and reptiles Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
	Maximising return from environmental plantings in flammable systems Awarded by: NSW Environmental Trust Funding Scheme: Environmental Research Program

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Productivity and Effectiveness of Suppression Resources and Tactics on Large Fires	Simpson, Heather
Master of Philosophy	Diversity Relationships Between Standing Vegetation and Soil Seed Banks in Semi-Arid Dune Mallee Vegetation	Harris, Mark
Doctor of Philosophy	Empirical analysis of spot-fire and fore brand behaviuor during extreme fire weather conditions.	Storey, Michael
Doctor of Philosophy	Downed, dead and decayed Coarse woody debris creation and loss dynamics in response to fire regimes and climate	Stares, Mitchell
Doctor of Philosophy	Resprouting into the future: implications for widespread Eucalyptus species under climate change	Bendall, Eli
Doctor of Philosophy	Avian responses to fire regimes in montane dry sclerophyll forests of south-eastern Australia	Franklin, Michael
Doctor of Philosophy	Can logging alter landscape function in fire prone forests?	Wilson, Nicholas
Doctor of Philosophy		Lu, Shawn
Doctor of Philosophy	Effects of climate change on resilience of fire prone plant communities	Simpson-Southward, Harriet

Bradstock, Ross A. Senior Professor

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