Flammable Australia : the fire regimes and biodiversity of a continent / edited by Ross A. Bradstock, Jann E. Williams, Malcolm A. Gill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bradstock, R. A. (Ross Andrew)

Williams, Jann E. (Jann Elizabeth), 1961-

Gill, A. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fire ecology--Australia.

Fire ecology.

Biodiversity--Australia.

Biodiversity.

Australia.

Physical Description:

viii, 462 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Contents:

Part I Past and future

1 A history of fire in Australia / A. Peter Kershaw, James S. Clark, A. Malcolm Gill, Donna M. D'Costa 3

2 Importance of a changing climate for fire regimes in Australia / Geoffrey J. Cary 26

Part II Fire regimes and life histories

3 Fire properties and burn patterns in heterogeneous landscapes / Wendy Catchpole 49

4 Fire regimes in landscapes: models and realities / Michael A. Mccarthy, Geoffrey J. Cary 77

5 Critical life cycles of plants and animals: developing a process-based understanding of population changes in fire-prone landscapes / Robert J. Whelan, Louise Rodgerson, Chris R. Dickman, Elizabeth F. Sutherland 94

6 Spatial variability in fire regimes: its effects on recent and past vegetation / James S. Clark, A. Malcolm Gill, A. Peter Kershaw 125

Part III Ecosystems: grasslands

7 Fire regimes in the spinifex landscapes of Australia / Grant E. Allan, Richard I. Southgate 145

8 The role of fire regimes in temperate lowland grasslands of south-eastern Australia / Ian D. Lunt, John W. Morgan 177

Part IV Ecosystems: shrublands

9 Fire regimes in Australian heathlands and their effects on plants and animals / David A. Keith, W. Lachie Mccaw, Robert J. Whelan 199

10 Fire regimes and biodiversity in semi-arid mallee ecosystems / Ross A. Bradstock, Janet S. Cohn 238

11 Fire regimes in Acacia wooded landscapes: effects on functional processes and biological diversity / Ken C. Hodgkinson 259

Part V Ecosystems: woodlands

12 Fire regimes and biodiversity in the savannas of northern Australia / Richard J. Williams, Anthony D. Griffiths, Grant E. Allan 281

13 Fire regimes and their effects in Australian temperate woodlands / Richard Hobbs 305

Part VI Ecosystems: forests

14 Fire regimes and fire management of rainforest communities across northern Australia / Jeremy Russell-Smith, Peter Stanton 329

15 Fire regimes and biodiversity of forested landscapes of southern Australia / A. Malcolm Gill, Peter C. Catling 351

Part VII Applications

16 Fire regimes in semi-arid and tropical pastoral lands: managing biological diversity and ecosystem function / James C. Noble, Anthony C. Grice 373

17 Fire management and biodiversity conservation: key approaches and principles / David A. Keith, Jann E. Williams, John C. Z. Woinarski 401

Part VIII Final

18 Fire regimes and biodiversity: legacy and vision / A. Malcolm Gill, Ross A. Bradstock, Jann E. Williams 429.

Notes:

"Tasmania, Parks and Wildlife Service."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0521805910

OCLC:

46384021