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Optimising the spatial planning of prescribed burns to achieve multiple objectives in a fire-dependent ecosystem.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Williams, B. A. & Shoo, L. P. & Wilson, K. A. & Beyer, H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is potential for negative consequences for the ecological integrity of fire-dependent ecosystems as a result of inappropriate fire regimes. This...

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Informed multi-objective decision-making in environmental management using Pareto optimality.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Kennedy, M. C. & Ford, E. D. & Singleton, P. & Finney, M. & Agee, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effective decision-making in environmental management requires the consideration of multiple objectives that may conflict. Common optimization methods...

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Letting giants be - rethinking active fire management of old-growth eucalypt forest in the Australian tropics.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Tng, D. Y. P. & Goosem, S. & Jordan, G. J. & Bowman, D. M. J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

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Charcoal function and management in boreal ecosystems.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Hart, S. & Luckai, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Charcoal plays an important role in soil function and carbon storage in fire-prone ecosystems. Charcoal is present in most boreal forest soils as a re...

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The need for a consistent fire policy for Cerrado conservation.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Durigan, G. & Ratter, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Cerrado is a fire-dependent savanna requiring a clear and urgent fire management policy. The extensive misuse of fire for deforestation or pasture...

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Post-burn reproduction of woody plants in a neotropical savanna: the relative importance of sexual and vegetative reproduction.

Published online: 08 Oct 1998

Authors: Hoffmann, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Burning typically occurs at intervals of 1 to 3 years in the Brazilian cerrado, a rate that exceeds the precolonization fire regime. To determine if w...

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Chaparral bird community responses to prescribed fire and shrub removal in three management seasons.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Newman, E. A. & Potts, J. B. & Tingley, M. W. & Vaughn, C. & Stephens, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Chaparral, a type of shrubland common throughout the California Floristic Province, is subject to management and removal in regions where wildfire thr...

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Effects of fire on pollinators and pollination.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Brown, J. & York, A. & Christie, F. & McCarthy, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increased incidence of landscape fire and pollinator declines with co-extinctions of dependent plant species are both globally significant. Fire can a...

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Fish on fire: shifts in Amazonian fish communities after floodplain forest fires.

Published online: 03 Jan 2024

Authors: Lugo-Carvajal, A. & Holmgren, M. & Zuanon, J. & Sleen, P. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Severe droughts can lead to fires that cause massive tree mortality in even the wettest and most isolated Amazonian forests. After repeated fires, bla...

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Prescribed burning protects endangered tropical heathlands of the Arnhem Plateau, northern Australia.

Published online: 29 Jul 2015

Authors: Murphy, B. P. & Cochrane, M. A. & Russell-Smith, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There are concerns that frequent intense fires are reducing biodiversity on the Arnhem Plateau within Kakadu National Park, northern Australia. Since ...

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