Flammable Australia

Flammable Australia
Title Flammable Australia PDF eBook
Author Ross A. Bradstock
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 488
Release 2002
Genre Nature
ISBN 9780521805919

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Fire is pivotal to the functioning of ecosystems in Australia, affecting the distribution and abundance of the continent's unique and highly diverse range of plants and animals. Conservation of this natural biodiversity therefore requires a good understanding of scientific processes involved in the action of fire on the landscape. This book provides an up-to-date synthesis of current knowledge in this area and its application in contemporary land management. Central to the discussion is an exploration of the concept of the fire regime and its interactions with biodiversity.

Flammable Australia

Flammable Australia
Title Flammable Australia PDF eBook
Author Ross Andrew Bradstock
Publisher CSIRO PUBLISHING
Pages 345
Release 2012
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 0643104828

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Leading researchers give an overview of the field of fire ecology in Australia.

Australia Burning

Australia Burning
Title Australia Burning PDF eBook
Author Geoffrey Cary
Publisher CSIRO PUBLISHING
Pages 284
Release 2003
Genre Nature
ISBN 9780643069268

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Integrates both the natural and social sciences in addressing the issues of fire management and policy.

Flammable Australia

Flammable Australia
Title Flammable Australia PDF eBook
Author Richard J Williams
Publisher CSIRO PUBLISHING
Pages 345
Release 2012-02-21
Genre Science
ISBN 0643104844

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In Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World, leading researchers in fire ecology and management discuss how fire regimes have shaped and will continue to shape the distribution and abundance of Australia’s highly diverse plants and animals. Central to this is the exploration of the concept of the fire regime – the cumulative pattern of fires and their individual characteristics (fire type, frequency, intensity, season) and how variation in regime components affects landscapes and their constituent biota. Contributions by 44 authors explore a wide range of topics including classical themes such as pre-history and evolution, fire behaviour, fire regimes in key biomes, plant and animal life cycles, remote sensing and modelling of fire regimes, and emerging issues such as climate change and fire regimes, carbon dynamics and opportunities for managing fire regimes for multiple benefits. In the face of significant global change, the conservation of our native species and ecosystems requires an understanding of the processes at play when fires and landscapes interact. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of this complex science, in the context of one of the world’s most flammable continents.

Safer Gardens

Safer Gardens
Title Safer Gardens PDF eBook
Author Lesley Corbett
Publisher Australian Scholarly Publishing
Pages 541
Release 2021-07-02
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 1922454605

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Destructive bushfires are increasing in frequency and intensity around the world. For people living in fire prone areas there are no reliable guides about which plants have low flammability and which are frighteningly flammable. Safer Gardens is that guide, with over 500 plants assessed, based on fire research from around the world. Readers can look up a plant in the Plant Flammability Table to get an idea of its flammability then turn to the A–Z for more detailed information. The book contains advice about ways to create a more firesafe garden, including the need to carefully manage the use of mulch and hedges. This is citizen science, written by a gardener for other gardeners. Complex and potentially confusing science is made comprehensible and usable, to help you make your garden and hence your house safer.

Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas

Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas
Title Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas PDF eBook
Author Jeremy Russell-Smith
Publisher CSIRO PUBLISHING
Pages 416
Release 2009-10-26
Genre Science
ISBN 0643099999

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This engaging volume explores the management of fire in one of the world’s most flammable landscapes: Australia’s tropical savannas, where on average 18% of the landscape is burned annually. Impacts have been particularly severe in the Arnhem Land Plateau, a centre of plant and animal diversity on Indigenous land. Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas documents a remarkable collaboration between Arnhem Land’s traditional landowners and the scientific community to arrest a potentially catastrophic fire-driven decline in the natural and cultural assets of the region – not by excluding fire, but by using it better through restoration of Indigenous control over burning. This multi-disciplinary treatment encompasses the history of fire use in the savannas, the post-settlement changes that altered fire patterns, the personal histories of a small number of people who lived most of their lives on the plateau and, critically, their deep knowledge of fire and how to apply it to care for country. Uniquely, it shows how such knowledge and commitment can be deployed in conjunction with rigorous formal scientific analysis, advanced technology, new cross-cultural institutions and the emerging carbon economy to build partnerships for controlling fire at scales that were, until this demonstration, thought beyond effective intervention.

Culture, Ecology, and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas

Culture, Ecology, and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas
Title Culture, Ecology, and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas PDF eBook
Author Jeremy Russell-Smith
Publisher CSIRO PUBLISHING
Pages 417
Release 2009
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 0643094024

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In 12 multi-authored chapters, this book documents key challenges and novel options for addressing chronic landscape scale fire management issues in North Australian Savannas through development of both collaborative, cross cultural approaches and commercially supported enviroment programs.