Prescribed burning

Eucalypt decline in the absence of fire: Relationship to the ectomycorrhizal fungal community

Fire Note 78: Eucalypt dieback is widespread throughout Australia affecting many forests that are utilised for wood resources or are protected for conservation. The causes of eucalypt dieback are currently unknown but may be related to altered fire regimes and associated changes in the ecosystem, such as altered relationships with beneficial mycorrhizal fungi, which were investigated in this study.

What are the impacts of wildfire on the hydrology of Sydney's water supply catchments?

The effect of bushfire on Sydney’s water catchments was investigated in a PhD study from Jessica Heath (University of Sydney). Her work showed that the pre‐bushfire models used had predicted the post‐bushfire models well, and that bushfire had no obvious effect on water yield within the Sydney drinking water supply catchments. 

Development of Pasture Growth Models for Grassland Fire Danger Risk Assessment

This project is evaluating the suitability of pasture growth models for assessing current and predicting future levels of grassland curing. A glasshouse trial was undertaken to provide data to better define grass plant senescence, particularly leaf turnover, within these models. A further trial investigated the effect of water stress on the onset and duration of senescence in four representative grassland species.

Field assessment of leaf turnover and curing in representative grassland types was undertaken to validate glasshouse work.

Fire history and understorey vegetation: Water and nutrient relations of Eucalyptus gomphocephala and E. delegatensis overstorey trees

D. C. Close, Davidson, N. J., and Swanborough, P. W., Fire history and understorey vegetation: Water and nutrient relations of Eucalyptus gomphocephala and E. delegatensis overstorey trees, Forest Ecology and Management, 2011.

Testing woody fuel consumption models for application in Australian southern eucalypt forest fires

J. J. Hollis, Matthews, S., Ottmar, R. D., Prichard, S. J., Slijepcevic, A., Burrows, N. D., Ward, B., Tolhurst, K. G., Anderson, W. R., and Gould, J. S., Testing woody fuel consumption models for application in Australian southern eucalypt forest fires, Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 260, no. 6, pp. 948 - 964, 2010.

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