Heathland Sands (desert) ecological fire group return sampling

This research aims to build our understanding of the effects of both bushfire and planned burning on ecosystem resilience in the Heathland Sands (desert) ecological fire group (EFG) by: 

1. providing knowledge and data-based evidence to support strategic bushfire management modelling, evaluation, reporting and decision making
2. enabling rigorous assessment of ecosystem resilience metrics across this EFG, as improved empirical data supports modelling and analysis/program adaptation, used to understand their effectiveness for guiding fire management
3. verifying that underlying assumptions or evaluation of existing EFG data are robust and scientifically valid and enabling trend analysis
4. provision of high-quality ecosystem fire response data to further the effectiveness of decision-making tools and analysis.

This research project contributes to the delivery of the statewide stream and focuses on resampling of the priority EFG, Heathland Sands (desert). This work will provide additional data to verify and refine the response curves generated in the first survey round, provide further insight to the ongoing effects of fire on ecosystem resilience, and may provide a starting point for trend over time analysis.