2022
DOI: 10.1101/2022.03.15.483873
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Beyond inappropriate fire regimes: a synthesis of fire-driven declines of threatened mammals in Australia

Abstract: Fire can promote biodiversity but changing patterns of fire threaten species worldwide. While scientific literature often describes inappropriate fire regimes as a significant threat to biodiversity, less attention has been paid to the characteristics that make a fire regime inappropriate. We go beyond this generic description and synthesize how inappropriate fire regimes contribute to declines of animal populations, using threatened mammals as a case study. We developed a demographic framework for classifying… Show more

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“…For example, Whelan et al (2002) proposed a demographic approach for understanding animal and plant population changes following fire events, with a focus on the life cycles of biota. Recent work has built on this approach and developed a demographic framework for classifying mechanisms by which fire regimes cause animal population decline, which was applied in a systematic review to identify fire‐regime characteristics and interacting threats driving declines in threatened Australian land mammals (Santos et al, 2022). Here, we apply this framework to squamate reptiles of conservation concern in Australia – a continent colloquially known as the ‘land of the lizards’ because of its high reptile diversity.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, Whelan et al (2002) proposed a demographic approach for understanding animal and plant population changes following fire events, with a focus on the life cycles of biota. Recent work has built on this approach and developed a demographic framework for classifying mechanisms by which fire regimes cause animal population decline, which was applied in a systematic review to identify fire‐regime characteristics and interacting threats driving declines in threatened Australian land mammals (Santos et al, 2022). Here, we apply this framework to squamate reptiles of conservation concern in Australia – a continent colloquially known as the ‘land of the lizards’ because of its high reptile diversity.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%