Fire and the evolution of the Australian biota

Recher, Harry F.; Christensen, Per

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-8629-9_7

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“…In addition, the food requirements of many species are not well known. Recher and Christensen (1981) suggested that animals that feed on soil and litter organisms may be most affected by reductions in the availability of food after fire. Litter invertebrates have been shown to suffer a 50% reduction in species richness and a 5090% reduction in abundance after hazard-reduction burns (Leonard 1974).…”

Section: Foodmentioning

confidence: 98%

Mechanisms of recovery after fire by rodents in the Australian environment: a review

Sutherland¹,

Dickman²

1999

Wildl. Res.

137

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Possible impacts and mechanisms of response by Australian rodents to fire are identified and discussed in relation to the literature. Although there is considerable information on patterns of population response, there is little concerning the effect of fire on individual behaviour, mortality, or interactions at the community level. The evidence that links observed responses of rodents to habitat variables is largely correlative, and theories on mechanisms of recovery are often simplified or speculative. Experimental manipulations of resources, competitive interactions and predation rates are proposed as the best way to clarify which factors are most influential upon individuals, populations and communities in the post-fire environment.

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Section: Foodmentioning

confidence: 98%

Mechanisms of recovery after fire by rodents in the Australian environment: a review

Sutherland¹,

Dickman²

1999

Wildl. Res.

137

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“…Christensen & Kimber 1975;Newsome el al. 1975;Catling & Newsome 1981;Recher & Christensen 1981;Fox & MacKay 1981;Fox 1982;Caughley 1985;Lunney 1987;Lunney t^M/. 1987).…”

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Effects of fire on the bird communities of tropical woodlands and open forests in northern Australia

Woinarski

1990

Australian Journal of Ecology

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“…There, evolution of distinctive fire adapted ecosystems during early Tertiary times has been ascribed to changes in fire -regime related to c1imate change, specifically to the onset of seasonally variable precipitation (RECHER & CHRISTENSEN, 1981;KEMP, 1981). During the more recent late Pleistocene period, further changes in forest composition and forest distribution reflecting increasing fire adaptation were found coeval with the peopling of Australia.…”

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Fire history of Patagonia: clima te versus human cause

Markgraf¹,

Anderson²

1994

Rev. Inst. Geol.

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Vera MARKGRAF Lysanna ANDERSON Human society' s concern about future environmental changes in response to both natural forcings, such as climate, and ever increasing human impact can only be addressed if the interaction between the natural and man-made forcings are fully understood. One parameter that lends itself for such analysis is fire. The historical record is toa short and ambiguous to provide data adequate to discriminate between natural and man-induced changes in fire frequencies. Paleoenvironmental records, inclusive of both the historic and the prehistoric past, can provide an appropriate data set with which to address this questionoThese data include paleoclimate reconstructions, pollen, and charcoal records from dated sediment sections, and information on past human impact derived from historical and archaeological evidence. The Patagonian region is well suited for such a study because of its climatic diversity, its wide range of ecosystems, and the adaptation of its ecosystems to fire. Records from latitudes 36°t o 55°S suggest that a1thoughprehistoric human activities may have amplified extent of fires, climate played the central role. Changes in patterns of climate variability were particularly important. Whenever variability was high, during the late glacial and the late Holocene, fires were abundant. Late glacial variability is probably related to fluctuations in the extent of Antarctic sea-ice which in turn influences the latitudinal position of the westerly stormtracks; late Holocene variability, on the other hand, is related to the influence of EI Nifío/Southern Oscillation.

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Fire and the evolution of the Australian biota

Cited by 30 publications

References 17 publications

Mechanisms of recovery after fire by rodents in the Australian environment: a review

Mechanisms of recovery after fire by rodents in the Australian environment: a review

Effects of fire on the bird communities of tropical woodlands and open forests in northern Australia

Fire history of Patagonia: clima te versus human cause

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