Project: Forest & Fire Ecology

Effects of fire on ecosystem resilience in Lowan Mallee

This project involves collecting biodiversity data at a series of long-term monitoring sites in Victorias Desert Country with the aim of understanding the effects of fire regimes on ecosystem resilience.  The aims will be achieved through modelling associations between animals, plants and habitats with variation in fires, and synthesising changes in ecosystem resilience metrics in space and time. The outputs of this research will be used to transparently report on the effectiveness of bushfire management on public land and will support evidence-based decision making for bushfire management in Victoria.

Project timeline: 01/2025 – 01/2027

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