Flammable Australia : The Fire Regimes and Biodiversity of a Continent (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. Past and Future: 1. A history of fire in Australia A. Peter Kershaw, James S. Clark, A. Malcolm Gill and D. M. D'Costa; 2. Importance of a changing climate for fire regimes in Australia Geoffrey J. Cary; Part II. Fire Regimes and Life Histories: 3. Fire properties and burn patterns in heterogeneous landscapes Wendy Catchpole; 4. Fire regimes in landscapes: models and realities Michael A. McCarthy and Geoffrey J. Cary; 5. Critical life cycles of plants and animals - developing a process-based understanding of population changes in fire-prone landscapes Robert J. Whelan, Louise Rodgerson, Chris R. Dickman and Elizabeth F. Sutherland; 6. Spatial variability in fire regimes: its effects on recent and past vegetation James S. Clark, A. Malcolm Gill and A. Peter Kershaw; Part III. Ecosystems: Grasslands: 7. Fire regimes in the Spinifex landscapes of Australia Grant Allan and Richard Southgate; 8. The role of fire regimes in temperate lowland grasslands of south-eastern Australia Ian D. Lunt and John W. Morgan; Part IV. Ecosystems: Shrublands: 9. Fire regimes in Australian heathlands and their effects on plants and animals David A. Keith, W. Lachie McCaw and Robert J. Whelan; 10. Fires regimes and biodiversity in semi-arid mallee ecosystems Ross A. Bradstock and Janet S. Cohn; 11. Fire regimes in Acacia wooded landscapes: effects on functional processes and biodiversity Ken C. Hodgkinson; Part V. Ecosystems: Woodlands: 12. Fire regimes and biodiversity in the savannahs of northern Australia Richard J. Williams, Anthony D. Griffiths and Grant Allan; 13. Fire regimes and their effects in Australian temperate woodlands Richard Hobbs; Part VI. Ecosystems: Forests: 14. Fire regimes and fire management of rainforest communities across northern Australia Jeremy Russell-Smith and Peter Stanton; 15. Fire regimes and biodiversity of forested landscapes of southern Australia A. Malcolm Gill and Peter C. Catling; Part VII. Applications: 16. Fire regimes in semi-arid and tropical pastoral lands: managing biological diversity and ecosystem function James C. Noble and Anthony C. Grice; 17. Fire management and biodiversity conservation - key approaches and principles David A. Keith, Jann E. Williams and John C. Z. Woinarski; Part VII. Conclusions: 18. Fire regimes and biodiversity: legacy and vision A. Malcolm Gill, Ross A. Bradstock and Jann E. Williams; Index.