Vegetation and landscape connectivity control wildfire intervals in unmanaged semi‐arid shrublands and woodlands in Australia

• Published in: Journal of biogeography Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 112 - 124
• Main Authors: O'Donnell, Alison J, Boer, Matthias M, McCaw, W. Lachlan, Grierson, Pauline F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2011; Blackwell Publishing; Blackwell; Wiley
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Australian environmental dynamics; Biological and medical sciences; Connectivity; Environmental Sciences; Fire ecology; fire fighting; Fire interval length; Fire regimes; fire spread; Forest and land fires; Forest fires; fuel age; fuel continuity; fuel loading; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; lakes; landscapes; Musical intervals; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; probability distribution; Shrublands; shrubs; south-western Australia; Synecology; topography; Vegetation; Vegetation structure; vegetation type; Weather damages. Fires; Weibull distribution; Wildfires; Woodlands; Australia; Western Australia; Oceania; South Australia; fuel continuity; Landscape; Woodland; Ecological connectivity; Vegetation type; Semi arid zone; Fires; Topography; Fuel; Vegetation; Fire interval length; fuel age; Vegetation fire; Weibull distribution; Age; Shrubbery; Interval; south-western Australia; SUD OUEST AUSTRALIE; AUSTRALIE; WEIBULL MODELE

Aim The aim of this study was to determine how spatial variation in vegetation type and landscape connectivity influence fire intervals in a semi‐arid landscape with low relief and complex mosaics of woodland and shrubland vegetation. Location Our study focused on a 15,500‐km² area of relatively und...