Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0776604

Funded Activity Summary

Spatial-dynamic models to identify optimal fire mosaics, based on demography, dispersal and fire responses of plants, birds and reptiles. Inappropriate fire regimes threaten native species with extinction. The threat is higher in cleared landscapes where habitat is isolated and recolonisation unlikely. Furthermore, climate change is predicted to increase the frequency of intense bushfires. To meet the priority goals Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, and Responding to Climate Change, landscape-scale fire management is essential. We will use simulation models based on detailed biological data and fire-behaviour to explore large-scale and long-term consequences of alternate fire management policies. Our project will enable fire mosaics to be implemented that maintain biodiversity and will identify effective fire management responses to climate change, and habitat fragmentation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2007

End Date: 31-12-2012

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $431,052.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Conservation And Biodiversity | Natural Resource Management | Land And Parks Management | Environmental Science and Management |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (flora and fauna) | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management

Other Keywords

Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Land And Parks Management | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Natural Resource Management

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