Alan York

Ground-dwelling mammal diversity responds positively to productivity and habitat heterogeneity in a fire-prone region

Matthew Swan, Fiona Christie, Erin Steel, Holly Sitters, Alan York, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2020  |  ECOSPHERE

Environmental heterogeneity has a consistent, positive effect on species diversity globally, principally due to increased niche sp..

Environmental factors associated with the abundance of forest wiregrass (Tetrarrhena juncea), a flammable understorey grass in productive forests

Geofe O Cadiz, Jane G Cawson, Trent D Penman, Alan York, Thomas J Duff

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

When flammable plant species become dominant they can influence the flammability of the entire vegetation community. Therefore, it..

Habitat. use at fire edges: Does animal activity follow temporal patterns of habitat change?

Kate Parkins, Amy Scott, Julian Di Stefano, Matthew Swan, Holly Sitters, Alan York

Journal article  |  2019  |  FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Edges are ecologically important environmental features that have been well researched in agricultural and urban landscapes. Howev..

The response of cerambycid beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) to long-term fire frequency regimes in subtropical eucalypt forest

Martyn Eliott, Simon Lawson, Andrew Hayes, Valerie Debuse, Alan York, Tom Lewis

Journal article  |  2019  |  AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Fire has a varied influence on plant and animal species through direct (e.g. fire-induced mortality) and indirect (e.g. modificati..

Combining optimization and simulation modelling to measure the cumulative impacts of prescribed fire and wildfire on vegetation species diversity

Matthew P Chick, Alan York, Holly Sitters, Julian Di Stefano, Craig R Nitschke

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Growth‐stage optimization (GSO) offers a new approach to biodiversity conservation in fire‐prone regions by estimating the optimal..

Factors influencing above-ground and soil seed bank vegetation diversity at different scales in a quasi-Mediterranean ecosystem

Matthew P Chick, Craig R Nitschke, Janet S Cohn, Trent D Penman, Alan York

Journal article  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

QUESTIONS: Are factors influencing plant diversity in a fire‐prone Mediterranean ecosystem of southeast Australia scale‐dependent?..

Edge effects in fire-prone landscapes: Ecological importance and implications for fauna

Kate Parkins, Alan York, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2018  |  ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Edges are ecologically important environmental features and have been well researched in agricultural and urban landscapes. Howeve..

Attraction, avoidance or indifference: How fauna respond to edges in fire-prone landscapes

Kate Parkins, Julian Di Stefano, Alan York

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  Proceedings of the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology

Fire planning for multispecies conservation: Integrating growth stage and fire severity

Matthew Swan, Holly Sitters, Jane Cawson, Thomas Duff, Yoharmes Wibisono, Alan York

Journal article  |  2018  |  FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Setting suitable conservation targets is an important part of ecological fire planning. Growth-stage optimisation (GSO) determines..

Understanding the effects of fire on invertebrates in Australian temperate and sub-tropical forests: The value of long-term experiments

A York, T Lewis

Journal article  |  2018  |  Australian Zoologist

Fire is a common feature of Australian forests and prescribed burning is a routine management strategy, often utilised to mitigate..