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Dr

Jane Cawson

Research Fellow (Fire Behaviour)
Ecosystem and Forest Sciences
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
wildfire
forestry
flammability
ecology
environmental sciences & ecology
australia
fire behaviour
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Dr

Jane Cawson

 
Division
Science
 
Primary Interest
Flammability
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Projects

Displaying the 7 most recent projects by Jane Cawson.

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IFER Fuel accumulation monitoring and Phoenix analysis of mulched vegetation

2020 - 2020
Completed
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Up in flames: measuring how plants burn

2020 - 2021
Active
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IFER Landscape Supp: Improving understanding of fuel properties and potential fire behaviour after mechanical treatment

2018 - 2019
Completed
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IFER Landscape Supp_Evaluation of methods, data and models to quantify fuel accumulation and load

2018 - 2019
Completed
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Bushfire behaviour in Wet Forests under a changing climate

2017 - 2018
Completed
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Micrometeorology and fire danger in complex terrain

2016 - 2017
Completed
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Managing bushfire in Tall Mist Forests – fuel hazard and moisture relationships

2014 - 2017
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

4

Research Contracts

3

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Jane Cawson.

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Runoff and erosion after prescribed burning: Is there a risk?

Jane Cawson, Petter Nyman, Gary Sheridan

Book Chapter  |  2021

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Leaf traits predict global patterns in the structure and flammability of forest litter beds

Jamie E Burton, Jane G Cawson, Alex Filkov, Trent D Penman

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Ecology

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Effect of weather forecast errors on fire growth model projections

Trent D Penman, Dan A Ababei, Jane G Cawson, Brett A Cirulis, Thomas J Duff, William Swedosh, James E Hilton

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Wildland Fire

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Exploring the key drivers of forest flammability in wet eucalypt forests using expert-derived conceptual models

Jane G Cawson, Victoria Hemming, Andrew Ackland, Wendy Anderson, David Bowman, Ross Bradstock, Tegan P Brown, Jamie Burton, Geoffrey J Cary, Thomas J Duff, Alexander Filkov, James M Furlaud, Tim Gazzard, Musa Kilinc, Petter Nyman, Ross Peacock, Mike Ryan, Jason Sharples, Gary Sheridan, Kevin Tolhurst, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Landscape Ecology

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Estimation of surface dead fine fuel moisture using automated fuel moisture sticks across a range of forests worldwide

Jane G Cawson, Petter Nyman, Christian Schunk, Gary J Sheridan, Thomas J Duff, Kelsy Gibos, William D Bovill, Marco Conedera, Gianni B Pezzatti, Annette Menzel

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Wildland Fire

Field measurements of surface dead fine fuel moisture content (FFMC) are integral to wildfire management, but conventional measure..

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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

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Climatic and edaphic gradients predict variation in wildland fuel hazard in south-eastern Australia

SC McColl-Gausden, LT Bennett, TJ Duff, JG Cawson, TD Penman

Journal article  |  2019  |  Ecography

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Plant traits linked to field-scale flammability metrics in prescribed burns in Eucalyptus forest

Bianca J Tumino, Thomas J Duff, Jason QD Goodger, Jane G Cawson

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLOS ONE

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Shifting States, Altered Fates: Divergent Fuel Moisture Responses after High Frequency Wildfire in an Obligate Seeder Eucalypt Forest

Jamie Burton, Jane Cawson, Philip Noske, Gary Sheridan

Journal article  |  2019  |  Forests

High frequency wildfires can shift the structure and composition of obligate seeder forests and initiate replacement with alternat..

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Determining burnability: Predicting completion rates and coverage of prescribed burns for fuel management

Thomas J Duff, Jane G Cawson, Trent D Penman

Journal article  |  2019  |  Forest Ecology and Management

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Keyword Analysis

Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Land and Water Management
Forestry Sciences
Expanding Knowledge
Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water
Soils
Forestry
Natural Hazards
Soil Sciences

News

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How the size and shape of dried leaves can turn small flames into colossal bushfires

Jane Cawson, Alex Filkov

December 16, 2020

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Credentials

Positions

Research Fellow (Fire Behaviour)

Ecosystem and Forest Sciences

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Forest Science

University of Melbourne

Science

University of Melbourne

Arts

University of Melbourne

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