Matthew Swan

Wildland Fire

Alexander I Filkov, Jane Cawson, Matthew H Swan, Trent D Penman

Book Chapter  |  2023

Using eDNA metabarcoding to understand the effect of fire on the diet of small mammals in a woodland ecosystem

Saumya Wanniarachchi, Matthew Swan, Paul Nevil, Alan York

Journal article  |  2022  |  ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Food acquisition is a fundamental process that drives animal distribution and abundance, influencing how species respond to changi..

Interrelationships between fire, habitat, and mammals in a fragmented heathy woodland

S Zylinski, M Swan, H Sitters

Journal article  |  2022  |  Forest Ecology and Management

Altered fire regimes threaten biodiversity, but there is limited understanding of the mechanisms driving population declines. Rela..

Contrasting responses of native and introduced mammal communities to fire mosaics in a modified landscape

Simeon Zylinski, Matthew Swan, Holly Sitters

Journal article  |  2022  |  ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Planned fire is increasingly recognized as an important tool in conservation, but other factors such as land-use change may hinder..

Species distribution models for conservation planning in fire-prone landscapes

Matthew Swan, Mark Le Pla, Julian Di Stefano, Jack Pascoe, Trent D Penman

Journal article  |  2021  |  BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Species distribution models are an essential tool for biodiversity conservation, with important applications such as spatial prior..

Relating mammal species richness to landscape patterns across multiple spatial scales

Annalie Dorph, Matthew Swan, Julian Di Stefano, Trent D Penman

Journal article  |  2021  |  LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Context: Understanding the relationships between spatial pattern, spatial scale and biodiversity can help ecologists to assess the..

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..

Complex habitat drives mammal communities in a flammable landscape

Annalie Dorph, Matthew Swan, Ellen Rochelmeyer, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2020  |  FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

In flammable ecosystems biodiversity can be influenced by multiple drivers, and conservation management requires knowledge of thei..

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..

Linking fuel, habitat and ground-dwelling mammals in flammable landscapes

Ellen Rochelmeyer, Julian Di Stefano, Annalie Dorph, Matthew Swan

Journal article  |  2019  |  FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Prescribed fire is often applied with the goal of reducing fuel loads and lessening the impact of future wildfires on humans. As f..