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Email

jane.cawson@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Senior Research Fellow (Fire Behaviour)
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
Associate Diploma
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0003-3702-9504

Dr Jane Cawson

Senior Research Fellow (Fire Behaviour)
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences

59 Scholarly works
13 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Interdisciplinary challenges for wildfire futures
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104175
  • 2024

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Identifying and Defining Landscape Dryness Thresholds for Fires
  • 2022

    Research Contracts

    Redesigning Planned Burning Prescriptions to Align With Land Management Objectives
  • 2021

    Research Contracts

    S2020: 17 Predicting Bushfire Flammability in Eucalypt Forest
  • 2019

    Journal article

    Plant traits linked to field-scale flammability metrics in prescribed burns in Eucalyptus forest
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221403
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Wildfire in wet sclerophyll forests: the interplay between disturbances and fuel dynamics
    DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2211
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Fuel moisture in Mountain Ash forests with contrasting fire histories
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.06.046
Jane Cawson

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Understanding drivers and dynamics of potential heat release in wet sclerophyll forests
    DOI: 10.1186/s42408-025-00394-z
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Development of burn prescriptions using quantitative expert judgement
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127756
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Long distance spotting potential of messmate stringybark
    DOI: 10.1071/WF25091
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Understanding variability in heat yields of wet sclerophyll forest fuels
    DOI: 10.1071/WF24227
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Adaptive management of shrub-encroached woodlands: assessing the short-term impact of alternative mastication techniques on fuel and biodiversity
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125864
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Pyrogenic carbon production in eucalypt forests under low to moderate fire severities
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122590
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Decision Science for Multi-Objective Fuel Management: Integrating Fire Risk Reduction and Biodiversity Conservation
    DOI: 10.3390/fire8030100
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Throwing fuel on the fire? Contrasting fine and coarse fuel responses to windthrow in temperate eucalypt forests in south-eastern Australia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122266

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