Managing Bushfire in Tall Mist Forests – Fuel Hazard and Moisture Relationships

Independent effects of drought and shade on growth, biomass allocation and leaf morphology of a flammable perennial grass Tetrarrhena juncea R.Br

GO Cadiz, JG Cawson, TJ Duff, TD Penman, A York, C Farrell

2021-08-01

Knowing the abundance of different plant species provides insights into the properties of vegetation communities, such as flammabi..

Darker, cooler, wetter: forest understories influence surface fuel moisture

BJ Pickering, TJ Duff, C Baillie, JG Cawson

2021-04-15

The moisture content of dead leaves, twigs and bark on the forest floor is a key determinant of fire behaviour. The microclimate i..

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

2020-05-07

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

Plant traits linked to field-scale flammability metrics in prescribed burns in Eucalyptus forest (vol 14, e0221403, 2019)

BJ Tumino, TJ Duff, JQD Goodger, JG Cawson

2019-09-30

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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

2019-08-26

Vegetation is a key determinant of wildfire behaviour at field scales as it functions as fuel. Past studies in the laboratory show..

Forest fuel bed ignitability under marginal fire weather conditions in Eucalyptus forests

JG Cawson, TJ Duff

2019-01-01

Fires burning under marginal fire-weather conditions tend to be patchy in terms of their spatial coverage. This patchiness is part..

Dryness thresholds for fire occurrence vary by forest type along an aridity gradient: evidence from Southern Australia

TJ Duff, JG Cawson, S Harris

2018-08-01

Context: Wildfires are common in localities where there is sufficient productivity to allow the accumulation of biomass combined w..

Wildfire in wet sclerophyll forests: the interplay between disturbances and fuel dynamics

JG Cawson, TJ Duff, MH Swan, TD Penman

2018-05-01

There are multiple pathways for vegetation to change following disturbances. Understanding those post-disturbance pathways is crit..

Flammability at field-scales: conducting research in prescribed burns

Jane Cawson, Thomas Duff

2018-01-01

To better understand the role of plant flammability in driving landscape-scale fire behaviour and fire regimes, field-scale flamma..

Fuel moisture in Mountain Ash forests with contrasting fire histories

JG Cawson, TJ Duff, KG Tolhurst, CC Baillie, TD Penman

2017-09-15

Fuel moisture is a key driver of forest flammability as it influences ignition likelihood, fire intensity and resultant fire sever..

Messmate stringybark: Bark ignitability and burning sustainability in relation to fragment dimensions, hazard score and time since fire

TE Penman, JG Cawson, S Murphy, TJ Duff

2017-01-01

Messmate stringybark is common in forests across south-eastern Australia. The bark of these trees is persistent and produces fireb..