Carbon loss from planned fires in southeastern Australian dry Eucalyptus forests

Liubov Volkova; Christopher J Weston

Journal article

Carbon loss from planned fires in southeastern Australian dry Eucalyptus forests

Liubov Volkova, Christopher J Weston

Forest Ecology and Management | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.10.018

University of Melbourne Researchers

Christopher Weston Author Ecosystem and Forest Sciences

Luba Volkova Author Ecosystem and Forest Sciences

Related Projects (1)

FIRES,BLACK CARBON, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND THE CARBON BALANCE OF SOUTHERN SCLEROPHYLL FORESTS

Ecologically sustainable forest management requires an understanding of the role of fire in the carbon balance of native forests, and in Aus..

Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council Linkage

Funding Acknowledgements

Authors would like to thank the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre and Australian Research Council Linkage Grant LP100200825 for research funding. In particular, we would like to thank land managers from DEPI, Victoria; Mike Wouters, DEWNR, South Australia; Neil Cooper and Adam Leavesley, ACT Parks and Conservation Service; Garth Bennett, Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, and Peter Leeson, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service for support with study site selection, establishment and measurement as well as coordination with their planned burning.