Australia's Megafires : Biodiversity Impacts and Lessons From 2019-2020
| Australia's Megafires : Biodiversity Impacts and Lessons From 2019-2020 |
| Autore | Van Leeuwen Stephen |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood : , : CSIRO Publishing, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (513 pages) |
| Disciplina | 634.9618 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WintleBrendan A
WoinarskiJohn C. Z RumpffLibby LeggeSarah M |
| Soggetto topico |
Wildfires - Prevention and control - Australia
Wildfires - Social aspects - Australia Wildfires - Environmental aspects - Australia Forest fires - Prevention and control - Australia Natural disasters - Social aspects - Australia Natural disasters - Environmental aspects - Australia Forests and forestry - Fire management - Australia Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs Fire ecology - Australia Altruistic behavior in animals Environment - Land management - Fire Environment - Climate and weather - Bush fires |
| ISBN |
9781486316663
1486316662 9781486316656 1486316654 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The 2019-20 Australianwildfires: precursors, characteristics and implications for the future -- 3. Impacts of wildfire on Indigenous cultural values -- 4. Consequences of the Australian 2019-20 wildfires for sites important for biodiversity and other World Heritage values -- 5. Wildfire effects on soils and soil processes -- 6. The impact of the 2019-20 Australian wildfires on aquatic systems -- 7. The impacts of the 2019-20 wildfires on marine species and ecosystems -- 8. Ecological communities: impact and response -- 9. Blackened roots and green shoots: emerging trends in decline and recovery in Australian plant species after the 2019-20 wildfires -- 10. The impacts of the 2019-20 wildfires on Australian fungi -- 11. Impacts of the 2019-20 wildfires on Australian invertebrates -- 12. Estimating the number of wild animals affected by Australia's 2019-20 wildfires -- 13 The impacts of the 2019-20 wildfires on Australian frogs -- 14. The impacts of the 2019-20 wildfires on Australia's lizards and snakes -- 15. The impacts of the 2019-20 wildfires on Australian birds -- 16. Impacts of the 2019-20 wildfires on native mammals -- 17. How introduced animals compound the effects of fire on native plants and animals -- 18. The compounding impacts of disease and weeds after the 2019-20 wildfires on Australian vascular plants and communities -- 19. Interacting and compounding impacts: fire and forestry in the 2019-20 wildfires -- 20. Review of impacts of the 2019-20 wildfires on biodiversity -- 21. Prescribed burning in Australian forests: characteristics, impacts and effects -- 22. Response by the Australian Government to the 2019-20 wildfires -- 23. State agency responses to support biodiversity recovery following the 2019-20 wildfires.
24. Immediate and longer-term responses of conservation NGOs to the 2019-20 wildfires -- 25. Responses of natural resource management groups to biodiversity loss and recovery in the 2019-20 wildfires -- 26. Wildlife welfare and the 2019-20 wildfires -- 27. Ex situ responses to the 2019-20 wildfires -- 28. Shared responsibilities and collaborative responses: review of actions taken to support the recovery of biodiversity after the 2019-20 wildfires -- 29. What did we learn about biodiversity management, policy and operations from the 2019-20 wildfires? -- 30. Government inquiries following the 2019-20 wildfires -- 31. Monitoring impacts and recovery -- 32. A precautionary tale: the consequences of, and remedies for, data deficiencies and uncertainty in conservation decisions related to the 2019-20 wildfires -- 33. Empowering Indigenous leadership and participation in wildfire recovery, cultural burning and land management -- 34. Of grief, spirit and hope: personal reflections of the 2019-20 wildfires -- 35. Recommendations -- 36. Our future -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911008981103321 |
Van Leeuwen Stephen
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| Collingwood : , : CSIRO Publishing, , 2023 | ||
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Fires in GunaiKurnai Country: Landscape Fires and Their Impacts on Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Places and Artefacts in Southeastern Australia
| Fires in GunaiKurnai Country: Landscape Fires and Their Impacts on Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Places and Artefacts in Southeastern Australia |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | : 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 363.379099456 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science
Archaeology Environmental protection Nature Global warming Climatic changes Environment - Land management - Fire Indigenous knowledge - Ecology Technology - Fire |
| ISBN |
9781803274829
1803274824 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910753382803321 |
| Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2023 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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