Australia's Megafires : Biodiversity Impacts and Lessons From 2019-2020

• Autore: van Leeuwen Stephen
• Pubblicazione: Collingwood : , : CSIRO Publishing, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (513 pages)
• Disciplina: 634.9618
• 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
• Altri autori: WintleBrendan A WoinarskiJohn C. Z RumpffLibby LeggeSarah M
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores the impacts of the Black Summer bushfires on biodiversity, and the lessons to be learnt.
• Titolo autorizzato: Australia's Megafires
• ISBN: 9781486316663; 1486316662; 9781486316656; 1486316654
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911008981103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II