CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS


Australian Bushfire Conference, Albury, July 1999

Bushfire99 Listing of Abstracts (by Author)

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Author(s):Adams, Robyn and Dianne Simmons
Title:Ecological effects of fire fighting foams and retardants
Address:School of Ecology and Environment, Deakin University (Rusden) Victoria, Australia.
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Author(s):Ahern, Andrew1 and Mark Chladil2
Title:How far do bushfires penetrate urban areas?
Address:1Aon Re Worldwide, Level 12 The Landmark, 345 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000; 2Tasmania Fire Service, GPO Box 1526R, Hobart Tasmania 7001.
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Author(s):Allan, Grant
Title:Fire regimes in the spinifex landscapes of Australia
Address:Bushfires Council NT, PO Box 37346, Winnellie NT 0821.
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Author(s):Andrade, Saulo M.A., Walter N. Neto and Heloisa S. Miranda
Title:The dynamics of the components of the fine fuel after recurrent prescribed fires in Central Brazil savannas
Address:Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Brasilia, 70919- 970, Brasilia - DF, Brazil.
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Author(s):Auld, Tony D. and Mark G. Tozer
Title:Are there post-fire indicators that provide insights into the degree of soil heating during the passage of fires?
Address:Biodiversity Survey and Research Division, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, PO Box 1967 Hurstville NSW 2220 Australia.
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Author(s):Baxter, Gregory J. and Simon J.R. Woodward
Title:Estimating grassland curing using soil moisture indicators and a pasture quality model
Address:Forest Research, Rotorua and AgResearch, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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Author(s):Bradstock, R.A. and J.S. Cohn
Title:Fires regimes and biodiversity in semi-arid mallee ecosystems
Address:Biodiversity Survey & Research Division, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, Box 1967, Hurstville NSW 2220.
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Author(s):Brookhouse, Peter
Title:Lightning detection and operations systems in North America
Address:NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, PO Box 39 Coonabarabran 2357.
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Author(s):Brookhouse, Peter
Title:Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve Fire Management Plan
Address:NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, PO Box 39 Coonabarabran 2357.
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Author(s):Brookhouse, Peter and Don Nicholson
Title:Large Pilliga fires and the development of fire management and fire suppression strategies
Address:NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, PO Box 39 Coonabarabran 2357; NSW State Forests, PO Box 865 Dubbo 2830.
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Author(s):Burrows, Neil, Bruce Ward and Alex Robinson
Title:Fire regimes and biodiversity in jarrah forests
Address:Department of Conservation and Land Management, State Head Quarters, Australia 2 Drive, Crawley, WA 6009.
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Author(s):Caling, Ty M. and Robyn Adams
Title:The ecological impacts of fire suppression operations in a small urban remnant, Mt. Martha, Victoria
Address:Applied Australian Ecological Research Group, School of Ecology and Environment, Deakin University, 662 Blackburn Road, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia. Phone 03 9798 5051, Fax 03 9244 7403,
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Author(s):Cameron, Mark, Robert Mezzatesta and Alan Sherwin
Title:Identification and management of radio tower placement through GIS
Address:NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service PO Box 1967 Hurstville NSW 2220.
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Author(s):Carroll, Matthew S.1, Keith Blatner1, Gregg Walker2 and Steven Daniels2
Title:The 1994 Wenachee National Forest Fire experience: a case study of social dynamics
Address:1Department Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University, 183 Johnson Hall, PO Box 64610, Pullman, Washington 99164-6410, USA; 2Oregon State University USA.
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Author(s):Cary, Geoffrey J.
Title:Importance of a changing climate for fire regimes in Australia
Address:Department of Forestry, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200.
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Author(s):Catchpole, E.A.1, W. Low1, A.M. Gill2 and M.A. McCarthy3
Title:Spotting changes in fire frequency
Address:1Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra ACT 2600; 2 CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra ACT 2602; 3Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200.
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Author(s):Catchpole, Wendy
Title:Predicting fire properties and burn patterns in heterogeneous landscapes
Address:University College, UNSW, Canberra, ACT 2600.
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Author(s):Catchpole, Wendy1, Ross Bradstock2, John Choate3, Liam Fogarty4, Nic Gellie5, Greg McCarthy6, Lachie McCaw7, Jon Marsden-Smedley8, Grant Pearce9
Title:Cooperative development of prediction equations for fire behaviour in heathlands and shrublands
Address:1University College, UNSW, Canberra, ACT 2600; 2NSW NPWS, Hurstville, NSW 2220; 3DEHAA, Kensington, S.A. 5068; 4Forestry Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001; 5NSW NPWS, Queanbeyan, NSW 2620; 6DNRE, Orbost, VIC 3888; 7CALM, Manjimup, WA 6258; 8Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7000; 9Forest Research, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Author(s):Cheney, Phil1, Jim Gould1 and Lachie McCaw2
Title:Project Vesta - predicting the behaviour of summer fires in dry eucalypt forests with fuels of differing ages
Address:1CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Canberra ACT 2604; 2 Department of Conservation and Land Management, Manjimup WA 6258.
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Author(s):Chladil, M.A.
Title:Working with the stakeholders to provide integrated planning responses to bushfires
Address:Tasmania Fire Service, GPO Box 1526R, Hobart, Tasmania 7001.
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Author(s):Chladil, M.A.
Title:A planning case study: the house losses of the urban interface fire near Hobart, Tasmania, January 1998
Address:Tasmania Fire Service, GPO Box 1526R, Hobart, Tasmania 7001.
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Author(s):Cirne, P. and Miranda, H.S.
Title:Fire effects on fruits and seeds of Kielmeyera coriacea, a woody species of the Brazilian Cerrado
Address:Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília, 70919-970. Brasília, DF. Brazil.
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Author(s):Clark, James S.
Title:Spatial variability in fire regimes: its effects on recent and past vegetation
Address:Botany and Earth & Ocean Sciences Duke University Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
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Author(s):Covey, Bruce
Title:Static Water Supply Program: reducing the impact of urban/bushland interface fires through partnerships and the use of community resources and education
Address:Operations Research, New South Wales Fire Brigades, Sydney, Australia.
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Author(s):Day, Jemery R.1 & Hugh P. Possingham2
Title:Management of fire to maintain habitat for threatened bird species in Ngarkat Conservation Park, South Australia
Address:1CSIRO Division of Marine Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, TAS 7001; 2Dept Applied & Molecular Ecology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005.
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Author(s):Denham, Andrew and Tony D. Auld
Title:The timing of post-fire recruitment and the nature of seed dispersal and predation in resprouting plants whose flowering is linked to fire
Address:Biodiversity Survey & Research Division, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, PO Box 1967 Hurstville NSW 2220 Australia.
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Author(s):Doherty, Michael D.
Title:A conceptual model of the effects of fire on open forests in the southern tablelands of New South Wales
Address:CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, GPO Box 284, Canberra ACT 2601.
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Author(s):Douglas, Grahame B.
Title:Bush Fire Risk Management Planning: A new name for an old toy or will it help biodiversity?
Address:Environment Officer, NSW Rural Fire Service, Locked Mail Bag 17 Granville NSW 2142.
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Author(s):Downey, Paul O.
Title:Fire and weeds: a management option or Pandora's box?
Address:CRC for Weed Management Systems, CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra City, ACT 2601.
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Author(s):Driessen, Michael
Title:Effects of fire on the broad-toothed mouse, Mastacomys fuscus, and other small mammals in buttongrass moorlands of western Tasmania
Address:Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Primary Industry, Water and Environment, GPO Box 44A, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 7001.
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Author(s):Duguid, Angus
Title:Protecting Acacia undoolyana from wildfires: an example of off park conservation from central Australia
Address:Parks and Wildlife Commission NT, PO Box 1046, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia.
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Author(s):Edwards, Andrew1, Grant Allan1, Cameron Yates1, Paul Ryan2, Craig Hempel3
Title:A comparative assessment of fire mapping techniques and user interpretations using Landsat imagery
Address:1Bushfires Council, NT, 2Geoimage Pty Ltd, 3Parks and Wildlife Commission, NT.
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Author(s):Friend, Gordon1, Michael Leonard1, Andrew MacLean1 and Ingrid Sieler2
Title:Management of fire for the conservation of biodiversity: new initiatives in Victoria
Address:1 Department of Natural Resources and Environment, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002; 2 Parks Victoria, Private Bag 8, Kew, Victoria 3101.
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Author(s):Gill, A. Malcolm and Peter C. Catling
Title:Fire regimes and biodiversity of forested landscapes of southern Australia
Address:Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601; CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, PO Box 84, Lyneham, ACT 2602.
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Author(s):Gott, Beth
Title:Fire as an Aboriginal management tool in south-eastern Australia
Address:Dept. Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3168. Email: Beth.Gott@sci.monash.edu.au.
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Author(s):Gould, Jim1, Lachie McCaw2, Teri Martin3, Steve Taylor4, and Mike Wotton5
Title:Flame measurements in moderate intensity dry eucalypt forest fires in fuels of different ages
Address:1CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Canberra ACT 2604; 2CALMScience, Manjimup WA 6258; 3Eganville Ont, Canada; 4Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria BC, Canada; 5Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie Ont., Canada.
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Author(s):Green, David G.
Title:Simulations of bushfires and connectivity in landscape ecology
Address:School of Environmental and Information Sciences, Charles Sturt University, PO Box 789 Albury NSW 2640.
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Author(s):Grice, A.C.1 and J.C. Noble2
Title:Landscape restoration using fire regimes
Address:1CSIRO Tropical Agriculture, Private Bag PO Aitkenvale, Qld, 4814 Australia, 2CSIRO Div. Wildlife & Ecology, P.O. Box 84, Lyneham, ACT 2602 Australia.
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Author(s):Griffin, Graham
Title:Contemporary fire management of landscapes by Aboriginal people
Address:CSIRO, Centre for Arid Zone Research, Division of Wildlife and Ecology. Alice Springs. NT.
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Author(s):Griffiths, Deryn
Title:Improved formula for the drought factor in McArthur's Forest Fire Danger Meter
Address:Bureau of Meteorology, PO Box 421, Kent Town SA 5071.
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Author(s):Haberle, Simon G.1 and Geoff S. Hope2
Title:Palaeoecological implications of fire records from New Guinea and South East Asia
Address:1Dept Geography & Environmental Science, Monash University, Clayton, Vic 3168; 2Dept Archaeology & Natural History, Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200.
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Author(s):Hobbs, Richard J.
Title:Fire in temperate woodlands
Address:CSIRO Wildlife & Ecology, Private Bag, PO Wembley, WA 6014.
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Author(s):Hodgkinson, Ken C.
Title:Fire regimes and the pattern and functioning of Acacia wooded landscapes
Address:CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, Canberra ACT 2601.
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Author(s):James, Stuart G.
Title:Evaluation of the effectiveness of prescribed burns: a simple methodology for post-burn assessment of the achievement of fire management objectives
Address:NSW Rural Fire Service, Blue Mountains District: Blue Mountains City Council, PO Box 189, Katoomba NSW 2780.
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Author(s):Jasper, Raymond G.
Title:The changing direction of land managers in reducing the threat from major bushfires on the urban interface of Sydney
Address:NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, PO Box 50, Asquith NSW, 2077.
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Author(s):Johnson, Glen A.
Title:The role of fire in Phalaris and Paspalum control in grassy ecosystems
Address:Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Wodonga VIC 3690.
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Author(s):Keith, D.A.1, W.L. McCaw2 and R.J. Whelan3
Title:Fire in Australian heathlands: Its behaviour and effects on plants and animals
Address:1NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, 2Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management, 3University of Wollongong.
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Author(s):Kenny, Belinda J.0.
Title:Fire-related germination cues in Grevilleaspeciosa and G. sericea
Address:University of Technology Sydney, Gore Hill NSW 2065.
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Author(s):Kershaw, A. Peter1, James S. Clark2 and A. Malcolm Gill3
Title:A history of fire in Australia
Address:1Monash University, Clayton Vic 3168; 2Duke University, North Carolina 27708; 3CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra ACT 2602
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Author(s):Kitchin, Margaret B. and Nick Reid.
Title:Fire history - what do you do without it? Deriving the context for a fire ecology study by integrating satellite imagery and local information
Address:Ecosystem Management, School of Rural Science and Natural Resources, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351.
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Author(s):Knight, Ian and Andrew Sullivan.
Title:Quantifying error in wind speed measurement for experimental fires
Address:CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, PO Box E4008 Kingston, ACT, 2604.
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Author(s):Lamont, Byron B.1, Chantal L. Burrows1, Wendy Colangelo1, Perry W. Swanborough1 and David Ward1,2
Title:Grasstrees (Xanthorrhoea spp.) and the fire history of sites
Address:1School of Environmental Biology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845, Australia. 2Department of Conservation and Land Management, Regional Headquarters, 3044 Albany Highway, Kelmscott WA 6111, Australia.
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Author(s):Lang, Sebastian and Rod Rose.
Title:New uses of GIS for the assessment of bushfire threat and the selection of fire protection zones for buildings
Address:Bushfire and Environmental Services Pty. Ltd, 25 McArthur Drive, Woollamia NSW 2540.
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Author(s):Leonard, Justin E. and Neville A. McArthur.
Title:A history of research into building performance in Australian bushfires
Address:CSIRO Building Construction and Engineering. PO Box 56, Highett, Victoria, 3190.
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Author(s):Loyn, Richard H.
Title:Assessing and managing effects of fire regimes on birds in forest landscapes
Address:Arthur Rylah Institute, Dept. Natural Resources & Environment, 123 Brown St Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia.
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Author(s):Lunt, Ian D.1 and John W. Morgan2
Title:The role of fire in temperate lowland grasslands of south- eastern Australia
Address:1The Johnstone Centre, Charles Sturt University, PO Box 789 Albury, NSW 2640; 2School of Botany, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083.
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Author(s):Marsden-Smedley, Jon B.
Title:Habitat-management burning in Tasmania's World Heritage Area
Address:World Heritage Area Fire Management Officer, Fire Management Section, Parks & Wildlife Service, Dept Primary Industry, Water & Environment, GPO Box 44a, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001.
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Author(s):Marsden-Smedley, Jon1,2, John Hickey1 and Alen Slijepcevic1
Title:Fuel characteristics of Eucalyptusobliqua wet forest communities and the effect of logging on fuels at Warra, Tasmania
Address:1Forestry Tasmania, 79 Melville Street, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000. 2 Present address: Parks and Wildlife Service, Dept. Primary Industry, Water and Environment, 134 Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000.
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Author(s):Marsden-Smedley, Jon1, T. Rudman1, A. Pyrke1 and W. R. Catchpole2
Title:Buttongrass moorland fire behaviour prediction system
Address:1Parks and Wildlife Service Department of Primary Industry, Water and Environment GPO Box 44a, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001. Email: jonms@dpiwe.tas.gov.au 2School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College, University of New South Wales, Northcott Drive, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
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Author(s):McCarthy, Michael A. and Geoffrey J. Cary.
Title:Fire regimes of landscapes: models and realities
Address:Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200.
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Author(s):McRae, Rick.
Title:Sharing spatial data
Address:ACT Emergency Services Bureau, Curtin, ACT 2605.
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Author(s):Millie, Simon and Adams, Robyn.
Title:Measures of grassland curing: a comparison of destructive sampling with visual and satellite estimates
Address:School of Ecology and Environment Deakin University, Rusden 662 Blackburn Road Clayton, 3168.
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Author(s):Mills, Graham A.
Title:Mesoscale modelling of wind flows for fire weather forecasts
Address:Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne Vic 3001.
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Author(s):Mooney, Scott David.
Title:A comparison of the historic fire record and several methods for the reconstruction of fire using the sediments of Lake Keilambete, western Victoria, Australia
Address:School of Geography, University of New South Wales, Sydney, N.S.W., 2052.
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Author(s):Moss, Patrick T. and A. Peter Kershaw.
Title:Evidence from marine ODP Site 820 of fire/vegetation/climate patterns in the humid tropics of Australia over the last 250,000 years
Address:Monash University, Clayton Vic. 3168.
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Author(s):Murray, Ian.
Title:Social science research and bushfire evacuation
Address:Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers Inc. Honorary Research Associate, Monash University, Caulfield Campus, PO Box 197, Caulfield East VIC 3145.
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Author(s):Neville, Peter J.
Title:The effects of prescribed burning and wildfire on epigaeic invertebrates of the Dandenong Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia
Address:La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083.
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Author(s):Noble, James C.1 and Anthony C. Grice2.
Title:Fire in pastoral landscapes: managing biological diversity and ecosystem function
Address:1CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, GPO Box 284, Canberra, ACT 2601, 2CSIRO Tropical Agriculture, Private Bag, PO, Aitkenvale, Qld 4814.
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Author(s):Norris, Peta and Brian Conroy.
Title:Fire ecology of soil and leaf litter invertebrates
Address:University of Newcastle, Department of Biological Sciences, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308.
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Author(s):Paix, Bruce R.
Title:Improving burnover protection for Australian bushfire appliances
Address:South Australian Country Fire Service, Macclesfield Brigade. Box 72 Echunga 5153.
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Author(s):Polakow, Daniel and Timothy Dunne.
Title:Stochastic elements in fire-recurrence: A two-parameter Weibull model, and its associated interpretation and applications
Address:Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Author(s):Polakow, Daniel1, William Bond2, Nicholas Lindenberg3 and Timothy Dunne1
Title:Ecosystem engineering as a consequence of natural selection: methods for testing Mutch's hypothesis from a comparative study of fire hazard rates
Address:1Department of Statistical Sciences, 2Department of Botany, 3GIS Consultant, ITS User Support Services, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Author(s):Rainey, Lance C. and Robert F. Conwell.
Title:Rural fire management in a sub-monsoonal rural region
Address:NSW Rural Fire Service, Narrabri NSW 2390.
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Author(s):Rose, Rod, Gabrielle Wiltshire and Sebastian Lang.
Title:The importance and application of spatial patterns in the management of fire regimes for the protection of life and property and the conservation of biodiversity
Address:Bushfire and Environmental Services Pty. Ltd, 25 McArthur Drive, Woollamia NSW 2540.
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Author(s):Russell-Smith, Jeremy and Peter Stanton.
Title:Fire regimes and fire management of rainforest communities across northern Australia: a review
Address:Bushfires Council, NT, PO Box 37346, Winnellie, NT 0821,
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Author(s):Sanders, Jonathan.
Title:Wildfire under extreme conditions: observations of fire behaviour during January 1994 and December 1997 in the Hawkesbury River and Hunter Valley regions, and October 1994 in the Guy Fawkes River area, and recommendations for fire control strategies under extreme conditions
Address:National Parks and Wildlife Service, PO Box 1007, Dubbo, N.S.W.
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Author(s):Sieler, Ingrid M. and Jill Read.
Title:Fire protection planning and conservation
Address:Parks Victoria, 35 Whitehorse Rd Deepdene Vic. 3103.
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Author(s):Simmons, Dianne.
Title:Fuel loads and characteristics in some structurally diverse vegetation types
Address:School of Ecology and Environment, Deakin University (Rusden) Victoria, Australia.
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Author(s):Smith, David T.
Title:Mapping the bushfire danger of Hobart
Address:Centre for Spatial Information Science, School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart TAS.
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Author(s):Speer, M.S.1, L. M. Leslie2, W. Catchpole3 and R. Bradstock4
Title:Predicting spread rates for the Sydney January 1994 fires
Address:1Bureau of Meteorology, Sydney. P.O. Box 413 Darlinghurst NSW 1300, E-mail: m.speer@bom.gov.au
2Centre for Environmental Modelling & Prediction, School of Mathematics, UNSW, Sydney 2052. E-mail: l.leslie@unsw.edu.au,
3School of Mathematics & Statistics, University College, Northcott Drive, ACT. 2600 E-mail: w-catchpole@adfa.edu.au,
4NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1967, Hurstville, NSW 2220
E-mail: ross.bradstock@nwps.nsw.gov.au
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Author(s):Tasker, Elizabeth1, Ross Bradstock2 and Christopher Dickman1
Title:Small mammal diversity and abundance in relation to fire and grazing history in eucalypt forests of northern New South Wales, Australia
Address:1 School of Biological Sciences A08, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, 2 Biodiversity Survey and Research Division, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, PO Box 1967, Hurstville 2220.
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Author(s):Tolhurst, Kevin G.1 and W. Lachlan McCaw2.
Title:Fire management in forests for wood, water and biodiversity
Address:1University of Melbourne, Water St, Creswick, Vic. 3363, 2Dept. Conservation & Land Management, Brain St., Manjimup, W.A. 6258.
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Author(s):Tran, Cuong1 and Adrian Pyrke2
Title:Wind speed reduction factors in a heathy woodland
Address:1Present Address: School of Environmental & Applied Science, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University, PMB 50 GCMC, Bundall QLD 9726. 2Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service Fire Management Section. Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Hobart Tasmania 7001.
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Author(s):Treloar, Andrew and Peter Brookhouse.
Title:The use of accumulated rainfall maps from weather radar systems to assist wildfire detection reconnaissance
Address:Bureau of Meteorology, PO Box 413, Darlinghurst 2010; NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, PO Box 39 Coonabarabran 2357.
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Author(s):Twyford , Keith L.
Title:Management policy and planning implications of a large wildfire within the Cape Gantheaume protected areas, Kangaroo Island
Address:National Parks and Wildlife South Australia, PO Box 39, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island SA 5223.
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Author(s):Valianatos, Orestis Denis1, Tony Bannister1, Peter Billing2
Title:The use of meso LAPS and HYSPLIT_4 for smoke management in Victoria
Address:1Severe Weather Section, Bureau of Meteorology, Regional Office for Victoria, PO Box 1636M, Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia, Email: o.valianatos@bom.gov.au, t.bannister@bom.gov.au, 2Fire Management, Natural Resources & Environment, 6th Floor 240 Victoria Parade East, Melbourne Victoria 3002 Australia, Email: p.billing@dce.vic.gov.au
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Author(s):van Heurck, Paul F.1, Gordon R. Friend 2,3 and Matthew R. Williams 2
Title:Linking biodiversity and ecosystem function: the impact of fire and fire seasonality on litter dwelling beetles of the temperate jarrah forest
Address:1Eco-Insect Consultants; 2CALMScience Division, Department of Conservation and Land Management, PO Box 51, Wanneroo, W.A. 6065, 3Present address: Parks, Flora and Fauna Division, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, 8 Nicholson St, East Melbourne, Vic, 3002.
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Author(s):Vranjic, John A. and Richard H. Groves.
Title:Fire as part of an integrated control strategy for the South African weed, Bitou Bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata)
Address:Co-operative Research Centre for Weed Management Systems, c/- CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra ACT 2601.
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Author(s):Wahren, C.H.1, W.A. Papst1 and R.J. Williams2
Title:Post-fire regeneration in Victorian alpine and subalpine vegetation
Address:1Department of Agricultural Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora Vic. 3083; 2CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, PMB 44 Winnellie NT 0822.
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Author(s):Ward, David J.1 and Rick Sneeuwjagt2
Title:Aboriginal fire: its relevance to present day management of the jarrah forest of south-western Australia
Address:1Department of CALM, Kelmscott, WA 6111, and School of Environmental Biology, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102; 2Department of CALM, Crawley, WA 6009.
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Author(s):Whelan, Rob1, Lou Rodgerson1, Chris Dickman2 & Liz Sutherland2
Title:Critical life cycles of plants and animals - evolution and extinction in fire-prone landscapes
Address:1Australian Flora and Fauna Research Centre, University of Wollongong, NSW, 2522; 2School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006.
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Author(s):Williams, Jann1, David Keith2 and John Woinarski3
Title:Biodiversity conservation - fire management from policy to practice
Address:1School of Botany, The University of Melbourne; 2NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hurstville; 3Tropical Savannas CRC, Parks & Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin.
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Author(s):Williams, Richard J. and Anthony D. Griffiths.
Title:Fire regimes and biodiversity in the wet-dry tropical savanna landscapes of northern Australia
Address:Tropical Savannas Co-operative Research Centre, CSIRO Wildlife & Ecology, PMB 44 Winnellie, NT, 0822, Australia.
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Author(s):Wiltshire, Gabrielle and Rod Rose.
Title:Assessing the environmental impact of fire management activities using GIS
Address:Bushfire and Environmental Services Pty. Ltd, 25 McArthur Drive, Woollamia NSW 2540.
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Author(s):York, Alan and David Britton.
Title:Impacts of grazing and burning on forest biodiversity
Address:Centre for Biodiversity and Bioresources, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109.

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