Proceedings of the Conference held 8 - 9 October 1994, Footscray, Melbourne
Biodiversity Series, Paper No. 8
Biodiversity Unit
The Conference was organised by the Victorian National Parks Association, and funded jointly by the Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, and the Victorian Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
CONTENTS
Conference papers
Fuels and fire behaviour
- Paper 1: The effectiveness of fuel reduction burning for fire management. Cheney, N.P.
- Paper 2: The effects of fuel reduction burning on fuel loads in a dry sclerophyll forest. Tolhurst, K. G.
- Paper 3: The impact of fire intensity on litter loads and understorey floristics in an urban fringe dry sclerophyll forest and implications for management. Simmons, D., and Adams, R.
- Discussion: Papers 1-3.
Effects on Flora
- Paper 4: How fires affect biodiversity. Gill, A. M.
- Paper 5: Long-term effects of repeated burning on understorey and modelling of fire impacts. Lord, B. L.
- Paper 6: Fire succession in heathlands and implications for vegetation management. Cheal, D. C.
- Paper 7: Effects of repeated fires on dry sclerophyll (E. sieberi)forests in eastern Tasmania. Neyland, M., and Askey-Doran. M.
- Paper 8: Prescribed fire and control of coast wattle (Acacia sophorae (Labill.) R. Br.) invasion in coastal heath south-west Victoria. McMahon, A. R.G.; Carr, G. W.; Bedggood, S. E.; Hill, R. J. and Pritchard, A. M.
- Paper 9: Effects of fuel reduction burning on flora in a dry scerophyll forest. Tolhurst, K. G.
Effects on Vertebrates
- Paper 10: Effects of fuel reduction burning on fauna in a dry sclerophyll forest. Tolhurst, K. G.
- Discussion: Papers 4-10
- Paper 11: Fire effects on vertebrate fauna and implications for firemanagement and conservation. Wilson, B. A.
- Paper 12: Assesment of fire regime options for the southern brown bandicoot Isoodon obesulus in South Australia using population viability analysis. Possingham, H. P.
Effects on Invertebrates and Soils
- Paper 13: Fire ecology of invertebrates - implications for nature conservation, fire management and future research. Friend, G. R.
- Paper 14: Long-term effects of fuel reduction burning on invertebrates in a dry sclerophyll forest. York, A.
- Paper 15: The impact of fire on soil invertebrates in E. regnans forest at Powelltown, Victoria. Coy, R.
- Paper 16: The effects of fuel reduction burning on forest soils. Hall, R. G.
- Discussion: Papers 11-16
Assessing fire protection needs and effectiveness
- Paper 17: Asset protection in a fire prone environment. Incoll,R.
- Paper 18: The use of Geographic Information Systems to analyse wildfire threat. Garvey, M.
- Paper 19: Is fire management effective? Meredith, C. W.
- Discussion: Papers 17-19
Integration of fire protection and biodiversity management
- Paper 20: Developing fire management planning and monitoring. Wouters,M.
- Paper 21: Fire in flora and fauna management. Fisher, J. T.
- Paper 22: Reconciling fire protection and conservation issues at the urban-forest interface. Boura, J.
- Paper 23: Fuel dynamics, PrePlan and future research needs. Good,R. B.
- Discussion: Papers 20-23
Acknowledgements
These Proceedings were prepared from papers presented at the Conference "Fire and Biodiversity: Effects and effectiveness of fire management", held 8-9 October 1994, and organised by Ms Jenny Barnett, of the Victorian National Parks Association. Some papers were expanded from the Conference presentations, to include more detailed methodology and results, etc. The discussions were transcribed by Ms Barnett, as were the Closing Session comments, and the results of the subsequent Workshop.
