The management of landscapes for biological conservation and ecologically sustainable
natural resource use are crucial global issues. Research for over two decades has resulted in a …

The highly distinctive and mostly endemic Australian land mammal fauna has suffered an
extraordinary rate of extinction (>10% of the 273 endemic terrestrial species) over the last ∼…

Earth's rapidly warming climate is propelling us towards an increasingly fire‐prone future.
Currently, knowledge of the extent and characteristics of animal mortality rates during fire …

Australia’s 2019–2020 mega-fires were exacerbated by drought, anthropogenic climate change
and existing land-use management. Here, using a combination of remotely sensed data …

The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012 is the first review to assess the conservation
status of all Australian mammals. It complements The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010 (…

Every year large proportions of northern Australia's tropical savanna landscapes are burnt,
resulting in high fire frequencies and short intervals between fires. The dominant fire …

This article provides a context to, attempts an explanation for, and proposes a response to
the recent demonstration of rapid and severe decline of the native mammal fauna of Kakadu …

Aim To assess whether eight factors thought to be involved in the extinction process can
explain the pattern of recent decline in Australia's mammal fauna. Location Australia. Methods …

This opportunistic study compares the vegetation, fuel loads and vertebrate fauna of part of
a 120‐ha block of tropical open forest protected from fire for 23 years, and an adjacent block …

Northern Australia stands out as one of the largest natural areas remaining on Earth- alongside
such global treasures as the Amazon rainforests, the boreal conifer forests of Alaska and …