Journal article
Planned and unplanned fire regimes on public land in southeast Queensland
International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol.29(5), pp.326-338
2020
Abstract
Land management agencies in Queensland conduct planned burning for a variety of reasons, principally for management of fuels for human asset protection and biodiversity management. Using Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service's archived manually derived fire reports, this study considered the individual components of the fire regime (extent, frequency and season) to determine variation between planned and unplanned fire regimes in south-east Queensland. Overall, between 2004 and 2015, planned fire accounted for 31.6% and unplanned fire 68.4% of all fire on Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service state-managed land. Unplanned fire was more common in spring (September-October), and planned fire was more common in winter (June-August). Unplanned fire affected 71.4% of open forests and woodlands (148 563 ha), whereas 58.8% of melaleuca communities (8016 ha) and 66.6% of plantations (2442 ha) were burnt with planned fire. Mapping fire history at a regional scale can be readily done with existing publicly available datasets, which can be used to inform the assessment of planned burning effectiveness for human asset protection and the management of biodiversity. Fire management will benefit from the continued recording of accurate fire occurrence data, which allows for detailed fire regime mapping and subsequent adaptive management of fire regimes in the public domain.
Details
- Title
- Planned and unplanned fire regimes on public land in southeast Queensland
- Authors
- Martyn Eliott (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Science & EngineeringTom Lewis (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Science & EngineeringT Venn (Author) - University of QueenslandSanjeev K Srivastava (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Science & Engineering
- Publication details
- International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol.29(5), pp.326-338
- Publisher
- C S I R O Publishing
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.1071/WF18213
- ISSN
- 1049-8001
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Forest Research Institute; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450629602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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