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Fire regimes of Australia: a pyrogeographic model system
Brett P. Murphy, Ross A. Bradstock, Matthias M. Boer, John Carter, Geoffrey J. Cary, Mark A. Cochrane, Roderick J. Fensham,
Jeremy Russell-Smith, Grant J. Williamson and David M.J.S. Bowman
Journal of Biogeography
Appendix S1 References for cross-checking of intensity and interval estimates (derived from expert elicitation) with the published literature.
Fire regime
References
A. Rain forest (tropical)
Stocker & Unwin (1986); Cochrane et al. (1999)
B.
Tall eucalypt forest (temperate)
McCarthy et al. (1999); Gill (2012)
C.
Eucalypt forest (temperate)
Shea et al. (1979); Cheney (1981); Raison et al. (1984); Gill & Catling (2002); Hammill & Bradstock (2006);
Boer et al. (2009)
D. Rain forest (temperate)
Hill (1982)
E.
Heath (temperate)
Marsden-Smedley & Catchpole (1995); Keith et al. (2002); Hammill & Bradstock (2006); Enright et al. (2012)
F.
Pasture (tropical and subtropical)
Fensham & Fairfax (2003); Bortolussi et al. (2005)
G. Pasture, cropland (temperate)
—
H. Eucalypt woodland (temperate)
Hobbs (2002); Lunt & Morgan (2002); Prober et al. (2007, 2008); Lunt et al. (2012)
I.
Eucalypt forest and woodland (tropical)
—
J.
Acacia woodland (brigalow) (tropical semiHodgkinson et al. (1984); Fensham & Fairfax (2003)
arid)
K. Tussock grassland (temperate semi-arid)
Lunt & Morgan (2002); Prober et al. (2007, 2008); Lunt et al. (2012)
L.
Russell-Smith et al. (1998); Russell-Smith & Edwards (2006); Edwards & Russell-Smith (2009)
Heath (tropical)
M. Eucalypt savanna woodland (monsoon
tropical)
Andersen et al. (2003); Russell-Smith & Edwards (2006); Russell-Smith et al. (2010a)
N. Mallee (temperate)
Leigh & Noble (1981); Hodgkinson et al. (1984); Bradstock et al. (1992); Bradstock & Cohn (2002);
O’Donnell et al. (2011)
O. Acacia woodland (lancewood) (tropical
semi-arid)
Russell-Smith et al. (2010b)
P.
Griffin & Friedel (1984); Hodgkinson et al. (1984); Russell-Smith et al. (2007); Murphy et al. (2010)
Acacia shrubland (mulga) (semi-arid/arid)
Q. Eucalypt woodland (tropical semi-arid)
Leigh & Noble (1981); Griffin & Friedel (1984); Hodgkinson et al. (1984); Hodgkinson (2002); O’Donnell et
al. (2011)
R.
Chenopod shrubland (semi-arid/arid)
—
S.
Hummock grassland (semi-arid/arid)
Griffin & Allan (1984); Hodgkinson et al. (1984); Burrows et al. (1991); Allan & Southgate (2002); Turner et
al. (2008)
T.
Tussock grassland (tropical semi-arid/arid)
Hodgkinson et al. (1984)
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