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DOI | 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.07.023 |
Prescribed burning reduces the abundance of den sites for a hollow-using mammal in a dry forest ecosystem | |
Flanagan-Moodie, Anna K.1; Holland, Greg J.2,3; Clarke, Michael F.2,3; Bennett, Andrew F.2,3,4 | |
2018-12-01 | |
发表期刊 | FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
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ISSN | 0378-1127 |
EISSN | 1872-7042 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 429页码:233-243 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Australia |
英文摘要 | Prescribed burning is used in fire-prone environments worldwide to reduce fuel loads and the severity and spread of future wildfires. Forest habitat structures, such as large trees, dead trees and logs are highly flammable, yet also are essential for animal species that require hollows (cavities) as den sites for shelter and reproduction. We examined the effects of experimental prescribed burns on the use of den sites by a small marsupial, the yellow-footed antechinus Antechinus flavipes, in south-eastern Australia. Specifically, we radio-tracked individual A. flavipes to identify forest habitat structures preferred as den sites and recorded the fate of known den sites following patchy prescribed burns. We found that large living trees and dead trees were used as den sites disproportionately to their relative abundance in the forest. While all marked individuals of A. flavipes survived the immediate impacts of patchy prescribed burns, almost a third (16/52) of den sites identified before burning were lost, including 17% of trees (4/23) and 48% of logs (10/21). The vulnerability of den sites to prescribed burns can be attributed to the decay-dependent effect of fire on both trees and logs, whereby, the amount of damage from fire is related to the structure's pre-fire condition (i.e. whether dead or alive, amount of decay). Large trees and large logs are scarce in this dry forest ecosystem and their replacement is likely to take a century or more due to the slow growth rates of trees. The ecological impacts of prescribed burning on habitat structures used by A. flavipes and other hollow-using species can be moderated by: (1) carrying out patchy, rather than complete burns; (2) ensuring the inter-fire interval is sufficient to allow time for replenishment of resources; and (3) planning at a regional scale to maintain an appropriate spatial pattern of post-fire age-classes, including areas retained as long-unburned (e.g. > 50 years) in which resources such as deep litter, large logs and dead trees can accumulate. |
英文关键词 | Tree hollow Cavity Antechinus flavipes Fire Box-ironbark Australia |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000447103700024 |
WOS关键词 | YELLOW-FOOTED ANTECHINUS ; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS ; FIRE MANAGEMENT ; NESTING BIRDS ; HABITAT ; RESPONSES ; FLAVIPES ; TREES ; LANDSCAPE ; WILDFIRE |
WOS类目 | Forestry |
WOS研究方向 | Forestry |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/23112 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Deakin Univ, Sch Life & Environm Sci, Burwood, Vic 3125, Australia; 2.La Trobe Univ, Dept Ecol Environm & Evolut, Bundoora, Vic 3086, Australia; 3.La Trobe Univ, Res Ctr Future Landscapes, Bundoora, Vic 3086, Australia; 4.Arthur Rylah Inst Environm Res, 123 Brown St, Heidelberg, Vic 3081, Australia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Flanagan-Moodie, Anna K.,Holland, Greg J.,Clarke, Michael F.,et al. Prescribed burning reduces the abundance of den sites for a hollow-using mammal in a dry forest ecosystem[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2018,429:233-243. |
APA | Flanagan-Moodie, Anna K.,Holland, Greg J.,Clarke, Michael F.,&Bennett, Andrew F..(2018).Prescribed burning reduces the abundance of den sites for a hollow-using mammal in a dry forest ecosystem.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,429,233-243. |
MLA | Flanagan-Moodie, Anna K.,et al."Prescribed burning reduces the abundance of den sites for a hollow-using mammal in a dry forest ecosystem".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 429(2018):233-243. |
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