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Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences Centre for Ecosystem Science

Impacts of increasing fire severity on wet sclerophyll forest

This section explores how plants respond to fire and changing fire regimes. Our projects investigate heat thresholds and germination cues, juvenile dormancy periods and minimum fire intervals, and the impact of fire on soil microbial communities. Together, these studies reveal how fire shapes ecosystems and guides strategies for conservation and land management, helping to protect biodiversity in a warming, fire-prone world.
Heat Threshold
Heat thresholds and germination cues

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What fire heat thresholds trigger a seed to germintate and what temperature kills them?

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Changing Fire Regimes

How is climate change impacting Ìýthe severity, frequency and season of bushfires around the world?Ìý

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Impacts of shifting fire seasonality

Under the impacts of climate change fires are occurring outside of the expected seasons. Will these out of season fires change the types of plants that grow?

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Fire impact on soil microbial communities

Are fire retardants impacting soil microbial diversity? And what does this mean for the plants that rely on them?

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Fire management in threatened ecological communities - Eastern Suburbs Bank

Thinking of impacts to the whole ecosystem to help plan where, when and how to implement ecological burns