The impact of plant-derived fire management prescriptions on fire-responsive bird species.

ABSTRACT: In fire-prone regions, the occurrence of some faunal species is contingent on the presence of resources that arise through post-fire plant succession. Through planned burning, managers can alter resource availability and aim to provide the conditions required to promote biodiversity. Understanding how species occurrence changes at different spatial and temporal scales after fire is essential to achieve this goal. However, many fire prescriptions are guided primarily by the responses of fire-sensitive plants when setting tolerable fire intervals. This approach assumes that maintaining floristic diversity will satisfy the requirements of fauna. We surveyed bird species in two semi-arid vegetation types across an environmental gradient in south-eastern Australia. We conducted four surveys at

SUBMITTER: Makdissi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11610702 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature