- Title:
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Reconstructing the Fire History of an Unmanaged Semi-arid Landscape: The Lake Johnson Region, Western Australia
- Date:
- November 2007
- Organisations
- BCRC
- Authors:
- A. O'Donnell, L. McCaw, M. Boer, P. Grierson.
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Location:
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Australia,
WA, Australia
Overview
"We aimed to reconstruct the fire history of the Lake Johnston region in southern Western Australia to develop an understanding of a ‘natural’ fire regime. This region consists of ~1.5m ha of relatively undisturbed semi-arid shrubland and woodland. Intervention for fire management has been minimal and limited to recent years; hence, the fire history of the region remains relatively unaltered and provides us with a unique opportunity to observe ' natural’ fire patterns, which have been readily altered elsewhere." Alison O'Donnell
