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Articles on Savanna burning

July 31, 2023

Fire in northern Australia’s tropical savanna is a threat to endangered fairy-wrens

Niki Teunissen, Wageningen University and Anne Peters, Monash University

A study of purple-crowned fairy-wrens offers lessons for fire management along waterways in tropical savanna ecosystems.

August 9, 2022

Penelope Jones, University of Tasmania; David Bowman, University of Tasmania, and Fay Johnston, University of Tasmania

Savanna grasslands are burnt early in the dry season to reduce the chance of large fires later. But it’s making air pollution worse.

March 10, 2020

Rohan Fisher, Charles Darwin University and Jon Altman, Australian National University

The extent of this achievement is staggering, almost incomprehensible in a southern Australia context after the summer’s devastating bushfires.

Jon Altman
Emeritus professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, ANU, Australian National University
David Bowman
Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
Fay Johnston
Professor, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania
Penelope Jones
Penelope Jones is a Friend of The Conversation.

Research Fellow in Environmental Health, University of Tasmania
Rohan Fisher
Research fellow, Charles Darwin University
Niki Teunissen
Postdoctoral researcher, Wageningen University
Anne Peters
Professor, Monash University