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Pyrodiversity - why managing fire in food webs is relevant to restoration ecology

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posted on 2023-05-19, 00:53 authored by David BowmanDavid Bowman, Legge, S
The manipulation of landscape fire to maintain biodiverse, self-sustaining ecosystems in flammable landscapes is rarely considered by restoration ecologists. Fire regimes can interact with ecological processes, food webs, and biodiversity in complex ways (here called pyrodiversity) and understanding these complexities could be used to promote restoration and resilience. We illustrate this using an example from northern Australia. Understanding and using pyrodiversity in ecological restoration programs will be intellectually and financially challenging. In Australia, the considerable technical and financial resources of the mining industry could support such restoration programs, yet redirecting these resources from the current narrow focus on restoring native vegetation cover at the mine-affected site requires overcoming entrenched attitudes among policymakers and restoration ecologists.

History

Publication title

Restoration Ecology

Volume

24

Issue

6

Pagination

848-853

ISSN

1061-2971

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Inc

Place of publication

350 Main St, Malden, USA, Ma, 02148

Rights statement

© 2016 Society for Ecological Restoration

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Rehabilitation or conservation of terrestrial environments

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