Tag Archives: wildfire

The Conversation: Despite years of rain, Blue Mountains forests still haven’t recovered from the Black Summer megafires

Posted on September 16, 2026 by Aaron Greenville

Brook Mitchell/Getty Emily Simpson, University of Sydney; Aaron Greenville, University of Sydney; Chris Dickman, University of Sydney, and Glenda Wardle, University of Sydney For three years before the Black Summer megafires of 2019–20, cool season rainfall in southeastern Australia was … Continue reading →

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Ecosystem Dynamics lab at ESA2025

Posted on November 19, 2025 by Aaron Greenville

Join us at the Ecological Society of Australia’s annual conference in Adelaide to explore recent research from our group. Presentations include topics on semi-arid vertebrates, bird monitoring, post-wildfire bat activity, ecological forecasting, and vegetation structure post-fire recovery. Continue reading →

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PhD project opportunity: Can ecosystems recover under a changing wildfire regimes?

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Aaron Greenville

We are now in an era of rapid global environmental change, which is coupled with increases in extreme disturbance events, such as wildfires. The age of mega-fires has begun, with unprecedented burn extents and fire severity already occurring in Europe, … Continue reading →

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PhD project opportunity: developing an acoustic sensor network for post-megafire biodiversity recovery

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Aaron Greenville

Brief Project Summary:  We are now in an era of rapid global environmental change, which is coupled with increases in extreme disturbance events, such as wildfires. The age of mega-fires has begun, with unprecedented burn extents and fire severity already … Continue reading →

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New paper: Impact of 2019–2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Aaron Greenville

Journal: Nature Ecology & Evolution Abstract: Australia’s 2019–2020 mega-fires were exacerbated by drought, anthropogenic climate change and existing land-use management. Here, using a combination of remotely sensed data and species distribution models, we found these fires burnt ~97,000 km2 of … Continue reading →

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New paper! Fire and rain are one: extreme rainfall events predict wildfire extent in an arid grassland

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Aaron Greenville

Published in: International Journal of Wildland Fire New paper led by Elise Verhoeven who did this research as part of an undergraduate internship at the University of Technology Sydney. Well done Elise on your first paper! Abstract: Assessing wildfire regimes … Continue reading →

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New Paper: Animal movements in fire-prone landscapes

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Dale G. Nimmo, Sarah Avitabile, Sam C. Banks, Rebecca Bliege Bird, Kate Callister, Michael F. Clarke, Chris R. Dickman, Tim S. Doherty, Don A. Driscoll, Aaron C. Greenville, Angie Haslem, Luke T. Kelly, Sally A. Kenny, Jos´e J. Lahoz-Monfor, … Continue reading →

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New paper: Biodiversity responds to increasing climatic extremes in a biome-specific manner

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Aaron C. Greenville, Emma Burns, Christopher R. Dickman, David A. Keith, David B. Lindenmayer, John W. Morgan, Dean Heinze, Ian Mansergh, Graeme R. Gillespie, Luke Einoder, Alaric Fisher, Jeremy Russell-Smith , Daniel J. Metcalfe, Peter T. Green, Ary A. … Continue reading →

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New paper: Interactions between wildfire and drought drive population responses of mammals in coastal woodlands

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Mathew S. Crowther, Ayesha I. Tulloch, Mike Letnic, Aaron C. Greenville, & Chris R. Dickman Published in: Journal of Mammalogy (Feature article) Abstract: Fire is an ecologically important process in many habitats. Increases in the frequency and intensity of … Continue reading →

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New paper: Desert mammal populations are limited by introduced predators rather than future climate change

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Aaron C. Greenville, Glenda M. Wardle & Chris R. Dickman Published in: Royal Society Open Science Abstract: Climate change is predicted to place up to one in six species at risk of extinction in coming decades, but extinction probability … Continue reading →

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