Knowing how species respond to fire regimes is essential for ecologically sustainable
management. This axiom raises two important questions: (1) what knowledge is the most …

Environmental disturbance underpins the dynamics and diversity of many of the ecosystems
of the world, yet its influence on the patterns and distribution of genetic diversity is poorly …

Prescribed burning is a commonly applied management tool, and there has been considerable
debate over the efficacy of its application. We review data relating to the effectiveness of …

George Cary was born on 12 August 1928, and educated at Eton, whence he passed as an
entrance scholar in Classics to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1945. Two years later he was …

We investigated genome folding across the eukaryotic tree of life. We find two types of three-dimensional
(3D) genome architectures at the chromosome scale. Each type appears and …

A classification of spatial simulation models of fire and vegetation dynamics (landscape fire
succession models or LFSMs) is presented. The classification was developed to provide a …

… We acknowledge that there are no appropriate natural archives in some ecosystems, and
we argue that process-based fire models (Cary et al., 2006) are required in these cases to …

… geographical focus for some topics to be southeastern Australia, especially the state of
Victoria, a region that is arguably the worst in the world for socially disastrous fires (Gill and Cary …

Bushfires are one of the most frequent natural hazards experienced in Australia. Fires play
an important role in shaping the landscape and its ecological dynamics, but may also have …

Losses to life and property from unplanned fires (wildfires) are forecast to increase because
of population growth in peri-urban areas and climate change. In response, there have been …