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Fire Research in Australia’s fire-prone heathlands
Mark Ooi (Senior Research Fellow from UNSW) is conducting research into post fire recovery of Australia’s heathlands and thanks to SEQ Fire and Biodiversity Consortium, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and HQ Plantations is extending his research into the heathlands of the South East Queensland. The overall project Mark and his team are involved with is aimed at improving conservation outcomes for planned burns. The study will help to improve understanding of post-fire recovery and recruitment of the vegetation in these areas, especially the threatened species Boronia keysii and rare B. rivularis. We are particularly interested in the effects of conducting burns in different seasons. The burn on the day was successful, with good conditions with a future burn aiming to be completed later this year, in order to compare recovery after the two seasons. May 2018 Photo: Bottom, Mark Ooi collecting soil samples post fire. Photo by Justin Collette (PhD Student from UNSW). ![]() ![]() |
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