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- 1. Research Student Scholarship Program Dr Samantha Lloyd www.fireandbiodiversity.org.au
- 2. • Established in 1998, the SEQFBC is 17 years old! • Non government and not-for-profit. SEQ Fire & Biodiversity Consortium • Aim: Translate science into practice for improved fire management and biodiversity conservation in SEQ.
- 3. Thank you to our Sponsors
- 4. • We have three priority areas: 1. Education & engagement. 2. Applied research. 3. Representation & response. SEQ Fire & Biodiversity Consortium
- 5. Scholarship Program • Aims to provide financial assistance & support. • Honours, Masters & PhD students. • Research in fire ecology &/or fire management in the SEQ Bioregion. • Annual (financial year) & worth $3000. • Launched ~ October & closes mid-December. • Thanks to Fireland Consultancy.
- 6. Scholarship Program • Judged on merit by panel three SEQFBC SC members. • Students complete an application form, project information & budget. • Announce the winner at Autumn Forum & promote via newsletter, website, ESA etc. • Students contribute: • Newsletter article; • Presentation; • RWG meeting • Summary report.
- 7. Diana Virkki - 2012/2013 • PhD project at Griffith University. • Fire management guidelines primarily built on plant responses with limited information on fauna. • Assess how reptiles & small mammals respond to spatio-temporal fire mosaics across the landscape of SEQ eucalypt forest. • Made use of long-term research plots at Bauple SF. • Undertook reptile & small mammal surveys & BioCondition vegetation & habitat surveys. • Completed 2014.
- 8. Diana Virkki - 2012/2013 • Reptile abundance & species richness was best explained by total number of fires & fire type (planned, wildfire or top disposal). • Correlations of reptile parameters were much stronger with fire variables than vegetation.
- 9. Ross Waldron - 2013/2014 • Honours project at University of the Sunshine Coast. • Comparing impacts of wildfire & prescribed burning on woody understorey composition & the reaction of eucalypt regeneration in dry open forest. • Made use long-term research plots at Bauple SF. • Awarded 1st Class Honours.
- 10. Ross Waldron - 2013/2014 • Single wildfire, after period of fire exclusion, can substantially change vegetation structure of forest, but have less impact on species composition 7 years post-fire.
- 11. Brett Parker - 2013/2014 • Honours project at University of the Sunshine Coast. • Remote sensing techniques to identify & quantify spatial patterns of fire severity over 23 years in SEQ heath & woodland. • Assess the accuracy of Landsat & WorldView-2 imagery to map burnt area & burn severity in burn scars less than 2ha. • Feed this back into fire regimes. • Mooloolah River National Park over 23years. • Awarded 1st Class Honours.
- 12. Brett Parker - 2013/2014 • Remote sensing of Melaleuca & Eucalypt woodlands were well correlated with field measurements (fire severity). • Increasing time-since-fire was followed by large fires (>40% burnt). • Burnt area interval was < ecological thresholds in 75% of heath.
- 13. Martyn Eliott - 2014/2015 • Honours project at University of the Sunshine Coast. • Hypothesis: The composition of cerambycid beetles is affected by fire regime through changes in habitat. • Identify link between fire affected habitat/forest health & beetle composition = bioindicator. • Making use long-term research plots at Bauple SF. • Field work Feb - May. • Results to come…
- 14. • Burnt annually (1952) • Burnt every three years (1973) • Unburnt area (1946) • Wildfire area (2006) Martyn Eliott
- 15. Manager: Dr Samantha Lloyd Coordinator: Craig Welden Phone: 0438 008 668 Email: Sam: slloyd@seqcatchments.com.au Craig: cwelden@seqcatchments.com.au Website: www.fireandbiodiversity.org.au Contact Details
- 16. Christmas Bells (Blandfordia grandiflora) flowering post burn, 2006 (D.Metters). Questions
Editor's Notes
- Originally funded as Commonwealth project based with Logan Council, then with Griffith University (Phases 1 – 3). Currently funded by 17 organisations allowing for a Manager 2 days a week & Coordinator 4 days a week. Hosted by SEQ Catchments (Natural Resource Management body for SEQ) since 2010 (Phase 4 & 5). Steering Committee & WGs who assist with work program & priorities - comprises local govn., state govn., utility land managers & stakeholders. Broader membership (&gt; 400) also includes non govn., academics, students, consultants & land holders.
- Queensland Government – QPWS, DTMR, and DNRM.
- My project will make use of four treatments at the Bauple fire experiment. These treatments include: (1) an area burnt annually since 1952; (2) an area burnt every three years since 1973; (3) an area that has remained unburnt since 1946; and (4) an area that was formerly unburnt since 1946, but burnt by a wildfire in 2006. Within each treatment I will use five permanent monitoring plots (100 x 40m).
- Add some notes about Gabriel’s work