RIEL seminar series
Savanna fire and biodiversity: findings from a long-term field experiment
| Presenter | Prof Alan Andersen | |
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Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods
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| Location | Yellow 1, Level 2, Room 48 at CDU Casuarina Campus, and online via Zoom (see below for Zoom link). All times are ACST. | |
| Open to | Public | |
Prof Alan Andersen is Professor, Research Excellence and Impact (Office of Research and Innovation) and Professor, Terrestrial Invertebrates (Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods) at Charles Darwin University (CDU).
Fire plays a dominant role in savanna ecosystems but we have a limited understanding of its impact on biodiversity, especially fauna. The most rigorous information on fire impacts comes from long-term, replicated field experiments.
In the seminar ‘Savanna fire and biodiversity: findings from a long-term field experiment’, Alan will describe the findings and lessons for management from the Burning for Biodiversity experiment at the Territory Wildlife Park, a 20-year collaboration between CDU, CSIRO and the NT Government.
Alan was previously a Chief Research Scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and head of CSIRO’s Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre in Darwin for 20 years. He has played a leading role in three major field experiments looking at the impact of fire on savanna biodiversity.
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