Indicator: LD-35 Temporal and spatial correlation between changing fire regimes and species change
Data
No research appears to have been undertaken to analyse these correlations.
What the data mean
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Data Limitations
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Issues for which this is an indicator and why
Land — Direct pressure of human activities on the land - Species introduction and species change
Fire in certain patterns favours some forms of vegetation, and animal life, and destroys others. Intense, widespread and frequent fires have the potential to entirely clear the land so that it provides more or less a clean slate for the colonisation of new species. Fire regimes therefore play a role in maintaining the population and distribution of native species, and change to those regimes have the potential to alter those populations and distributions.
Other indicators for this issue:
- LD-01 The proportion and area of native vegetation and changes over time
- LD-19 Land use and land use change
- LD-40 Current research into pressures and contributions of naturalised introduced species
- LD-20 Total grazing pressure relative to net primary productivity
- BD-12 Examples of the impacts of fires on biodiversity
- BD-13 Examples of the impact of grazing on biodiversity
- IW-37 Examples of carp pressures and measures for removal and/or commercial catch
- IW-38 Cane toad distribution
- IW-39 Examples of significant wetland weeds
- BD-09 The change in extent of selected nationally significant invasive species
- BD-10 Examples of native species whose populations have declined where various invasive species have established resident populations
Biodiversity — Pressures on biodiversity - Fire
Changes in fire patterns have significant implications for viability of vegetation types and for biodiversity more generally.
Other indicators for this issue:
- BD-11 Area burnt by frequency, intensity and season of burning
- BD-12 Examples of the impacts of fires on biodiversity
- LD-24 Severe drought and wildfire correlation
Biodiversity — Pressures on biodiversity - Invasive species
Changing fire regimes can alter the populations and distribution of species, and lead to invasiveness by native or introduced species that are favoured by the changes.
Other indicators for this issue:
- IW-37 Examples of carp pressures and measures for removal and/or commercial catch
- IW-38 Cane toad distribution
- IW-39 Examples of significant wetland weeds
- BD-09 The change in extent of selected nationally significant invasive species
- BD-10 Examples of native species whose populations have declined where various invasive species have established resident populations
- LD-19 Land use and land use change
- LD-20 Total grazing pressure relative to net primary productivity
- LD-40 Current research into pressures and contributions of naturalised introduced species
- BD-13 Examples of the impact of grazing on biodiversity
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