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References and further information

Abbott, I and Burrows, N (eds.) 2003, Fire in Ecosystems in south-west Western Australia: Impacts and Management. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.

Allan, GE and Southgate, RI 2002, ‘Fire regimes in the spinifex landscapes of Australia’, in RA Bradstock, JE Williams and AM Gill (eds.) Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes and Biodiversity of a Continent, Cambridge University Press, pp. 145–176.

Andersen AN, Cook GD and Williams RJ (eds.) 2003, Fire in Tropical Savannas, The Kapalga Experiment. Ecological Studies, volume 169, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Bowman, D, 2003, Bushfires: a Darwinian perspective. In Cary, G, Lindenmayer, D and Dovers, S (eds.) 2003, Australia Burning. Fire Ecology, Policy and Management Issues, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne

Bradstock, RA, Williams, JE and Gill, AM (eds) 2002, Flammable Australia: The Fire Regimes and Biodiversity of a Continent, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Cary, G, Lindenmayer, D and Dovers, S (eds.) 2003, Australia Burning. Fire Ecology, Policy and Management Issues, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Corbett, LK, Andersen, AN and Muller, WJ 2003, ‘Terrestrial vertebrates’, in AN Andersen, GD Cook and RJ Williams (eds.) Fire in Tropical Savannas. The Kapalga Experiment. Ecological Studies 169:126–152, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Ellis, S, Kanowski, P and Whelan, RJ 2004, National Inquiry on Bushfire Mitigation and Management, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, <http://www.coagbushfireenquiry.gov.au/report/docs/chapter6.doc>.

Esplin, B, Gill, AM and Enright, N 2003, Report of the Inquiry into the 2002–2003 Victorian Bushfires, State Government of Victoria, Melbourne, pp. 16–19.

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Gill, AM, Allen, G and Yates, C 2003, ‘Fire-created patchiness in Australian savannas. International Journal of Wildland Fire’, 12:323–331.

Hill R and Nowakowski, S 2003, Yalanji-warranga kaban. Yalanji People of the Rainforest Fire Management Book, Little Ramsay Press, Cairns.

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Kanowski, PJ, Whelan, RJ and Ellis, S 2005, ‘Inquiries following the 2002–2003 Australian bushfires: common themes and future directions for Australian bushfire mitigation and management’, Australian Forestry 68:76–86.

Lindesay, J 2003, ‘Fire and climate in Australia’, in Cary, G, Lindenmayer, D and Dovers, S (eds.) Australia Burning: Fire Ecology, Policy and Management Issues, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Luke, RH and McArthur, AG 1978, Bushfires in Australia, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, p. 341.

Mackey, B, Lindenmayer, DB, Gill, AM, McCarthy, MA and Lindesay, J 2002, Wildlife, Fire and Future Climate, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

McCarthy, MA, Gill, AM and Lindenmayer, DB 1999, ‘Fire regimes in mountain ash forest: evidence from forest age structure, extinction models and wildlife habitat’, Forest Ecology and Management 124:193–203.

Russell-Smith J, 2002, ‘Pre-contact Aboriginal, and contemporary fire regimes of the savanna landscapes of northern Australia: patterns, changes and ecological processes’ Russell-Smith, J, Craig, R, Gill, AM, Smith, R and Williams, J Australian Fire Regimes: Contemporary Patterns (April 1998–March 2000) and Changes Since European Settlement, Australia State of the Environment Second Technical Paper Series (Biodiversity), Department of the Environment and Heritage, Canberra <http://www.deh.gov.au/soe/techpapers/fire/part4/index.html>.

Russell-Smith J, Yates, C, Edwards, A, Allan, GE, Cook, GD, Cooke, P, Craig, R, Heath, B and Smith, R 2003, ‘Contemporary fire regimes of northern Australia, 1997–2001: change since Aboriginal occupancy, challenges for sustainable management’, International Journal of Wildland Fire 12:283–297.

Whelan, RJ 1995, The Ecology of Fire, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

White, ME 1998, The Greening of Gondwana, third edition, Simon and Schuster, Australia.

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