Modelling the effects of rainfall variability and fire on tree populations in an Australian tropical savanna with the Flames simulation model

Adam C. Liedloff and Garry D. Cook

Ecological Modelling, 2007, vol. 201, issue 3, 269-282

Abstract: The tropical savanna landscape of northern Australia is perhaps the most extensive and flammable ecosystem in the world. Like savannas worldwide, there still remains uncertainty as to the functioning of much of this system and the mechanisms maintaining a state between open grassland and woodland. We use the development of a process-based model to examine the processes operating on the eucalypt dominated tree component of the northern Australian savannas, focussing on the interaction of water availability and fire.

Keywords: Tropical savanna; Fire ecology; Simulation modelling; Flames; Rainfall variability; Drought; Tree populations; Tree–grass coexistence; Competition; Disturbance; Eucalypt (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.09.013

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