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SUMMARY:Burning for biodiversity? Testing the long-term effects of fire in
  the Jervis Bay Fire Experiment - Martin Westgate\, Australian National Un
 iversity
DTSTART:20120828T120000Z
DTEND:20120828T130000Z
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CONTACT:Jessica C. Walsh
DESCRIPTION:There is a great deal of uncertainty regarding how animal taxa
  respond to fire regimes. In this talk\, I will discuss the latest results
  from the Jervis Bay fire study\, focussing particularly on frogs. Being s
 emi-aquatic\, frogs respond to ecological gradients – such as water avai
 lability\, vegetation structure\, and fire – in different ways throughou
 t their life cycle. In particular\, fire can kill adult frogs\, but may al
 so influence habitat quality and landscape permeability. However\, quantif
 ying the relative importance of these processes is difficult\, because fro
 gs are rarely detected in terrestrial locations. I will present results th
 at quantify frog distributions using a range of field and statistical meth
 ods\, showing that fire has significant impacts on a number of frog specie
 s over time scales of up to 40 years. I will conclude by discussing future
  research directions in the Jervis Bay fire study\, and their importance f
 or informing decision-making in the context of fire management for biodive
 rsity conservation.\n
LOCATION:First Floor Seminar Room\, Department of Zoology\, Downing Street
 \, Cambridge CB2 3EJ
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