We have a major research focus on the impacts of fire on faunal biodiversity in the south-west forests for the next 4 years. Previous work has included looking at fire in semi-arid shrublands and urban areas with A/Prof. Eddie van Etten and Dr Tim Doherty. Tim is a collaboration partner on the forest fire project.

Key journal publications:

1. Davis, R.A. and Craig, M.D. (2024). Long-term post-fire succession of reptiles in an urban remnant in south-western Australia. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 33:WF24033.
2. Davis, R.A., Valentine, L.E. and Craig, M.D. (2022). Do bird communities differ with post-fire age in Banksia woodlands of south-western Australia? International Journal of Wildland Fire. 31:621-633.
3. Van Etten, E.J., Davis, R.A. and Doherty, T. (2021). Fire in semi-arid shrublands and woodlands: spatial and temporal patterns in an Australian landscape. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. Special issue Fire regimes in desert ecosystems: drivers impacts and changes.
4. Doherty, T.S., van Etten, E.J.B., Davis, R.A., Knuckey, C., Radford, J. (2016). Ecosystem responses to fire: incorporating data on birds, plants, mammals and reptiles to inform management strategies. Ecosystems. 20:872-884
5. Davis, R.A., Doherty, T.S., Van Etten, E.J.B., Radford, J.Q., Knuckey, C., Holmes, F. and Davis, B. (2016). Conserving long unburnt vegetation is important for bird species, guilds and diversity. Biodiversity and Conservation. 25:2709-2722.
6. Doherty, T.S., Davis, R.A., van Etten, E.J.B., Collier, N. and Krawiec, J. (2015) Response of a shrubland mammal and reptile community to a history of landscape-scale wildfire. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 24:534-.543.
7. Doherty, T.S., Davis, R.A. and van Etten, E.J.B. (2015). A game of cat-and-mouse: microhabitat influences rodent foraging in recently burnt, but not long unburnt shrublands. Journal of Mammalogy, 96:324-331.