Dr Lachlan McCaw

Dr Lachlan McCaw
Project Leader

Publications authored

2012

Changes in behaviour of fire in dry eucalypt forest as fuel increases with age
McCaw LW, Gould JS, Phillip Cheney N, Ellis P, Anderson WR
Journal Article

Changes in behaviour of fire in dry eucalypt forest as fuel increases with age
McCaw LW, Gould JS, Phillip Cheney N, Ellis P, Anderson WR
Journal Article

Changes in behaviour of fire in dry eucalypt forest as fuel increases with age
McCaw LW, Gould JS, Phillip Cheney N, Ellis P, Anderson WR
Journal Article

2011

The Effect of Fireline Intensity on Woody Fuel Consumption in Southern Australian Eucalypt Forest Fires
Hollis JJ, Anderson WR, McCaw LW, Cruz MG, Burrows ND, Ward B, Tolhurst KG, Gould JS
Journal Article

The Effect of Fireline Intensity on Woody Fuel Consumption in Southern Australian Eucalypt Forest Fires
Hollis JJ, Anderson WR, McCaw LW, Cruz MG, Burrows ND, Ward B, Tolhurst KG, Gould JS
Journal Article

The Effect of Fireline Intensity on Woody Fuel Consumption in Southern Australian Eucalypt Forest Fires
Hollis JJ, Anderson WR, McCaw LW, Cruz MG, Burrows ND, Ward B, Tolhurst KG, Gould JS
Journal Article

Variation in fire interval sequences has minimal effects on species richness and composition in fire-prone landscapes of south-west Western Australia
Wittkuhn R, McCaw LW, Wills AJ, Robinson R, Andersen AN, Van Heurck P, Farr J, Liddelow G, Cranfield R
Journal Article

2010

Dendroecological potential of Callitris preissii for dating historical fires in semi-arid shrublands of southern Western Australia
O'Donnell AJ, Cullen LE, McCaw LW, Boer MM, Grierson P
Journal Article

Vegetation and landscape connectivity control wildfire intervals in unmanaged semi-arid shrublands and woodlands in Australia
O'Donnell AJ, Boer MM, McCaw LW, Grierson P
Journal Article

2009

Long-term impacts of prescribed burning on regional extent and incidence of wildfires—Evidence from 50 years of active fire management in SW Australian forests
Boer MM, Sadler RJ, Wittkuhn R, McCaw LW, Grierson P
Journal Article

Woody fuel consumption in the changing climate of Australia
Hollis JJ, McCaw LW
Conference Proceedings

Woody fuel consumption in the changing climate of Australia
Hollis JJ, McCaw LW
Conference Proceedings

Woody fuel consumption in the changing climate of Australia
Hollis JJ, McCaw LW
Conference Proceedings

2008

Developments in Environmental SciencesWildland Fires and Air PollutionChapter 23 Managing Smoke from Wildfires and Prescribed Burning in Southern Australia
Wain A, Mills GA, McCaw LW, Brown T
Book

Existing fire behaviour models under-predict the rate of spread of summer fires in open jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest.
McCaw LW, Gould JS, Cheney NP
Journal Article

Blog posts

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Project Leader

Resources credited

Poster

Atmospheric Stability Environments and Fire Weather (1) - An Extended Haines Index

Atmospheric Stability Environments and Fire Weather (2) - A Case Study of the Hovea

Behind the flaming zone

Behind the flaming zone: woody fuel consumption and fireline intensity

Fire and vegetation patterns in semi-arid southern WA

Historical fire data and biodiversity in South WA

Integrating fire management and biodiversity

Learning from the past

Long-term impacts of prescribed burning on regional extent and incidence of wildfires

Planning fire intervals for biodiversity conservation

The When and Where of Future Fire: Towards an Australian Fire Occurrence Model

Wildfire return intervals in semi-arid southern WA

Product

Field Guide: Fire in Dry Eucalypt Forest

Project Vesta: Fire in Dry Eucalypt Forest

South West WA Fire in the Landscape

The importance of fire, fuels and the weather

External resource

Fire Fuel & Weather Seminar - Lachlan McCaw

See video

Presentation

Project Vesta - Fire in Dry Eucalypt Forest:- fuel structure, fuel dynamics and fire behaviour

Reconstructing the Fire History of an Unmanaged Semi-arid Landscape: Lake Johnston Region, WA