Fallen logs (also known as coarse
woody debris: CWD or heavy fuel) play an important role in
biodiversity conservation. They provide breeding, hibernation,
feeding and basking sites for an array of fauna including mammals,
reptiles, frogs and invertebrates. Logs also function as critical
refuges during forest fires and provide remnant islands from which
fauna and flora can recolonise areas post-fire.
However, knowledge about the impacts
of prescribed burning on logs and their associated biodiversity is
incomplete. This project will assess the conservation value of logs
in the stringy bark woodlands of south-west Victoria and determine
how logs are impacted by different prescribed burning regimes.
Project Link: B 3.1 Impacts of fire on ecological
processes and biodiversity
