Watson, S. J. ， Taylor, R. S. ， Nimmo, D. G. ， Kelly, L. T. ， Clarke, M. F. ， Bennett, A. F.
2012-10-01 ANIMAL CONSERVATION 2012 15(卷), 5(期), (499-507页)
Predicting the response of faunal communities to fire presents a challenge for land managers worldwide because the post-fire responses of species may vary between locations and fire events. Post-fire recovery can occur via nucleated recovery from in situ surviving populations or by colonization from ex situ populations. Fine-scale spatial patterns in the patchiness of fires and the proximity of burnt sites to source populations may contribute to both the variability in post-fire responses and the processes by which populations recover. We examined the avifauna at recently burnt sites within extensive semi-arid shrublands of south-eastern Australia, including 72 sites ?27 years since fire) and varied in the presence or absence of small (25900?m2) unburnt patches of vegetation. For sites