Grazing-fire interactions and vegetation dynamics

放牧和火灾是两种主要的经济有效的手段，可以用来控制保护区和牧场的植被。这个项目将产生资料和模式，使在自然保护和生产的自然植被管理方面能够比目前更有效地利用放牧。了解脊椎动物放牧动物影响火灾发生率和强度的方式，对于规划防止造成生命、财产和保护价值重大损失的偶尔植被火灾也非常重要，特别是在预测气候变化的情况下。

Grazing and fire are the two major cost-effective tools that can be used to manipulate the vegetation of reserves and rangelands. This project will result in information and models that will enable a more effective use of grazing than at present in natural vegetation management for both nature conservation and production. An understanding of the ways in which vertebrate grazing animals influence the incidence and intensity of fire is also highly important in planning to prevent the occasional vegetation fire that causes substantial losses of life, property and conservation values, especially in the context of predicted climatic change.