Grazing-fire interactions and vegetation dynamics

放牧和火灾是可用于管理保护区和牧场植被的两种主要的成本效益高的工具。该项目将产生信息和模型，使人们能够在自然植被管理中比目前更有效地利用放牧，促进自然保护和生产。了解脊椎动物放牧动物影响火灾发生率和强度的方式，对于规划预防偶尔发生的植被火灾也非常重要，这种火灾会造成生命、财产和保护价值的重大损失，特别是在预测的气候变化的背景下。

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.