@article {bnh-7311,
	title = {Seasonal fine fuel and coarse woody debris dynamics in north Australian savannas},
	journal = {International Journal of Wildland Fire},
	year = {2020},
	month = {09/2020},
	abstract = {<p><span>Several studies have separately explored accumulation of the dominant fuels (grass, fine litter (\&lt;6 mm diameter) and coarse woody debris (CWD, 6{\textendash}50 mm diameter)) in north Australian savannas. We report an analysis of two longitudinal datasets describing how these three fuel components covary in abundance throughout the year in eucalypt-dominated savanna over a rainfall gradient of 700{\textendash}1700 mm mean annual rainfall (MAR). Our observations concur generally with previous observations that litter accumulation results in a late dry season (LDS) peak in biomass, whereas cured grassy fuels typically are seasonally invariant, and CWD inputs are associated with stochastic severe wet season storms and dry season fires. The distinct LDS litter peak contributes significantly to the potential for LDS fires to be of higher intensity, burn more fuel per unit area and produce greater emissions relative to early dry season (EDS) fires. However, Australia{\textquoteright}s current (2018) formal savanna burning emissions avoidance methodology erroneously deems greater EDS fine fuel (grass and fine litter) biomass in four of nine designated vegetation fuel types. The study highlights the need to develop seasonally dynamic modelling approaches that better account for significant seasonal variation in fine fuel inputs and decomposition.</span></p>},
	keywords = {emissions abatement, fire management, fire regime, fire seasonality, foliage projective cover, fuel accumulation, litter fuels, tropical savanna},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1071/WF20073},
	url = {https://www.publish.csiro.au/wf/WF20073},
	author = {Yates, Cameron P. and Harry MacDermott and Jay Evans and Murphy, Brett P. and Jeremy Russell-Smith}
}
@article {BF-2415,
	title = {Improving estimates of savanna burning emissions for greenhouse accounting in northern Australia: limitations, challenges, applications},
	journal = {International Journal of Wildland Fire},
	volume = {18},
	year = {2009},
	month = {2009},
	pages = {1},
	abstract = {Although biomass burning of savannas is recognised as a major global source of greenhouse gas emissions, quantification remains problematic with resulting regional emissions estimates often differing markedly. Here we undertake a critical assessment of Australia{\textquoteright}s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NGGI) savanna burning emissions methodology. We describe the methodology developed for, and results and associated uncertainties derived from, a landscape-scale emissions abatement project in fire-prone western Arnhem Land, northern Australia. The methodology incorporates (i) detailed fire history and vegetation structure and fuels type mapping derived from satellite imagery; (ii) field-based assessments of fuel load accumulation, burning efficiencies (patchiness, combustion efficiency, ash retention) and N : C composition; and (iii) application of standard, regionally derived emission factors. Importantly, this refined methodology differs from the NGGI by incorporation of fire seasonality and severity components, and substantial improvements in baseline data. We consider how the application of a fire management program aimed at shifting the seasonality of burning (from one currently dominated by extensive late dry season wildfires to one where strategic fire management is undertaken earlier in the year) can provide significant project-based emissions abatement. The approach has wider application to fire-prone savanna systems dominated by anthropogenic sources of ignition.},
	doi = {10.1071/WF08009},
	author = {Jeremy Russell-Smith and Murphy, Brett P. and Meyer, C.P. (Mick) and Garry D. Cook and Stefan Maier and Andrew C. Edwards and Schatz, Jon and Brocklehurst, Peter}
}
@article {BF-1034,
	title = {Northern Australian Seasonal Bushfire Assessment Workshop - 2007},
	year = {2007},
	month = {7/03/2007},
	pages = {25pp},
	institution = {Bushfire CRC},
	url = {http://www.bushfirecrc.com/sites/default/files/managed/resource/seasonal-bushfire-outlook-nth-aust-07-08.pdf},
	author = {Chris Lucas and Murphy, Brett P. and Graham A. Mills}
}
