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| Bird, Michael I.; Hutley, Lindsay B.; Lawes, Michael J.; Lloyd, Jon; Luly, Jon G.; Ridd, Peter V.; Roberts, Richard G.; Ulm, Sean; Wurster, Christopher M.. |
| Debate concerning the environmental impact of human arrival in Australia has continued for more than a century. Here we review the evidence for human impact and the mechanisms by which humans may have affected the environment of tropical Australia. We limit our review to tropical Australia because, over three decades ago, it was proposed that the imposition of an anthropogenic fire regime upon human occupation of the Australian continent may have resulted in profound changes in regional vegetation and climate across this region. We conclude that ecological processes and vegetation-fire-climate-human feedbacks do exist that could have driven a significant shift in boundary conditions and ecosystem state at the sub-continental scale through the sustained... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Human impact; Megafaunal extinction; Tropical palaeoclimate; Fire regime; Ecosystem change. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00291/40179/39079.pdf |
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