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RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access)

A conservation-significant threatened mammal uses fire exclusions and shifts ranges in the presence of prescribed burning

Leticia F. Povh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0306-0191 A * , Nicole Willers https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9037-4596 B , Jill M. Shephard https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4418-9891 A and Patricia A. Fleming https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0626-3851 A
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A Centre for Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.

B Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Australia II Drive, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009, Australia.

* Correspondence to: l.povh@murdoch.edu.au

International Journal of Wildland Fire 32(9) 1291-1303 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF22196
Submitted: 13 September 2022  Accepted: 30 June 2023   Published: 31 July 2023

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of IAWF. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)

Abstract

Background: Understanding how animals change their use of space following prescribed burning is essential for effective conservation management, particularly a threatened species such as the quokka (Setonix brachyurus).

Aims: To determine how individual quokkas change their home ranges following burns.

Methods: The movement patterns of 20 quokkas were tracked before and after prescribed burns between 2018 and 2020. Home-range area was calculated for each individual, and behavioural change point analysis was carried out to determine whether they changed their space use after the burns.

Key results: Six quokkas that had previously resided in areas that were prescribed burned, shifted their ranges and moved into the fire exclusions, avoiding the burn areas for an average of 105 ± 65 days. After 3 months, these quokkas spent no more than 2% of their time in the burn areas. By contrast, quokkas inhabiting fire exclusion and control sites did not show any change in their space use.

Conclusions: This study highlights the importance and proximity of appropriately sized fire exclusions to ensure that populations of species dependent on dense vegetation can be retained.

Implications: Fire exclusion areas are an important part of the planning of prescribed burns to retain habitat for fauna species that rely on dense cover for refuge and food.

Keywords: conservation, fire management, home range, prescription burning, quokka, survival, threatened species, wildlife management.


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