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Small mammals (Rattus fuscipes, Mus musculus, Antechinus flavipes, Isoodon obesulus) were livetrapped
for 18 months prior to fuel reduction burning (FRB) in dry sclerophyll forest dominated by
Eucalyptus obliqua south of Adelaide. Although the fire prescription was hotter than that normally
conducted for a FRB in this habitat, the fire was of low intensity, removing most of the litter and
understorey but only singeing the canopy in a few places. Trapping continued for 16 months after the
burn, when the study site was destroyed by a wildfire (Ash Wednesday, 16 February 1983). No animals
were known to have died as a direct result of the FRB and little effect was observed on the population
dynamics of A. flavipes. However, numbers of R. fuscipes declined precipitously in the 3 months
following the FRB and remained at low levels with no summer recruitment of juveniles over the
following 16 months (2 summers) as there had been in the summer prior to the FRB. No movements
to unburned areas were recorded in either species after the FRB. There was no influx of M, musculus
after the fire and there was no marked affect on the population of I. obesulus.

"May 1966." ; Includes bibliographical references (page 61-66). ; Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-66). ; Mode of access: Internet.