Associate Professor Lauren Bennett

School of Ecosystem & Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

Sciences & Technology

Why Australia’s severe bushfires may be bad news for tree regeneration

Australia’s trees have evolved with fire, most needing some fire for renewal, but now our forests have had too much severe fire

Sciences & Technology

Recurring fires are threatening the iconic snow gum

Frequent bushfires in the Victorian high country have devastated the snow gum population, endangering the flora and fauna that depend on them for survival

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