Integrated Forest University of Melbourne The Integration Project is currently in two Ecosystem Research parts. Part A: Integration Framework will look Program – at integration of socio-economic and biophysical models into a management Integration Core decision-making framework. Project (Part A) Assessing bushfire University of Melbourne To determine the main factors in bushfire risk to social and spread and characterisation that lead to economic values of uncertainties in the predicted bushfire forests in fire attributes. landscapes: Integrated Forest Ecosystem Research Program – Integration Core Project (Part B) Effects of fire, University of Melbourne To identify tipping points that may result in climate and irreversible change to forest structure and management on the composition and the associated values they vulnerability and provide. resilience of Victorian forests: Integrated Forest Ecosystem Research Program – Vulnerability Core Project Interactions University of Melbourne To determine the responses of species to fire between fire, regimes and quantify response thresholds. landscape pattern and biodiversity (including the Foothills fire and biota project): Integrated Forest Ecosystem Research Program – Biodiversity Core Project The effect of University of Melbourne To assess how to minimise the impact of fire changing fire and on water quality and quantity of our climate regimes on catchments; and the relationships between Victoria's forest various resilience ‘states’ and water quality hydrology: and quantity. Integrated Forest Ecosystem Research
Integrated Forest Ecosystem Research Program – Integration Core Project (Part A) University of Melbourne The Integration Project is currently in two parts. Part A: Integration Framework will look at integration of socio-economic and biophysical models into a management decision-making framework. Assessing bushfire risk to social and economic values of forests in fire landscapes: Integrated Forest Ecosystem Research Program – Integration Core Project (Part B) University of Melbourne To determine the main factors in bushfire spread and characterisation that lead to uncertainties in the predicted bushfire attributes. Effects of fire, climate and management on the vulnerability and resilience of Victorian forests: Integrated Forest Ecosystem Research Program – Vulnerability Core Project University of Melbourne To identify tipping points that may result in irreversible change to forest structure and composition and the associated values they provide. Interactions between fire, landscape pattern and biodiversity (including the Foothills fire and biota project): Integrated Forest Ecosystem Research Program – Biodiversity Core Project University of Melbourne To determine the responses of species to fire regimes and quantify response thresholds. The effect of changing fire and climate regimes on Victoria's forest hydrology: Integrated Forest Ecosystem Research University of Melbourne To assess how to minimise the impact of fire on water quality and quantity of our catchments; and the relationships between various resilience ‘states’ and water quality and quantity.
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