Talk:Bushfire

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Contents 1 North/south? 2 Timing of fires in the north 3 Photo desrcription 4 Geographical bias

[edit] North/south?

This statement has been in the article for some time: In the south, bushfires are most often started by lightning. However, near populated areas, accidents and arson cause many fires. In the north, most fires are deliberately lit. Can anyone provide a reference? Sounds like nonsense to me. -- Ian ≡ talk 08:55, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

yeah, it sounds like nonsense to me as well, hope they remove it...

[edit] Timing of fires in the north

Fires in northern Australia are almost non-existent in winter. Winter storms are extremely rare so natural fires obviously don't occur then. Human set fires are set when their is sufficientmoisture to ensure the grass can respond with new growth. Traditional wisdom dictates that fires not be set until at least two inches of rain have fallen AFTER October. Thi is defintiely not winter, nor is ot the dry season. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 211.29.68.206 (talk • contribs) .

• Do you have any sources? and also please sign your comments on the talk pages. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bidgee (talk • contribs) .

Sign my comments says an anonymous poster.

And yeah, I have references, how many would you like?

Anderson, E.R., Pressland, A.J., McLennan, S.R., Clem, R.L., & Rickert, K.G. (1988). The role of fire in native pasture management. In Native pastures in Queensland their resources and management (eds W.H. Burrows, J.C. Scanlan & M.T. Rutherford). Queensland Government Press, Queensland.

Bowman, D.M.J.S. & Prior, L.D. (2004) Impact of Aboriginal landscape burning on woody vegetation in Eucalyptus tetrodonta savanna in Arnhem Land, northern Australia. Journal of Biogeography, 31, 807-817.

Roberts, B. (ed) (1990) Fire Research in Rural Queensland. Queensland Govrnment Publishers, Brisbane.

Williams, R.J., Congdon, R.A., Grice, A.C., & Clarke, P.J. (2003) Effect of fire regime on plant abundance in a tropical eucalypt savanna of north-eastern Australia. Austral Ecology, 28, 327-338.

At this a point a better question would be where you are getting your information from? I can't even imagine why any grazier would light a fire in the middle of the dry season as you suggest. Such an action would destroy all standing feed. What would stock eat for the next 4-6 months? In Northern Australia fires in winter are seen as a disaster. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 211.29.68.194 (talk • contribs) .

• • Do you have any Online sources? Yes I forgot to sign my comment but please sign your comments with ~~~~. -- Bidgee 22:37, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photo desrcription

The photo with the desription 'Long term damage of the Bogong Bush Complex in 2003' What does this mean? What do you mean by long term damage? What is 'Bogong Bush Complex? Please explain? I intend radically change this desription. Lentisco 04:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Geographical bias

This article is biassed towards Australia, but bushfires (similar in some ways, different in other) occur in other parts of the world and the term 'bushfire' is used extensively in Africa. Either material from other regions of the world like Africa should be added or the title should be changed to "Bushfires in Australasia" to reflect the geographic coverage. Rexparry sydney 03:54, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

It appears that neither this article nor Wildfire really cover much on African fires. Perhaps this article could be divided into sections: African and Australasia. --Kralizec! (talk) 16:47, 12 November 2007 (UTC)