Post-wildfire recovery of water yield in the Sydney Basin water supply catchments: An assessment of the 2001/2002 wildfires

摘要: Summary Wildfire is a recurring event which has been acknowledged by the literature to impact hydrological cycle of catchment. Hence, wildfire may have significant on water yield levels within In Australia, studies effect fire limited obligate seeder vegetation communities. These communities regenerate from seed banks in ground or woody fruits and are generally activated fire. contrast, Sydney Basin dominated resprouter resistant buds found plant regions where regular occurrence. The 2001/2002 wildfires provided an opportunity investigate impacts number catchments resprouting overall aim this study was whether there difference post-wildfire. Four burnt subcatchments 3 control were assessed. A general additive model calibrated using pre-wildfire data then used predict post-wildfire data. errors analysed it that for all showed similar trends period. This finding demonstrates no medium-term yield.