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Table 1 Recent fire history for the nine prescribed burn, bushfire, and unburned sites located in three areas on the Swan Coastal Plain north of Perth, Western Australia, Australia, measured each January from 2017 to 2019, inclusive. The date, season, and fuel age when the prescribed burn or bushfire occurred is provided in the initial columns. The total number of bushfires or prescribed burns and seasons when they occurred is then provided. The average interval between bushfires or prescribed burns (events) and the median categories of event type and season are listed in bold text. Burn = prescribed burn, Fire = bushfire, N/A = not applicable, N/D = not determined due to insufficient data, NR = Nature Reserve, SF = State Forest

From: Prescribed burning in a mediterranean-climate region mitigates the disturbance by bushfire to a critical food resource for an endangered bird, the Carnaby’s cockatoo

Area name

Event category

Date

Season

Fuel age at event (yr)

Average event interval (yr)

Number of fires recorded

Number of burns recorded

Median category

Number of events per season

Median season

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Yeal NR

Burn

18 Sep 2015

Spring

11

12.3

0

5

Burn

2

0

2

N/D

Fire

22 Nov 2015

Spring

11

11.0

2

3

Burn

3

1

1

Spring

Unburned

N/A

N/A

N/A

13.0

2

3

Burn

3

2

0

Spring

Caraban SF

Burn

12 May 2015

Autumn

10

8.2

3

4

Burn

2

4

1

Summer

Fire

01 Jan 2016

Summer

11

10.0

4

2

Fire

2

4

0

Summer

Unburned

N/A

N/A

N/A

9.5

4

1

Fire

1

4

0

Summer

Moore River NR

Burn

09 Oct 2014

Spring

12

12.0

1

1

N/D

1

1

0

N/D

Fire

02 Dec 2014

Summer

12

12.0

2

0

Fire

0

2

0

Summer

Unburned

N/A

N/A

N/A

14.0

1

0

Fire

0

1

0

Summer