Publications by authors named "Allan Wills"
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- Fire has a significant impact on herbaceous vegetation, with increased abundance observed after fires at various global sites, particularly in wetter and cooler ecosystems.
- In savannas, the response to fire is much stronger than in forests, with herbaceous vegetation being 4.8 times more abundant in burned areas compared to unburned ones.
- The study highlights that fire plays a crucial role in maintaining the vegetation structure in both savanna and forest ecosystems, affecting grass cover differently in these environments.
Tabanids (syn. horse flies) are biting-flies of medical and veterinary significance because of their ability to transmit a range of pathogens including trypanosomes - some species of which carry a combined health and biosecurity risk. Invertebrate vectors responsible for transmitting species of Trypanosoma between Australian wildlife remains unknown, thus establishing the role of potential vector candidates such as tabanids is of utmost importance.
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