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The black squares are eucalypt forest habitat fragments within a pine plantation matrix (bottom squares) and controls within continuous eucalypt forest (top squares). https://www.wogwog.org/news/funnel-web-spiders monthly 0.5 2022-02-16 https://www.wogwog.org/news/fieldwork monthly 0.5 2022-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/9fe0eaad-8946-4328-b9de-5479fd31e432/2020-11-17+15.26.17.jpg Latest news - Team completes two successful post-fire biodiversity samples https://www.wogwog.org/people daily 0.75 2023-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/878dbb82-7f32-4a50-aa70-875316d8df0b/Kendi+Photo+copy.jpg People - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/1628745121858-OLSA9J20YYIAUSFDBBR1/plantation4.JPG People https://www.wogwog.org/research daily 0.75 2023-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/1692650483873-0ZVI4EXP44GIL7DICGCI/image-asset.jpeg Research - Megafire caused higher tree mortality at fragment cores than fragment edges or continuous forest Tree mortality was highest in fragment cores (~90 %) compared to edges (~40 %) or continuous forest (~35 %). The cores of medium and large fragments were drier and more stressed before the fire (from satellite NDVI) from years of hot, dry summers leading up to the megafires. Fragment edges and small fragments were protected by pine matrix trees that overtopped and shaded the edges of fragments. Both fire severity and tree mortality were higher in parts of the landscape with higher fuel loads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/1692648387083-0T46PXB3QPFC45J7ZVDY/image-asset.jpeg Research - Forest fragmentation caused changes in species composition but, in the long term, biodiversity did not decline, and there was no evidence of food web breakdown How beetle species composition changed over three decades. There was no reduction in biodiversity in the whole beetle community and carabid beetles in decade one and decade three. There was no evidence of food web collapse or trophic downgrading from isotope studies of three generalist predators over three decades: Study 1. Study 2. Study 3. Also: Changes in the occurrence of species in fragments negatively impacted species dependent on multiple other species. For example, a multi-host intestinal parasite all but disappeared from fragments over three decades. Study 1. Study 2. Edge effects in the first decade of the experiment caused declines in a skink’s body size. For trees, in the first decade there was higher tree mortality at fragment edges than in fragment cores or continuous forest. There was also greater tree productivity at edges as trees were released from competition for light. These differences had evened out by the third decade of the experiment. Iconic funnel-web spiders were not impacted by fragmentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/727bc316-627c-4798-8b1f-3709b7138460/McAllisterM_Slides2_001.jpg Research - The dynamic matrix predicts species' responses The matrix is the human-made habitat, the pine plantation, surrounding the forest fragments. Over three decades of forest fragmentation, how a species responded to matrix habitat predicted its response in fragments. We found that if a species did well in the matrix, it also did well in fragments (compared to control habitat). The matrix influences a species' persistence in fragments by isolating a species (or not) and changing the abiotic conditions of fragments, especially at edges. At Wog Wog, the matrix habitat is a pine tree crop, which is dynamic, so its impact on species changes over time as the pine crop grows from seedlings to mature trees. See results for carabid beetles, amphipods, the whole beetle community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/1692650052857-U4DL8RSCXEQ040E84FEY/image-asset.jpeg Research - Megafire and fragmentation reduced biodiversity Megafire reduced carabid beetle biodiversity in forest fragments and the matrix but biodiversity in continuous forest was not impacted. Further, fire caused changes in carabid species composition in both fragments, matrix and continuous forest so that it was different from species composition in any of the previous 35 years, but was most like composition just after forest fragmentation in 1987. After fire, large, wingless species became rare, and small, winged species became abundant. In ants and funnel-web spiders, species with underground burrows were not impacted, but those that live on the forest floor declined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/1692646659678-T97C1PC3E13LV7V8YQJ8/image-asset.jpeg Research - Species’ short-term responses to fragmentation do not predict their long-term responses. But species traits do predict long-term negative impacts. Species’ responses just after fragmentation did not predict their responses in the third decade after fragmentation. But a core group of species that declined after fragmentation never recovered, even through the third decade. These species are at the greatest risk of extinction in this landscape and might become locally extinct with further disturbance. They are species that are naturally rare, are predators (at the top of foodwebs), and are isolated on fragments. Before the megafire, we did not detect any local extinctions, but are now in the process of documenting which species were lost after the megafire. Did we lose these at-risk species in forest fragments? 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Do species at risk from fragmentation finally go extinct from megafire, and do traits predict which species? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/1626817919018-IJRXWU1ZYLVSIABTZHAJ/unsplash-image-Of-NXuECJbE.jpg Research - 01. Does climate-driven megafire lead to greater loss of biodiversity in fragmented landscapes? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/1628747846095-R19BT2AXS2VJU0OX7UXT/McAllisterM_Slides_1_021.jpg Research - 03. What mechanisms cause biodiversity change from long-term fragmentation combined with megafire? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/1626819488935-R0OQDZRCHETCFTIGTWA1/unsplash-image-4vb_Uq4oZwk.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/1628005277633-AHR8CHZOQKHFAV9Q2M54/unsplash-image-QDFbLwy0hMY.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/1628712076617-MK820SANSMIQSL2KKOP3/unsplash-image-LokJTCUaCd4.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/1628748665796-L470S2RZHC68RE95IXZB/unsplash-image-1L71sPT5XKc.jpg Research https://www.wogwog.org/teaching daily 0.75 2023-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/22b03632-3e43-446a-9e98-38e791c26a88/unsplash-image-eAKDzK4lo4o.jpg Teaching - EBIO 4460: Ecology on a Human-Impacted Planet Spring semesters. Students conduct independent semester-long literature or data-focused research on a chosen topic of interest about human impacts on biodiversity (e.g., climate change, habitat fragmentation). The focus of the class is to learn how to do research in a collaborative, supportive, fun environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/1628013328585-8PQKB0K6K8UO8SFSRE8N/unsplash-image-Jgiv1rSIpVM.jpg Teaching - EBIO 2040: Principles of Ecology Fall semesters. This class has great material and excellent students. Climate change, human population growth, fires in California and the PNW, Australia, Europe, and Siberia, the coronavirus pandemic, invasive species, food and water security, and emerging diseases are all determined by the principles of ecology. Humans have had a huge impact on our planet. Our activities have transformed nearly half of the Earth’s surface and changed the composition of the atmosphere. 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While devastating, these fires provide a unique opportunity to understand how fire and climate change interact with the impacts of forest fragmentation on biodiversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/1628744096066-UOYSV2U2U6E82IZ2DMOQ/McAllisterM_Slides_1_019.jpg Home - 01 Understanding the consequences of fragmentation at large scales The Wog Wog Experiment was established when native forest eucalypt forest was logged and converted to plantation forestry. Researchers had foresters retain replicate eucalypt forest patches. The Wog Wog experiment is one of the largest scale and longest-running fragmentation experiments worldwide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f5dc4cab455a3a624e6dab/1626727532014-7P5GPVP2IWDQGN5Z961S/unsplash-image-RXV1X3wEe8k.jpg Home - 02 Understanding how life rebounds from landscape change For 38 years, we have monitored how the forest and its wildlife responded to forest fragmentation. 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