Bushfires are changing the 'hidden' understory in Australian forests

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Fire is a natural part of the Australian landscape. But the more frequent fires we've seen recently—particularly the high severity bushfires that consume or scorch the canopies of whole forests—are a major concern to our country's ecosystem health, carbon storage and biodiversity. We often see devastating footage of those eucalypt forests in flames, but we should also be concerned about the effect of bushfires we...