In the Australian bushfire season of 2019-20, preliminary data showed that 47 of the 272 threatened plant species found in fire affected zones had 80 percent or more of their habitat burned. According to this study, more threatened plant species occurred in the fire affected areas than than all the Australian vertebrate and invertebrate threatened species combined.
Number of threatened plant species in areas affected by the bush fire season in Australia from August 2019 to January 2020, by habitat burned
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Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia). (February 11, 2020). Number of threatened plant species in areas affected by the bush fire season in Australia from August 2019 to January 2020, by habitat burned [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096000/australia-number-of-threatened-plant-species-in-fire-affected-areas-by-habitat-burned/
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia). "Number of threatened plant species in areas affected by the bush fire season in Australia from August 2019 to January 2020, by habitat burned." Chart. February 11, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096000/australia-number-of-threatened-plant-species-in-fire-affected-areas-by-habitat-burned/
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia). (2020). Number of threatened plant species in areas affected by the bush fire season in Australia from August 2019 to January 2020, by habitat burned. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096000/australia-number-of-threatened-plant-species-in-fire-affected-areas-by-habitat-burned/
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia). "Number of Threatened Plant Species in Areas Affected by The Bush Fire Season in Australia from August 2019 to January 2020, by Habitat Burned." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096000/australia-number-of-threatened-plant-species-in-fire-affected-areas-by-habitat-burned/
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia), Number of threatened plant species in areas affected by the bush fire season in Australia from August 2019 to January 2020, by habitat burned Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096000/australia-number-of-threatened-plant-species-in-fire-affected-areas-by-habitat-burned/ (last visited May 06, 2024)
Number of threatened plant species in areas affected by the bush fire season in Australia from August 2019 to January 2020, by habitat burned [Graph], Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia), February 11, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096000/australia-number-of-threatened-plant-species-in-fire-affected-areas-by-habitat-burned/