Research on the systems side of Computer Science straddles the line between science and engineering. Both aspects are important, so neither side should be ignored in favor of the other. In my research, I have sought to discover the underlying nature of the mechanisms responsible for a given behavior. Using this understanding, I could create a simple model of the process whose underlying science...

Alpine grazing reduces blazing’ is a widely and strongly held view concerning the effects of livestock grazing on fuels, and therefore fire behaviour and impact, in Australia’s high country landscapes. As a test of this hypothesis, we examined the patterns of burning across the alpine (treeless) landscapes of the Bogong High Plains in Victoria, following the extensive fires of January 2003. Dat...

BACKGROUND Species movement responses to landscape structures have been studied using a variety of methods, but movement research is still in need of simple methods that help predicting and comparing movements across structurally different landscapes. We demonstrate how habitat-specific movement models can be used to disentangle causes of differentiated movement patterns in structurally differe...