Wendee, Thought you might find this blog post from Wildfire Today timely and interesting: http://www.wildfiretoday.com/news/2009/5/11/fawn-and-mountain-lion-cub-together.html
See also this link to the animal rescue team: http://www.animalrescueteam.net/ You might also doa a search for "Lil' Smokey" from last year's wildfires. Many animal populations are adapted to wildfire- its a normal part of the ecosystems in which they live- but individuals within populations can always succumb to wildfire. I'm sure there have been plenty of studies on this, but I'm not at my desk and don't have much material to work from here. Andrew ________________________________________ From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of Wendee Holtcamp [bohem...@wendeeholtcamp.com] Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 6:10 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: [ECOLOG-L] wildfire impact on wildlife? Santa Barbara etc? I was considering doing an (Animal Planet) blog post on the impact of wildfire on wildlife. I was tying it to the Santa Barbara fires but those folks are otherwise preoccupied, and I can't get hold of anyone. I wondered if anyone might have a perspective on how wildfires impact wildlife especially when they occur at times like this - spring when birds may be nesting etc. Do wildlife rehabs end up with burned animals, or do most animals get out of the way? Is nesting/repro success reduced for individual animals living in burn zones? Has anyone ever studied that? What species out near Santa Barbara are most at risk? Any endangered or threatened species? Thanks!! Wendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wendee Holtcamp, M.S. Wildlife Ecology Freelance Writer * Photographer * Bohemian http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com <http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com/> http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com <http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com/> ~~6-wk Online Writing Course Starts Jun 6, 2009~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm Animal Planet's news blogger - http://blogs.discovery.com/animal_news
