Bioturbation by a reintroduced digging mammal reduces fuel loads in an urban reserve: dataset

These data were used in the following research article:
Ryan CM, Hobbs RJ and Valentine LE (in press) Bioturbation by a reintroduced digging mammal reduces fuel loads in an urban reserve. Ecological Applications.

We examined how the reintroduction of a medium-sized native Australian digging marsupial bandicoot, quenda (Isoodon fusciventer), in an urban reserve in Perth, Western Australia, altered microhabitat and surface fuel loads. The amount of digging by quenda, microhabitat and litter loads were measured and estimated in open plots (that allowed quenda access) and closed plots (fenced to exclude quenda). Estimated surface fuel loads were subsequently used to estimate rate of fire spread (ROS) under different fire conditions.