Table 1. Characteristics of the bioregions in the study area affected by the selected 162 fires.

Bioregion		Major forest types a	Height (m)	Projective Foliage Cover (%)	Regeneration strategy b	Elevation (m)	MAT (°C)	MAP (mm)	No of fires	Total burnt area (ha)	Total high-severity burnt area (ha)
AA	Australian Alps	High Altitude Shrubland/ Woodland	15	10–30	R	844–1996	4.5–12.6	712–1996	9	1,426,791	290,073
		Riverine Woodland/Forest	15	10–30	R
MDD	Murray Darling Depression	Lowan Mallee	7	10–30	R	265–690	12.8–17.2	265–702	52	514,689	358,238
		Riverine Woodland/Forest	15	10–30	R
SCP	South East Coastal Plain	Riverine Woodland/Forest	15	10–30	R	492–1260	11.4–14.9	494–1306	10	40,375	8,745
SEC	South East Corner	Moist Forest	30	70–100	S	664–1184	7.3–15.2	656–1292	17	170,045	18,700
		Riverine Woodland/Forest	15	10–30	R
SEH	South Eastern Highlands	Grassy/Heathy Dry Forest	10–30	10–30	R	681–1922	6.6–14.8	645–1942	17	995,133	170,452
		Moist Forest	30	70–100	S
VM	Victorian Midlands	Forby Forest	15–30	30–70	R	418–1411	8.5–15.3	418–1490	46	404,363	156,083
VVP	Victorian Volcanic Plain	Moist Forest	30	70–100	S	477–1026	11–14.9	476–1026	11	165,003	79,022

Bioregion name and acronym [53], major forest types in each bioregion affected by the selected wildfires, height, projective foliage cover and regeneration strategy of the dominant species in each forest type, elevation range, mean annual temperature (MAT) and annual precipitation (MAP) range [65]; Number of wildfires included in this study (i.e. 162 wildfires greater than 1000 ha, occurred between 1987 and 2017 and with available Landsat imagery) and their cumulative total [64] and high-severity burnt area (as estimated in this study).

^a Major forest types were adopted from EVD names and associated structural data [66]. Dominant tree species were derived from the Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVC) benchmarks database [67];

^b R: resprouter; S: obligate seeder, classifications based on predominant fire-response traits of dominant tree species [62, 68, 69].