Fig. 4: Species richness based on burnt (red) and unburnt (blue) location records of species with >50% of populations or ranges burnt aggregated to a 7.5 × 7.5 km grid.

Shown are: burnt and unburnt maps for very range-restricted species (a; maximum range extent (RET) < 25 km; includes extremely range-restricted species with RET < 10 km), very widespread species (b; RET > 500 km; includes extremely widespread species with RET > 1000 km), rainforest taxa (c; RF++ species), semi-rainforest (RF+) and rainforest margin (RF) taxa (d), species that persist after fire (e) and species that do not persist after fire (f). Burnt species richness hotspots are: A = Border Ranges, B = Washpool-Gibraltar Range, C = Wollemi – Blue Mountains, D = Torrington, E = Guy Fawkes, F = Budawang, G = Nightcap Range, H = Kumbatine-Willi Willi, I = South East Corner. Unburnt refugia are: 1 = Blue Mountains National Park, 2 = Springbrook–Lamington-Mt Jerusalem–Nightcap, 3 = Sundown-Donnybrook, 4 = New England National Park east of Bellingen, 5 = Barrington Tops, 6 = Sydney-Budderoo-Macquarie Pass, 7 = South East Corner.