Fig. 1

Initial capture locations of all GPS-tracked rehabilitated koalas (green), and non-rehabilitated koalas in burnt habitat (blue) and unburnt habitat (red) (map data ©Google). Fire extent and severity mapping (FESM) [131] is also shown, with 2 representing the lowest severity (burnt understorey with unburnt canopy), 3 representing moderate (partial canopy scorch), 4 representing high (completed canopy scorch, ± partial canopy consumption) and 5 representing extreme (complete canopy consumption). The inset shows the location of the study area within south-eastern Australia