This study reports the immediate impact of planned fires on carbon distribution and storage in six forest ern Australia. Aboveground carbon (AGC) ranged from 56 to 183 Mg Cha types of soul where between 4 and 11 Mg ha or of AGC) was lost in pla ed fire. Between 3.6 and 5 Mg Cha was redistributed withi the fore ace as char and partly combusted organic matter. Most car- o the soil su bon was lost from litter while near surface n and dead trees ei er standing or lying were was a significant predictor of carbon loss next largest Closs groups overstorey tree biomass Mg Cha in major fuel categori explaining 45% of total carbon loss. The loss of coarse woody debris (CWD, e intensity (3, R -0,38) elated with losse in litter (as. R 0,44) and with fire rongly These Closs estimates in planned fire establish an empirical basis for furthermodeling to identify agement options for mitigating fire-induced C losses from SE Australian Eucalyptus fore 2014 Elsevier B V. All rights reserve