Fire management in Tasmania's Wilderness World Heritage Area: Ecosystem restoration using indigenous-style fire regimes?

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 195-203

  Marsden Smedley, Jon B ^a   Kirkpatrick, Jamie B ^b  

^a Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire management; Indigenous burning; South west Tasmania; World Heritage Area

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000495403     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-8903.2000.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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