The effects of fire-driven succession on reptiles in spinifex grasslands at Uluru national park, Northern Territory

Wildlife Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-48

  Masters, Pip ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Arid Zone Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE; REPTILE; SPINIFEX GRASSLAND; SUCCESSION;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, ULURU NATIONAL PARK;

CTENOPHORUS NUCHALIS; DIPLODACTYLUS CONSPICILLATUS; DIPLODACTYLUS STENODACTYLUS; LERISTA BIPES; RAMPHYTYPHLOPS ENDOTERUS; RHYNCHOEDURA ORNATA;

EID: 0029667634     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR9960039     Document Type: Article

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