Fire studies in Mallee (Eucalyptus spp.) communities of western New South Wales: Spatial and temporal fluxes in soil chemistry and soil biology following prescribed fire

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 398-413

  Noble, J C ^a   Tongway, D J ^a   Roper, M M ^a   Whitford, W G ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030319013     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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