Fuels and fire at savanna-gallery forest boundaries in southeastern Venezuela

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 445-461

  Biddulph, Jason ^a   Kellman, Martin ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fire; Fuel; Gallery forest; Gran Sabana; Root mat; Savanna

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FOREST; FUEL; MICROCLIMATE; SAVANNA;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0031720624     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000339     Document Type: Article

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