Intervals between prescribed fires in Australia: What intrinsic variation should apply?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 161-169

  Gill, A Malcolm ^a   McCarthy, Michael A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Fire frequency; Fire intervals; Fire suppression; Prescribed fire

Indexed keywords

FIRE INTERVAL; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED FIRE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0032128160     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00121-3     Document Type: Article

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