Fire regimes, fire-sensitive vegetation and fire management of the sandstone Arnhem Plateau, monsoonal northern Australia

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 829-846

  Russell Smith, Jeremy ^a,d   Ryan, Paul G ^a,e   Klessa, David ^b   Waight, Gordon ^a,f   Harwood, Robert ^c  

^a Parks Australia South   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^c Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory   (Australia)

^d Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^e Geoimage Ply Ltd   (Australia)

^f Uluru National Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Heath; Kakadu National Park; LANDSAT MSS; Rain forest; Savanna

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 0032447877     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.1998.tb00002.x     Document Type: Article

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