Overview of the fire management policy of the Kruger National Park

Koedoe

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-110

  Biggs, H C ^a   Potgietfr, A L F ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fire; Landscape scale trial; Lightning; Management; Patch mosaic; Policy; Range condition

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032745694     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v42i1.227     Document Type: Article

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