Using stochastic dynamic programming to determine optimal fire management for Banksia ornata

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 585-592

  McCarthy, M A ^a,b,c   Possingham, H P ^a,b   Gill, A M ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Decision theory; Disturbance; Extinction; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BURNING; CONSERVATION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0034932923     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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