Grasstrees reveal contrasting fire regimes in eucalypt forest before and after European settlement of southwestern Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 323-329

  Ward, David J ^a,b   Lamont, Byron B ^a   Burrows, Chantal L ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CALMScience   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal burning practices; Dendrochronology; Eucalypt forest; Fire regimes; Forestry; Grasstrees; Nutrient uptake patterns; Species conservation; Xanthorrhoea

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; FIRES; GRINDING (COMMINUTION);

FIRE MANAGEMENT;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

AGE DETERMINATION; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

CARBONIZATION; EUCALYPTUS; LEAVES;

AUSTRALIA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; XANTHORRHOEA;

EID: 0035881337     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00584-3     Document Type: Article

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