To burn or not to burn? A description of the history, nature and management of bushfires within Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 1996, Issue 116, 1996, Pages 79-95

  Conroy, R J ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushfire history; January 1994 wildfires; Ku ring gai Chase National Park

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141853241     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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