Fire-created patchiness in Australian savannas

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 323-331

  Gill, A Malcolm ^a,b   Allan, Grant ^c   Yates, Cameron ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Bushfires Cncl North Territ   (Australia)

^d Bushfires Cncl North Territ   (Australia)

Author keywords

Between fire interval; Disturbance; Fire area; Patch dynamics; Point probability; Savanna; Time since fire; Unburnt island

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942269729     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/wf03018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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