Comparison of two rolled sandy heath communities within a single fire patch in Ngarkat Conservation Park, South Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-93

  Pelton, Grant A ^a   Conran, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community succession; Disturbance; Fire management; Firebreaks; Heathland vegetation; Ngarkat Conservation Park; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HEATHLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NGARKAT CONSERVATION PARK; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 10844258181     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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