Fire regime, fire intensity and tree survival in a tropical savanna in northern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-59

  Williams, R J ^a,b   Cook, G D ^a,b   Gill, A M ^a   Moore, P H R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CRC Sustainable Devmt Trop S   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fuel; GLM; Kakadu National Park; Kapalga; Prescribed fire; Tree mortality; Unplanned fire; Wet dry tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 17944365352     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.1999.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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