Modelling the recovery of an annual savanna grass following a fire-induced crash

Austral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 509-513

  Lonsdale, W M ^a   Braithwaite, R W ^a   Lane, A M ^b   Farmer, J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Energy Resources of Australia Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kakadu National Park; Minesite vegetation; Sorghum brachypodum; Tropics; Wet season burning

Indexed keywords

EID: 17944371406     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1998.tb00761.x     Document Type: Article

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