Large-scale fire: Creator and destroyer of secondary forests in Western Indonesia

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 786-799

  Dennis, R ^a   Hoffmann, A ^b   Applegate, G ^a   Von Gemmingen, G ^b   Kartawinata, K ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fire; Indonesia; Kalimantan; Secondary forests

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRE PROTECTION; REFORESTATION; TIMBER;

LARGE-SCALE FIRES;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE PREVENTION; FORESTRY; LOGGING; REFORESTATION; SECONDARY FOREST;

EID: 18744385221     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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