Which mosaic? A landscape ecological approach for evaluating interactions between fire regimes, habitat and animals

Wildlife Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 409-423

  Bradstock, R A ^a   Bedward, M ^a   Gill, A M ^b   Cohn, J S ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERSISTENCE; WILDFIRE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; LEIPOA OCELLATA;

EID: 25144451887     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR02114     Document Type: Article

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