Fire heterogeneity in Kakadu National Park, 1980-2000

Wildlife Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 425-433

  Price, Owen ^a,d   Edwards, Andrew ^b,d   Connors, Greg ^a,d   Woinarski, John ^a   Ryan, Greg ^c   Turner, Andrew ^c   Russell Smith, Jeremy ^b,d  

^a Department of Infrastructure Planning and Environment ^*  (Australia)

^b Bushfires Council of the Northern Territory   (Australia)

^c Parks Australia North   (Australia)

^d Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE; HETEROGENEITY; NATIONAL PARK;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN TERRITORY; WORLD;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 25144454538     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR03043     Document Type: Article

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