A climate-based approach to the restoration of fire-dependent ecosystems

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 429-431

  Beckage, Brian ^a   Platt, William J ^b   Panko, Bob ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Everglades National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Ecosystem management; El Ni o; ENSO; Fire; La Nina; Restoration

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

EID: 29144473813     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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