Decline of eucalypt forests as a consequence of unnatural fire regimes

Australian Forestry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 257-262

  Jurskis, Vic ^a  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Eucalyptus; Fire ecology; Forest decline; Succession

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FIRES;

FIRE ECOLOGY; FOREST DECLINE; SUCCESSION;

FORESTRY;

AUSTRALIA; ECOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; FIRES; FORESTRY;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 30344468168     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2005.10674974     Document Type: Article

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