Holocene fire history from the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, New South Wales, Australia: The climate, humans and fire nexus

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 41-51

  Black, Manu P ^a   Mooney, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Blue Mountains; Charcoal; Fire history; Holocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644613623     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-005-0003-8     Document Type: Review

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