Recovery of subalpine grasslands from bushfire

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 451-458

  Bear, Roxana ^a   Pickering, Catherine Marina ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSHLAND; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ALPS; KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33746924123     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT05100     Document Type: Article

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