Comparison of fire patterns and fire frequency in two tropical savanna bioregions

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 736-746

  Felderhof, Leasie ^a,b   Gillieson, David ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cape York Peninsula; Fire frequency; Fire scar mapping; Landsat; Mt. Isa Inlier; Tropical savanna

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GIS; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SAVANNA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAPE YORK PENINSULA; MOUNT ISA INLIER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 33747477484     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01645.x     Document Type: Article

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