Fire activity on drylands and floodplains in the southern Okavango Delta, Botswana

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-87

  Heinl, M ^a   Frost, P ^b   Vanderpost, C ^c   Sliva, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Fire frequency; Fire regime; Fire season; Savanna; Southern Africa; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; FIRE HISTORY; FLOODPLAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750123679     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.10.023     Document Type: Article

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