Fire regimes and soil erosion in north Australian hilly savannas

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 551-556

  Russell Smith, Jeremy ^a,b   Yates, Cameron ^a   Lynch, Brian ^b  

^a Bushfires Council of the Northern Territory   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erosion pins; Hillslope erosion; Soil loss; Soil movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845765645     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF05112     Document Type: Article

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