Shrubland fire regime scenarios in the Swartberg Mountain Range, South Africa: Implications for fire management

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-95

  Seydack, A H W ^a   Bekker, S J ^b   Marshall, A H ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^b CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Fire history; Fire regime determinants; Lightning fires; Mediterranean type shrublands; Natural fire zone management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847220762     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF06015     Document Type: Article

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