Fire regimes and their correlates in the Darwin region of northern Australia

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-188

  Price, Owen ^a   Baker, Bryan ^a  

^a Biodiversity Conservation Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire suppression fire management; Firebreak; Ignition; Savannah; Tenure

Indexed keywords

DRY SEASON; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; IMAGERY; MANGROVE; SAVANNA; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 35448945979     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC070177     Document Type: Article

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