Impacts of changed fire regimes on tropical riparian vegetation invaded by an exotic vine

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-167

  Radford, Ian J ^a,b   Grice, Anthony C ^a   Abbott, Brett N ^a   Nicholas, D Michael ^a   Whiteman, Lindsay ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Department of Environment and Conservation WA ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptostegia grandiflora; Fire response; Plant invader; Riparian plant community; Tropical savanna

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BURNING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST CANOPY; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT LOSS; INVASIVE SPECIES; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VINE; WOODY PLANT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BURDEKIN RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

CRYPTOSTEGIA GRANDIFLORA;

EID: 40149101541     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01803.x     Document Type: Article

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