Linking fire ecology and fire management in south-west Australian forest landscapes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2394-2406

  Burrows, N D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Biodiversity; Conservation; Fire; Forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC FIRE;

FIRES;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FIRES; FORESTRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 42149138459     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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