The recent fire history of the table mountain national park and implications for fire management

Koedoe

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-9

  Forsyth, Greg G ^a   van Wilgen, Brian W ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Floral Kingdom; Fire weather; Fynbos; Ignitions; Invasive alien plants; Renosterveld; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GIS; NATIONAL PARK;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 55649108642     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v50i1.134     Document Type: Article

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