Effects of large fires on biodiversity in south-eastern Australia: Disaster or template for diversity?

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 809-822

  Bradstock, Ross A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Degradation; Extinction; Fire regimes; Heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849148206     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07153     Document Type: Article

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