Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-174

  Burrows, N D ^a   Wardell Johnson, G ^b   Ward, B ^c  

^a Bentley Delivery Centre   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Locked Bag 2 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Juvenile period; Prescribed burning; Resprouters; Seeders

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; GEOACCUMULATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; JUVENILE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESPROUTING; UNDERSTORY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

MIMOSA;

EID: 67349240613     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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