Fire regime: History and definition of a key concept in disturbance ecology

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-69

  Krebs, Patrik ^a   Pezzatti, Gianni B ^a   Mazzoleni, Stefano ^b   Talbot, Lee M ^c   Conedera, Marco ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross linguistic influence; Evolution of ideas; Fire ecology; Fire history; French African colonies; History of science; Leopold report

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; FRANCE; HISTORY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; FRANCE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953613958     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: 16117530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-010-0082-z     Document Type: Article

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