First-order fire effects on animals: Review and recommendations

Fire Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-130

  Engstrom, R Todd ^a  

^a TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Direct effects; Envirogram; Fire; First order fire effects; Indirect effects; Invertebrates; Mortality; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FIRE; HABITAT; MODELING;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954233607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19339747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.0601115     Document Type: Article

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