Fire regimes and tree growth in low rainfall jarrah forest of South-west Australia

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1332-1343

  Burrows, Neil ^a   Ward, Bruce ^a   Robinson, Alex ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire management; Forest fire; Jarrah forest; Prescribed burning; Tree growth Forest health

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRES; FOREST HEALTH; PRESCRIBED BURNING; TREE GROWTH;

DEFORESTATION; HEALTH; RAIN;

FIRES;

RAIN;

BASAL AREA; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRESCRIBED BURNING; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORYMBIA CALOPHYLLA; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; FIRE ECOLOGY; FOGO SELVAGEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STAND; FUEL REDUCTION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TREE; TREE CROWN; TREE GROWTH; TREE TRUNK;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; TREES;

COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; GROWTH; MORTALITY; NUTRIENTS; RAIN;

AUSTRALIA;

CORYMBIA CALOPHYLLA; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 77955565434     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9490-6     Document Type: Article

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