Methods to determine the impact of rainfall on fuels and burned area in southern African savannas

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 774-782

  Archibald, S ^a,b   Nickless, A ^a   Scholes, R J ^a,b   Schulze, R ^c  

^a Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

carry over; fire; grass fuel; interannual variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956990963     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF08207     Document Type: Article

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