Landscape-level differences in fire regime between block and patch-mosaic burning strategies in Mkuzi Game Reserve, South Africa

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 143-150

  Mulqueeny, C M ^a,b   Goodman, P S ^a   O'Connor, T G ^b,c  

^a EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c SAEON   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation areas; Fire ecology; Geographic information system; Landscape ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957594688     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: 17279380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/10220119.2010.527300     Document Type: Article

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