Towards adaptive fire management for biodiversity conservation: Experience in south African national parks

Koedoe

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  van Wilgen, Brian W ^a   Govender, Navashni ^b   Forsyth, Gregory G ^a   Kraaij, Tineke ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

^c MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL PARK;

BONTEBOK NATIONAL PARK; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; TABLE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; WESTERN CAPE;

DAMALISCUS PYGARGUS DORCAS;

EID: 79959597152     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v53i2.982     Document Type: Article

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