Burning for biodiversity or burning biodiversity? Prescribed burn vs. wildfire impacts on plants, lizards, and mammals

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3238-3253

  Pastro, Louise A ^a   Dickman, Christopher R ^a   Letnic, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Before after control impact; Desert; Intermediate disturbance; Patch mosaic burning; Prescribed fire; Reptiles; Simpson Desert; Small mammals; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT; DIVERSITY INDEX; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; INTERMEDIATE DISTURBANCE HYPOTHESIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIZARD; PATCHINESS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SMALL MAMMAL; SUCCESSION; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA; SIMPSON DESERT;

MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84555219799     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-2351.1     Document Type: Article

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