Securing Landscape Resilience to Tropical Cyclones in Australia's Wet Tropics under a Changing Climate: Lessons from Cyclones Larry (and Yasi)

Geographical Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-30

  Turton, Stephen M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Climate change; Contested landscapes; Ecological effects; Natural resources; Rainforest; Resilience; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84857371701     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2011.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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