Managing fire mosaics for small mammal conservation: A landscape perspective

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 412-421

  Kelly, Luke T ^a,c   Nimmo, Dale G ^a   Spence Bailey, Lisa M ^b   Taylor, Rick S ^b   Watson, Simon J ^a,d   Clarke, Michael F ^b   Bennett, Andrew F ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Habitat; Landscape ecology; Mallee; Semi arid; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SMALL MAMMAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84859156916     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02124.x     Document Type: Article

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