Fire frequency in south-eastern Tasmania

Australian Forestry

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-66

  Jurskis, From Vic ^a   Underwood, Roger ^b  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; TIMBER;

FIRE FREQUENCIES; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FIRE SEVERITY; HISTORICAL RECORDS; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MANAGEMENT IS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FIRES;

EID: 84859255888     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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