Effects of time since fire on birds: How informative are generalized fire response curves for conservation management?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 685-696

  Watson, Simon J ^a,b   Taylor, Rick S ^c   Nimmo, Dale G ^a   Kelly, Luke T ^a,d   Haslem, Angie ^c   Clarke, Michael F ^c   Bennett, Andrew F ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds; Chronosequence; Conservation; Disturbance; Fire; Mallee; Semiarid shrubland; Southeastern Australia; Succession; Time since fire

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIRD; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUCCESSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 84859539284     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0850.1     Document Type: Article

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