The influence of prescribed fire on the extent of wildfire in savanna landscapes of western Arnhem Land, Australia

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-305

  Price, Owen F ^a   Russell Smith, Jeremy ^b,c   Watt, Felicity ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Bushfires NT   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

fire management; greenhouse gas emissions; Leverage; planned fire; unplanned fire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861146791     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF10079     Document Type: Article

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