Can gullies preserve complex forest structure in frequently burnt landscapes?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 153, Issue , 2012, Pages 177-186

  Collins, Luke ^a   Bradstock, Ross A ^a   Tasker, Elizabeth M ^b   Whelan, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Fire regimes; Logging; Topography; Tree hollows; Vegetation complexity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMPLEXITY; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GULLY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOGGING (TIMBER); TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WILDFIRE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862737622     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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