Fire and biodiversity

Conservation Biology for All

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bowman, David M J S ^a   Murphy, Brett P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Fire; Life history traits; Management; Natural selection; Tropical savanna

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873842071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199554232.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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