Estimating fire interval bounds using vital attributes: Implications of uncertainty and among-population variability

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 924-935

  Gosper, Carl R ^a,b   Prober, Suzanne M ^b   Yates, Colin J ^a  

^a Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological fire management; Mallee heath; Mediterranean type ecosystem; Obligate seeder; Plant functional type; Senescence; Serotiny; Southwestern Australia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST HEALTH; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SEROTINY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; FIRE; PLANT; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FIRES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84878905907     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0621.1     Document Type: Article

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