Systematic fire mapping is critical for fire ecology, planning and management: A case study in the semi-arid Murray Mallee, south-eastern Australia

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-91

  Avitabile, Sarah C ^a   Callister, Kate E ^a   Kelly, Luke T ^b,c   Haslem, Angie ^a,b   Fraser, Lauren ^a,e   Nimmo, Dale G ^b   Watson, Simon J ^b,d   Kenny, Sally A ^a   Taylor, Rick S ^a   Spence Bailey, Lisa M ^a,f   Bennett, Andrew F ^b   Clarke, Michael F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Trust for Nature   (Australia)

^f AUSn Wildlife Conservancy   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire management; Fire mapping; Landsat; Prescribed fire; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MAPPING; RAIN; VEGETATION;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FIRE MAPPING; LANDSAT; PRESCRIBED FIRES; WILDFIRE;

FIRES;

BIODIVERSITY; DECADAL VARIATION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MAPPING METHOD; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; TAXONOMY;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; MAPPING; PLANTS; RAIN;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84879724521     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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