The impacts of fire on birds in Australia's tropical savannas

Emu

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 319-352

  Woinarski, J C Z ^a,d   Legge, S ^a,b,c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Conservation management; Frugivore; Granivore; Ground nesting; Hollow nesting; Management; Pastoralism; Rainforest; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FIRE; LANDSCAPE; PASTORALISM; RAINFOREST; SAVANNA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84889876070     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU12109     Document Type: Review

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