Fire exclusion and the changing landscape of Queenslands Wet Tropics Bioregion 2. the dynamics of transition forests and implications for management

Australian Forestry

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-68

  Stanton, Peter ^a   Parsons, Mark ^a   Stanton, David ^a   Stott, Mike ^b  

^a Department of National Parks Recreation Sports and Racing ^*  (Australia)

^b Wet Tropics Mgmt Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

biodiversity; change; ecosystems; fire; fire ecology; habitats; management; Queensland; vegetation; wildlife; World Heritage Area

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; OCEAN HABITATS; VEGETATION;

CHANGE; FIRE ECOLOGY; QUEENSLAND; WILDLIFE; WORLD HERITAGE AREA;

TROPICS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

EID: 84896757275     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2014.882217     Document Type: Article

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