Fire exclusion and the changing landscape of Queenslands Wet Tropics Bioregion 1. the extent and pattern of transition

Australian Forestry

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-57

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

^a Wet Tropics Management Authority ^*  (Australia)

^b Wet Tropics Mgmt Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

change; fire; fire effects; fire regimes; forests; geographical information systems; geology; habitats; mapping; Queensland; rainforests; regions

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; MAPPING; OCEAN HABITATS; REFORESTATION; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

CHANGE; FIRE EFFECT; FIRE REGIMES; FORESTS; QUEENSLAND; RAINFORESTS; REGIONS;

FIRES;

AIR CRAFT; FIRES; GEOLOGY; GIS; MAPPING; PHOTOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

EID: 84896784888     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2014.881702     Document Type: Article

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